First build £1600 budget

[TheRedScot]

Wondering if u guys could spec me a new build i dont need a mouse keyboard or screen. i want to be able run games at max setting and also be able to sli now, or in the future, thanks

 

[King Damager]

Need an OS?

kd

 

[TheRedScot]

windows 7 home premiun

 

[King Damager]

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £257.99 (£515.98)
1 x Silverstone Fortress 2 FT02B-W Windowed Gaming Case - Black £219.98
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £134.99
1 x OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £92.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £47.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,568.48 (includes shipping : £16.85).





This is a possible option. Depends on what quality case etc... you want and how much you care about pure performance.

Another option:
YOUR BASKET
2 x OcUK GeForce GTX 580 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £399.98 (£799.96)
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £124.99
1 x OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £92.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £73.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £47.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £22.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,636.96 (includes shipping : £14.75).



This one has SLI 580's 3GB, still has a fantastically high quality case, but has a worse CPU cooler and a smaller SSD drive.

kd

 

[TheRedScot]

That looks good ill order that do i just post in this thread for tips on how to build or do i go to another 1

 

[TheRedScot]

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £257.99 (£515.98)
1 x Silverstone Fortress 2 FT02B-W Windowed Gaming Case - Black £219.98
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £134.99
1 x OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £92.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £47.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,568.48 (includes shipping : £16.85).





This is a possible option. Depends on what quality case etc... you want and how much you care about pure performance.

Another option:
YOUR BASKET
2 x OcUK GeForce GTX 580 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £399.98 (£799.96)
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £124.99
1 x OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £92.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £73.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £47.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £22.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,636.96 (includes shipping : £14.75).



This one has SLI 580's 3GB, still has a fantastically high quality case, but has a worse CPU cooler and a smaller SSD drive.

kd

What would you go for ??

 

[gumpy321]

That looks good ill order that do i just post in this thread for tips on how to build or do i go to another 1

Have you ever built a PC before? There is a pretty handy sticky at the top of this forum for novice PC builders, give that thread a look.

If you ever get stuck, come on here and ask for help.

 

[Reaper 392]

i'd highly recommend that second spec. fantastic case, good sized SSD and a few quid in your pocket

 

[[WU-TANG]GZA]

I was about to spec pretty much exactly the same as KD's second option.

I would go for something like that tbh....

 

[King Damager]

I'd probably pick the second, with a view of maybe putting in a new CPU cooler in future if I really wanted to push the overclock

kd

 

[chigley]

Another vote for the second spec., but I'd personally go for this optical drive instead: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-090-LG&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

 

[mickyflinn]

Any reason why you want to sli and not crossfire?

 

[TheRedScot]

Any reason why you want to sli and not crossfire?

no i would crossfire as long as the graphics were good, how much cheaper would it be

 

[mickyflinn]

£400 for 2 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=gx-036-hs&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

also take a look at this article

quote from toms hardware

crossfire came out with a huge overall scaling lead over sli, and removing the one title that didn’t reflect that average would have made the lead even bigger. superior scaling allowed two mid-priced radeon hd 6950s to approximate the performance of two higher-cost geforce gtx 570s, while three hd 6950s took the performance win over three gtx 570s.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crossfire-sli-3-way-scaling,2865-12.html

 

[TheRedScot]

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games £199.99
(£166.66) £399.98
(£333.32)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £163.99
(£136.66) £163.99
(£136.66)
Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred (V3 with USB3.0) Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £146.99
(£122.49) £146.99
(£122.49)
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850M High Performance 850W Modular Power Supply (CP-9020004-UK) £113.99
(£94.99) £113.99
(£94.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £73.99
(£61.66) £73.99
(£61.66)
LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £72.00
(£60.00) £72.00
(£60.00)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache WD10EALX - OEM £51.98
(£43.32) £51.98
(£43.32)
Sub Total : £1,160.74
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £235.10
Total : £1,410.59


would this work ? and would i need to by anything to crossfire the cards, do i need thermal paste

 

[King Damager]

£400 for 2 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=gx-036-hs&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

also take a look at this article

quote from toms hardware

crossfire came out with a huge overall scaling lead over sli, and removing the one title that didn’t reflect that average would have made the lead even bigger. superior scaling allowed two mid-priced radeon hd 6950s to approximate the performance of two higher-cost geforce gtx 570s, while three hd 6950s took the performance win over three gtx 570s.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crossfire-sli-3-way-scaling,2865-12.html

6950's Might beat 570's, but second spec has 2 580's.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/308?vs=299

That's the 1.5GB version of 580 not the 3GB spec'd as well.

Simply put, two 3gb 580's will out-perform pretty much anything (excluding stupid crazy stuff) and fits in the budget.

kd

 

[StonedPenguin]

I'd get the 128GB SSD instead of 64GB if your budget allows, Windows 7 x64 takes a good 20GB, Then updates and a few games and programs leaves you with nothing. I'm using a 90GB ssd and wish I'd gone 128GB+.

 

[TheRedScot]

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games £199.99
(£166.66) £399.98
(£333.32)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £163.99
(£136.66) £163.99
(£136.66)
Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred (V3 with USB3.0) Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £146.99
(£122.49) £146.99
(£122.49)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £134.99
(£112.49) £134.99
(£112.49)
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850M High Performance 850W Modular Power Supply (CP-9020004-UK) £113.99
(£94.99) £113.99
(£94.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £72.00
(£60.00) £72.00
(£60.00)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache WD10EALX - OEM £51.98
(£43.32) £51.98
(£43.32)
Sub Total : £1,211.57
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £245.26
Total : £1,471.58

 

[King Damager]

If you want Blu-Ray get this instead:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-138-SA&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=314


You changed the case to a more outdated one (however each to their own)
The Motherboard to a non gen 3 one.
The PSU to a more expensive one that does the same thing.
The RAM to worse stuff for more!
Windows to a non-bundled version with a worse HDD that cost more....


And you saved the extra money by buying worse GPU's...

Why do I bother...

kd

 

[Ak!ta]

Personally i would change to these items in your build :


Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
£154.98
Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black
£124.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit
£68.40
Options applied to the above product:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS)
£47.99
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9)
£47.99