First build £1600 budget

Ak!ta said:
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
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Agreed

Dont get the 2500k oem as it comes with only a one year warranty, get the boxed 2500k which has 3 years warranty.


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1275
 
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i didnt meen to change them theres just so many different opinions on what to get im confused, im still a novice and am just switching from console to pc,

im tempted just to get a pre built system as im struggling to work all this out,

sorry if u think i was trying to waste ure time
 
i didnt meen to change them theres just so many different opinions on what to get im confused, im still a novice and am just switching from console to pc,

im tempted just to get a pre built system as im struggling to work all this out,

sorry if u think i wasted ure time
kd
 
King Damager said:
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You changed the case to a more outdated one (however each to their own)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
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i didnt meen to change them theres just so many different opinions on what to get im confused, im still a novice and am just switching from console to pc,

im tempted just to get a pre built system as im struggling to work all this out,

sorry if u think i wasted ure time
 
Buying pre-built will cost you a lot more, and you can build better for the same money yourself.... it's not hard, and there's plenty of people on here to help you through it.
 
Apologies if I came across a bit harsh, was having a bit of a rough drive on Shift 2...

It really isn't too hard to build though. If you check the build log in my sig (K62 Build) you can see how easy it is :) That was my first build ever really :)

Pre-built will cost you a bit more, but yeah, it is a possibility.

Uhm, yeah stick with the original second spec :)

kd
 
Dont worry my friend


I would go with king damagers first spec, but change the 2 GPUS to the 6950s as i sugested and pick a case you like.



:)
 
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-042-OP&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat= ? works out cheaper than buying the 3 items seperately(£50 or so, tho was £12 cheaper the other week).

if you're looking at the 570/6950 then have a look at this pretty much the best 6950 you can get and it can be unlocked to a 6970(tho not guranteed of course), when unlocked and oced it gives you 580 performance for the fraction of the price.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/08/29/sapphire_toxic_hd6950_video_card_review

instead of spending £400-£800 on graphics card now you may want to consider a sub £150 one like this or this to tide you over until the amd 7xxx and nvidia 6xx series card are released(end of this year/1st quarter next year).

kd I get the ram costs more but how is it worse?
 
I wouldn't really spend much more than this on a rig.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £371.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX850 High Performance 850W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-850AXUK) £164.98
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 Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White £129.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £52.80
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
1 x Thermalright MUX-120 Black CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA1366) £34.99
Total : £1,382.29 (includes shipping : £16.85).



And that's with posh components. Could get away with £200 less cutting down on various things.
 
lol @ last two posts.


TheRedScot
I was in your position one stage, you will find all you need for your build in the posts above but none of it will matter if you are using a small or 1920x1080 monitor.

with that build, you will need to go with 1980x1200 and preferably on a 24" monitor and bigger, even go with dual/triple 24" monitors
 
Actually yeah, what screen kind of system are you gaming on?

We might be massively overspecing...

To be fair though, crank up the AA on Crysis 2 with the Texture packs + stuff and you might just about be able to justify it xD

kd
 
King Damager said:
Actually yeah, what screen kind of system are you gaming on?

We might be massively overspecing...

To be fair though, crank up the AA on Crysis 2 with the Texture packs + stuff and you might just about be able to justify it xD

kd
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im going to order my screen when i order my components, i have 400 set aside for a screen any recomendations ?
 
This is your first build and you want to spend how much money? If you really have never built and installed a PC from scratch I'd really suggest you do it with a good friend that is experienced and can help you out.

Alternatively order a complete system from here, ornmaybe ask them to build it and ship it for you. If anything goes wrong you're covered.

Just my £0.02 worth. Good luck either way, looks like an awesome machine.
 
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