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SlothTech

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Hey all.

I've been after a decent PC (evidently gaming purpose) for a while now.
I roughly have a £1,000 budget, however, can increase that if need be.

I had a friend round who knows 'his stuff' to help me build one; this is what we came up with.

Any feedback/opinions would be incredibly helpful


Intel Core i7-2600 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail

XFX ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Gigabyte Z68X-UD4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

BitFenix Colossus Blue & Red LED Big Tower Case - White

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 850W V2 High Performance Power Supply (CMPSU-850TXV2UK)

LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM)

G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-17000CL9D-4GBXL) X2

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366)
 
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Definitely the k version of either the i5 or i7, and if you want 8gb of ram, definitely a 2x4gb kit. 1600mhz, as above.

Sweet spec though, I love the look of that case.
 
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Get a 2 x 4GB rather than 4 x 2GB.

850W is a bit OTT unless you planning on doing XFire later.

Not a fan of the AC7 cooler. Hyper 212+, Gelid Tranquillo or A50 for me.

SSD give a nice boost to the OS and common applications. Especially on the Z68 platform where even a 30GB can be used for cache (whereas 30GB is too small to be used for a typical OS and application drive).

Case is expensive, but fair enough.
 
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Operation said:
Btw op, what monitor do you have at what resolution?
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Thanks for all the comments guys - really grateful, will look into them in a min!

I have two, but the one I'll use will probably be the Samsung SYNCMASTER 92470HD 1920 X 1080

Another question all - ATI or NVIDIA Graphics cards?

Thanks
 
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Can of worms opened there mate.:)

I'd say at you res and overall budget the 6950 is the perfect card. You could buy a cheaper case and go for a nvidia 580 though. You would definitely notice a difference for the extra.
 
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stulid said:
Not sure where you are buying from,but this is cheap - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-119-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752
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Thanks, will take a look.

All from Overclockers :)

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Can if worms opened there mate.:)

I'd say at you res and overall budget the 6950 is the perfect card. You could buy a cheaper case and go for a nvidia 580 though. You would definitely notice a difference for the extra.
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Thanks for the feedback.

Aha, I see. The only reason I'm buying the case is becuase I have a slight fetish for it.
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £227.99
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
1 x BitFenix Colossus Blue & Red LED Big Tower Case - Black £133.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £79.99
1 x XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x Intel 320 Series 40GB 2.5" SATA-II 25nm Solid State Hard Drive - OEM with FREE Operation Flashpoint: Red River Game £69.98
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £43.99
Total : £1,062.60 (includes shipping : £14.75).




Intel SSD and Z68 for hard drive file caching, 6950, 650W modular (not enough for overclocking and crossfire, mind you) water cooler and 2600K, 8GB, and that craaaazy case :) Remember that it weights over 20 kilos by itself!
 
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olivier renault said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £227.99
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
1 x BitFenix Colossus Blue & Red LED Big Tower Case - Black £133.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99


1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £79.99
1 x XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x Intel 320 Series 40GB 2.5" SATA-II 25nm Solid State Hard Drive - OEM with FREE Operation Flashpoint: Red River Game £69.98
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £43.99
Total : £1,062.60 (includes shipping : £14.75).



with that craaazy case :)
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Thankyou for that, really good of you :)

Yes it is crazy, there seem to be mixed opinions on it. I'll probably go for the white version too.

edit: Will post an updated list from the great feeback soon.
 
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