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scott1102

scott1102

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Hi all you brainy lovelly people :) The day is drawing near (well the 30th of july) where i can get my new computer iv been waiting for.

I'v scraped together £1000 budget, i was about to buy a silly branded laptop but obviously for gaming it will probably play the games but only on low/medium settings. So iv regained my logical brain and decided on a desktop.

Can someone please spec me a build? :( im useless at it. The simple criteria is a gaming powerhouse! lol something that would blow crysis 2, black ops, etc etc... outta the water. (if possible)

the only other criteria is, id need a full system. monitor and keyboard and preferably a good wireless card unless i want a wire stretching across the room.

cheers all
 
Hi there, If you aren't buying the rig for almost two months then It may be worth waiting until closer to then for a spec - as the new AMD bulldozer CPU may be out by then (though there are rumours of delays).

If you are buying today, then this is the spec I would go with:

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If you want to do some overclocking, then I would suggest adding in a CPU cooler like this to keep the heat and noise down.
 
^this build will do nicely.

You need to decide what you want from a case styling-wise, you've probably got around £70 for a budget once you've got everything else.
 
uhmm, I would probably change the monitor, and get something like this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-133-SA&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat= beast monitor, check the reveiws.
since it's only £179.99 it leaves an extra £50.

with this £50 I would be persuaded to get a better mouse,keyboard,case.

the mx518, delivers so mutch for the price, so I dont think i would change it.

keyboard I would get something like http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-031-SK&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=1258 or http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-038-RA&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=1258

either way, this will leave an extra £10-15 for the case, I would suggest http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-221-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=29
for better cooling, and also more room.
 
CrixxzeH said:
uhmm, I would probably change the monitor, and get something like this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-133-SA&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat= beast monitor, check the reveiws.
since it's only £179.99 it leaves an extra £50.
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Sorry, I should have justified my choice for the £230 Dell. This monitor uses an high quality E-IPS panel (compared to TN panels used in most other monitors at or below this budget - including the samsung), it looks stunning due to its accurate colours and wide viewing angles (with TN panels you get slight colour banding at the edges even when looking dead-on and when you move your head slightly off-centre the colours shift - you don't get these issues with an IPS panel). Here is an in-depth review, also have a search for "U2311H" on the forums and see what the many people who own one think of it.
 
cmndr_andi said:
Sorry, I should have justified my choice for the £230 Dell. This monitor uses an high quality E-IPS panel (compared to TN panels used in most other monitors at or below this budget - including the samsung), it looks stunning due to its accurate colours and wide viewing angles (with TN panels you get slight colour banding at the edges even when looking dead-on and when you move your head slightly off-centre the colours shift - you don't get these issues with an IPS panel). Here is an in-depth review, also have a search for "U2311H" on the forums and see what the many people who own one think of it.
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ahh ok mate, sorry mybad.
read up some reveiws on the Dell U2311H.. quite epic tbh xD
 
well the monitor isnt really on my hitlist so to speak. i obviously want a good one but doesnt have to be out of this world. i want pure gaming performance. like biggest bang for my buck.

I would seriously even consider waiting a month to get the monitor if it meant i could turn my just above average pc into a monster lol i just wanna make sure i get the most powerful cpu,gfx card,ram etc... i want to be able to pick up any game in shops without having to check the system requirements lol something you can brag about on forums like these.

instead of saying "oh i have an i5 with 1gb gfx card" and people replying "yeh pretty good" id rather have something people reply with "omg so overkill!" lol

i thought with a £1000 budget, if i take the monitor off the list id get something along those lines
 
well tbh an overclocked i5 2500k is pretty epic, anything over 4gb ram wouldn't be used by games, and a 6950 1gb aint exactly slow. but you could always upgrade to a reference 6950 2gb and unlock the extra shaders (so effectively a 6970) for ~£25
 
scott1102 said:
i want to be able to pick up any game in shops without having to check the system requirements lol something you can brag about on forums like these.

instead of saying "oh i have an i5 with 1gb gfx card" and people replying "yeh pretty good" id rather have something people reply with "omg so overkill!" lol
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What's the point of that :/ Be smart with your money. With £1000, you 'may' be able to get a 580GTX and a 2600K, but that would be it. So pretty pointless bits of hardware.
 
scott1102 said:
well the monitor isnt really on my hitlist so to speak. i obviously want a good one but doesnt have to be out of this world. i want pure gaming performance. like biggest bang for my buck.

I would seriously even consider waiting a month to get the monitor if it meant i could turn my just above average pc into a monster lol i just wanna make sure i get the most powerful cpu,gfx card,ram etc... i want to be able to pick up any game in shops without having to check the system requirements lol something you can brag about on forums like these.

instead of saying "oh i have an i5 with 1gb gfx card" and people replying "yeh pretty good" id rather have something people reply with "omg so overkill!" lol

i thought with a £1000 budget, if i take the monitor off the list id get something along those lines
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lol! You will:p but there is no point speccing specifics now as prices in 2 months may be completely different to what they are now. Unless Bull Dozer hasn't been released by that time (not looking likely at the moment lol) then you will be specced a system based around an i5-2500k and a high end GPU such as HD 6950/70 or GTX 570/580 depending on your monitor, case and whether you want enough juice in the PSU for CF/SLI possibilities, etc, but your better off hanging around the forum picking up some good knowledge from all the guys here who know their stuff and then getting a spec check like a week in advance.
 
anyway...

no monitor.
no mouse (get a crap one for a fiver or salvage fron scrapyard / friend :)).
no keyboard (get a crap one for a fiver or salvage fron scrapyard / friend :)).
no 3rd party cooler. Get a £30 cooler later for overclocking.
OEM 2600K

then you can brag about this.


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
(£299.99) £359.99
(£299.99)
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £227.99
(£189.99) £227.99
(£189.99)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
(£120.82) £144.98
(£120.82)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£54.99) £65.99
(£54.99)
Antec High Current Gamer 620W Power Supply £49.99
(£41.66) £99.98
(£83.32)
Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Sub Total : £880.25
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 : £179.00
Total : £1,074.00

You can get under £1000 with a different mobo and 4GB ram instead of 8.
 
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If you downgraded the monitor to a TN and saved £50 then you could afford a HD 6970 or GTX 570. This chart shows how the HD 6970 compares the the HD 6950 1GB in the above spec, this chart shows how the GTX 570 compares. As you can see, it isn't a night-and-day difference. To really push the boat out in terms of graphics performance you need to spend another £200 to get two HD 6950s (or 6970s) or go for a GTX 580.

Also, bear in mind that the one component you will be constantly looking at is your monitor - I strongly suggest against cheaping out on this component to get 10% more pixel pushing power.
 
If this is a gaming rig primarily then isn't the 2500k better value than the 2600k? Just O/C the 2500k. I'd put the extra cash towards an SSD, or a higher end PSU if you think you'll go XF/SLI in the future. As you've said, you want to build a 'monster' after all.

But also as said above, wait until you're ready to buy before finally deciding on a spec as prices and models can change daily (I know from experience, the Asus GTX480 went back up in price the day before I had the OK from my bank manager :().
 
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