Completed £2200 spec but not confident!!!

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Hi,

I have composed a spec(below) but don't feel confident with it, so I am now seeking the wise words of the forum once more:

(Using shaffaaf27 template)
PC AND PERIPHERALS: £2000
CHAIR AND DESK: £200 (Optional you don't need to include)
TOTAL BUDGET: £2200

Processor: Yes
Motherboard: Yes
Memory: Yes
Graphics Card(s): Yes
TV Card: No
Hard Drive(s): 1 or 2 (1TB, I guess SSD)
Optical Drive(s): 1 (DVDRW a must, Blueray not essential)
Cooling: Yes
Water Cooling: No
Cable(s): Probably not
Sound Card: No
Controller Card(s): No
Case: Lian Li probably
Power Supply: Yes
Desk: Yes (optional)
Chair: Yes (optional)

Keyboard: Yes
Mouse: Yes
Headset: Yes
Speakers: Yes
Monitor(s): 1 probably get a 2nd monitor later
Operating System: No

Uses in priority order: Web Design/Development, Gaming, Movies, 3D CAD and General everyday applications
Overclocking: Probably

My Spec:

Desk Here
Chair Here

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I look forward to your comments and suggestions

Thanks!!!
 
I'd also opt to get the BenQ LED monitor over the samsung for a little more.

Swap the Artic Silver 5 for MX-3, and i'd also look at a cheaper (but just as efficient power supply) for half that price. I got a coolermaster 1000W modular pro for the same price as that corsair! :)
 
OzZie said:
and i'd also look at a cheaper (but just as efficient power supply) for half that price. I got a coolermaster 1000W modular pro for the same price as that corsair! :)
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yeah the difference would be in the build quality though and if you have a budget like that then why not opt for quality parts?
 
I wouldn't get those headphones, treat yourself and get a set of Sennheiser HD515's! The rest looks good though but as mentioned you might want to get a 6gb triple channel kit rather then dual channel kit.

If you want to save some money without dropping performance, consider an LGA1156 Core i5 760 setup with 2x HD5770’s in Crossfire. I know Sandy Bridge will be replacing 1156 but so what? I never replace the CPU without replacing the motherboard anyway so I can’t see this being a big deal unless you want to wait.
 
Get a larger SSD and a better screen.

You'll fill 80GB fast with Windows 7 / Creative Suite / Visual Studio / Max/Maya and some games.

Any kind of visual work will benefit from a better screen. The Dell UltraSharp U2410 24" is very good.
 
Ok, here's the build:

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You really need a sound card if you want to make a use of any decent speakers/headsets.

The PSU will be good enough to power an oced CPU and Crossfire 5870s. Coolermaster suggested above is... bad.

Monitor I speced you has an IPS panel. You'll see the difference as soon as you power it up.

Nothing more to add tbh, have fun building it up :)
 
Also, on the chair:

Ikea's Markus Chair. Comes in four colours, and the black one is £90 in store. Very comfortable!! But the monitor i'd go for is the BenQ LED one, a lot cheaper :)
 
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cardx2 £323.39
(£379.98) £646.78
(£759.96)
Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £179.99
(£211.49) £179.99
(£211.49)
BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £141.99
(£166.84) £141.99
(£166.84)
Antec TruePower Quattro 1000W Modular Power Supply £136.16
(£159.99) £136.16
(£159.99)
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £131.91
(£154.99) £131.91
(£154.99)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 10666C9 (1333MHz) Tri-Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1333C9) £114.88
(£134.98) £114.88
(£134.98)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £110.62
(£129.98) £110.62
(£129.98)
Lian-Li PC-P50B Armoursuit Midi Tower Case - Black £96.16
(£112.99) £96.16
(£112.99)
Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £57.01
(£66.99) £57.01
(£66.99)
Logitech X-540 5.1 Speaker System (970223-0120) £51.05
(£59.98) £51.05
(£59.98)
Asus CineVibe Rumble Feedback USB Gaming Headset £50.20
(£58.99) £50.20
(£58.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.27
(£48.49) £41.27
(£48.49)
Samsung SH-B083L/RSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £40.84
(£47.99) £40.84
(£47.99)
Gelid Icy Vision VGA Cooler (ATI and Nvidia)x2 £31.48
(£36.99) £62.96
(£73.98)
Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard (967929-0120) £26.37
(£30.98) £26.37
(£30.98)
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) £21.27
(£24.99) £21.27
(£24.99)

comes to £2275 which is a bit over your budget but it is way more powerful and quieter than your build, if you want a better monitor and save some cash then you can take off one of the GTX 480's and gelid coolers along with drop the PSU down to a 750w or 850w one
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £219.98
(£187.22) £219.98
(£187.22)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***Supplied with Stalker & Stormrise Games*** £205.61
(£174.99) £411.22
(£349.98)
Samsung B2430H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £158.61
(£134.99) £158.61
(£134.99)
Corsair Professional Series™ Gold AX750 High Performance 750W Power Supply (CMPSU-750AXUK) £136.99
(£116.59) £136.99
(£116.59)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £129.98
(£110.62) £129.98
(£110.62)
ASRock 890FX Deluxe3 AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £126.99
(£108.08) £126.99
(£108.08)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £86.94
(£73.99) £173.88
(£147.98)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Window Edition Dominator Case - Black £84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)
Western Digital Caviar Green 1.5TB SATA-II 64MB Cache - OEM (WD15EARS) £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)
Logitech X-540 5.1 Speaker System (970223-0120) £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card (90-YAA060-1UAN00Z) £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Steelseries XAI HD Gaming Mouse (62012) £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
LG CH10LS20 10x BluRay-ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Steelseries Merc Stealth Gaming Keyboard (64051) £55.99
(£47.65) £55.99
(£47.65)
Sennheiser PC156 Pro-Gaming USB Headset (500133) £51.99
(£44.25) £51.99
(£44.25)
Coolermaster V6GT CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/775/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £49.98
(£42.54) £49.98
(£42.54)
Zalman VF3000-A Graphics Card Cooler (ATI 5830/5850/5870) £32.99
(£28.08) £65.98
(£56.16)
Sub Total : £1,682.58
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £20.10
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £297.97
Total : £2,000.65
 
Well as it stands am ready to order, so I probably check this thread throughout the day, post my final choice, before I order everything tonight. Suggestions and replies have been great, I have tried to respond to everyone.

macca672 said:
you have only selected dual channel memory for an i7 you want triple channel
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Guess huge error there thanks for spotting that

OzZie said:
I'd also opt to get the BenQ LED monitor over the samsung for a little more.
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Seems a lot of people recommend this monitor so I definitely drop the Samsung, I only chose Samsung over it because it had HDMI input

OzZie said:
Swap the Artic Silver 5 for MX-3, and i'd also look at a cheaper... . I got a coolermaster 1000W modular pro for the same price as that corsair! :)
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I probably stick with the corsair as it seems to be much better quality.

Freddie1980 said:
I wouldn't get those headphones, treat yourself and get a set of Sennheiser HD515's!
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Seems I drop the head phones too, nobody seems impressed by them haha

R088ieS86 said:
I'd definately swap out the intel SSD for this one:
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sldsmkd said:
Get a larger SSD and a better screen....
Cheaper and faster http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-007-CR&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=910
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I have to admit I was relectant with getting an SSD purely due to size and wasnt even going to include it, seems everyone recommends the Crucial RealSSD brand so looks like I be going down that root.

subbytna said:
you don't really need a gaming mouse pad
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I probably don't but I get it anyway :)

Mr Krugga said:
Ok, here's the build:
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This looks like an excellent build which I seriously might consider

Ryan-3 said:
Also, on the chair:

Ikea's Markus Chair. Comes in four colours, and the black one is £90 in store. Very comfortable!! But the monitor i'd go for is the BenQ LED one, a lot cheaper :)
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Thanks for the suggestion on the chair, I definitely be going for that

HW91 said:
comes to £2275 which is a bit over your budget but it is way more powerful and quieter than your build, if you want a better monitor and save some cash then you can take off one of the GTX 480's and gelid coolers along with drop the PSU down to a 750w or 850w one
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Another build that looks great, I defnitely take off one of the GTX 480's and gelid coolers to bring the price down if I was to go for this

Superewza said:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £219.98
(£187.22) £219.98
(£187.22)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***Supplied with Stalker & Stormrise Games*** £205.61
(£174.99) £411.22

Total : £2,000.65
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Never had an AMD processor before which could be interesting, also 5850 x2 not to sure about.
 
As I said earlier, that SSD is too small.

I have a 128GB one, and have had to use NTFS junctions a lot to move the Profiles and lesser used stuff onto my regular Harddisk.

Windows 7, Creative Suite, Office, Visual Studio & a game or two fill 90-100GB easily.
 
64GB is not too small for any OS install. I mean, i know Windows 7 is bloated and all but there's no way it uses more than 30GB, at a guess. I use OS's that don't come close to filling 256MB...
 
I have a measly 30gb Kingston SSD

Win7 Home Premium, with hibernating turmed off, only uses 20GB. I have 10 spare for updates.

Plenty for an OS drive.
 
Superewza said:
64GB is not too small for any OS install. I mean, i know Windows 7 is bloated and all but there's no way it uses more than 30GB, at a guess. I use OS's that don't come close to filling 256MB...
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It's fine for the OS, it's tight for the OS + Profile + Apps.
 
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