building my computers twin... nearly.

davido_labido · 26 Mar 2013 at 23:15

I met a guy at i-series over the weekend, and he saw my computer and wanted it. I said i had no problems building him one but he wanted black/green.

he wanted a mobo with green highlights and also a watercooled titan (unfortunatly they are out of stock)he wouldnt use it really though, so hes saved 500 quid by going for a 680 at the moment.

can folks just check over the build to 1, see if ive missed anything (ram isnt a problem, ive got some ready to go)

he hasnt got a budget as such, but i dont want him spending money for the sake of it!

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab H2O Custom GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 £416.98
1 x XSPC Razor GTX680 GPU Waterblock (Raystorm Style) £92.99
1 x Gigabyte X79 G1 Assassin 2 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £319.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £249.95
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V12 Watercooling Kit 360 £210.79
1 x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) £51.98
1 x Mayhems X1 UV Green Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99
1 x XFX 1000W Black Edition Pro '80+ Platinum' Certified Modular Power Supply £179.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £119.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi XL Full Tower Gaming Windowed Case - Black £114.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £71.99
1 x BitFenix Recon Internet-Connected Fan Controller (Black) £29.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
1 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 230mm Green LED - Black £16.99
1 x BitFenix Mesh Stripes for Shinobi XL Tower Case - Green £8.99
1 x BitFenix Logo for Shinobi Tower Case - Green £1.98
Total : £1,917.55 (includes shipping : FREE).

davido_labido · 26 Mar 2013 at 23:21

is there a massive difference between the different corsair psu's then?

davido_labido · 26 Mar 2013 at 23:24

nope, he doesnt really care what psu he gets, i just had it in my head that the corsair pro series was a decent PSU.

glad i asked before buying now, whats the reason for the change?

davido_labido · 26 Mar 2013 at 23:28

fair enough, just always had seasonic or corsair! (well, apart from my newest build, which i had a nzxt just because it was white!)

davido_labido · 26 Mar 2013 at 23:43

fair enough, xfx platinum it is!

not a budget as such, ive saved him £500 quid telling him he wont use a 690 or a titan to its full potential, he will only be running at 1080 i would imagine.

although i would love to do a build with one

davido_labido · 27 Mar 2013 at 08:59

Yeah I realised after I posted he would no longer need the 1000 watt now he's not having a titan/690.

Saying that though, I think he has his heart set on a titan in the not so distance future, just so he can tell me how much better his card is than mine Haha.

Cheers for the input guys. I hate putting specs together for other people!

davido_labido · 27 Mar 2013 at 14:21

just ordered this, next day delivery, so i might be able to get some done tomorrow before i go to work!

davido_labido · 27 Mar 2013 at 15:15

aye, that was my thinking, surely they would be the cheaper ones, the guy im building for is more than happy with the one i selected now, as it gives him options to add the titans later if he feels he needs them

davido_labido · 27 Mar 2013 at 15:51

awesome, cheers suarez