Building a top spec PC - wait?

Peerzy

Peerzy

Peerzy

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Got someone with £2k~ to spend on just the PC. Can and probably will spend less as he doesn't need a monitor, OS, keyboard, mouse or speakers just the base unit.

How long realistically before Ivybridge stuff is on sale?

I've told him I recon spending £2k on a machine now is silly when in xxx IB will be out, but he obviously doesn't want to wait 6 months!
 
It depends what he wants to do. If he doesn't want bleeding edge then you might as well buy now because there'll always be something good around the corner.
 
lrlcr said:
It depends what he wants to do. If he doesn't want bleeding edge then you might as well buy now because there'll always be something good around the corner.
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stulid said:
IB is April and Nvidia 6 series is 10-11 days away.
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He probably won't use half the latest and greatest stuff but will insist on having it.

So if he were to hold off till mid-late April he could happily spend his money on the IB stuff and the Nvidia 6 series (which I assume is the latest and greatest)?

He currently has an i7 2600k, 8GB RAM, £300~ mobo, £300~ graphics card from a build last summer.
 
Peerzy said:
He currently has an i7 2600k, 8GB RAM, £300~ mobo, £300~ graphics card from a build last summer.
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Err, whats he wanting to upgrade for then if he has that? I thought he had nothing at all, or was coming from a weaker PC spec.
 
Find out what he uses the PC for and get a full complete spec from PSU/Cooler to the monitor he has.

There maybe better things to spend £2K on such as a 30" Dell IPS screen and a SSD etc.
 
stulid said:
Find out what he uses the PC for and get a full complete spec from PSU/Cooler to the monitor he has.

There maybe better things to spend £2K on such as a 30" Dell IPS screen and a SSD etc.
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Looking through the last thread I made when I was building a PC for him it lists this:

OCZ Vertex 3 240GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-240G)
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE Shogun 2 Game
Silverstone Fortress FT02B-W Windowed Gaming Case - Black
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 480 "Special Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Asus P8P67 DELUXE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **
Corsair TX 950W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-950TXUK)
Corsair Hydro H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM3)
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - OEM Black
Compro VideoMate Vista T750F Dual DVB-T Hybrid Internal PCI TV Tuner - Retail
G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-17000CL9D-4GBXL)
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But I think he went for a better motherboard and graphics card in the end.

Order details are at home so I can check later.

He uses his TV as his monitor so no need for one of those.
 
Peerzy said:
Looking through the last thread I made when I was building a PC for him it lists this:



But I think he went for a better motherboard and graphics card in the end.

Order details are at home so I can check later.

He uses his TV as his monitor so no need for one of those.
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He really needs to wait for the next Intel CPU/Socket next year (Haswell)

Maybe put 8GB of RAM in it.

Is it overclocked?
 
He'll get what he wants, and he wants a new PC.

I'm happy as he pays very well for the build.

Plus some very lucky sod will be picking up the PC in MM minus the SSD in a few weeks!
 
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Peerzy said:
He'll get what he wants, and he wants a new PC.

I'm happy as he pays very well for the build.

Plus some very lucky sod will be picking up the PC in MM minus the SSD in a few weeks!
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Fine:)

Starting from scratch and not re-using anything from the old build,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £437.99
1 x Cooler Master Cosmos II Ultra Tower Case - Black £309.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £239.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £174.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £109.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £82.99
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £60.98
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99 (£71.98)
Total : £1,606.54 (includes shipping : £14.75).



• Leaves £400 for a Next Gen GFX card either ATI 7970 or Nvidia 6 series.

• He has a suitable 64Bit OS?
 
stulid said:
Fine:)

Starting from scratch and not re-using anything from the old build,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £437.99
1 x Cooler Master Cosmos II Ultra Tower Case - Black £309.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £239.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £174.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £109.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £82.99
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £60.98
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99 (£71.98)
Total : £1,606.54 (includes shipping : £14.75).



• Leaves £400 for a Next Gen GFX card either ATI 7970 or Nvidia 6 series.

• He has a suitable 64Bit OS?
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Exactly what I was after, I assume though by waiting say a month he can get IB stuff for only a bit more and it'll be the latest and greatest?

Oh 1 thing on the case - his current one is massive and it's a PITA, he wants something sensible. It's hidden anyway so not too bothered about looks and wants it as small as possible without obviously effecting performance.

Win 7 64bit Pro
 
Peerzy said:
Exactly what I was after, I assume though by waiting say a month he can get IB stuff for only a bit more and it'll be the latest and greatest?
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IB will be cheaper and Z77 motherboards will likely be on par price wise with Z68 boards available now.

Also the IB CPU's will and should from marketing and naming scheme be slower than a socket2011 i7 CPU

Another little thing is that IB-E is coming at the end of the year and will drop into the board with a BIOS update.
 
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