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Katsumoto

Katsumoto

Katsumoto

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Previously made a thread stating I have large funds and will be building some hyper amazing PC for gaming. Since then, I still have those funds but i'm not sure it's entirely worth it anymore? I was looking at the £3000-£4000 budget range but now i'm looking more into the £2000 range and seeing that I'd probably be better off buying upgrades as I go rather than the huge initial sink.

Anyway, for £2000 tell me what I can optimise on what I have. I need everything from monitors to mice and headsets.

This is what I currently have in mind:


YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2670-KR) £299.99
1 x Thermaltake Level 10 GT Visionary Full Tower Case - Black £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Asus Z77 Maximus V Gene Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £151.99
1 x Asus VE228H 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £131.99
2 x Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI / ST2000DL004) £119.99 (£239.98)
1 x Corsair Vengeance 2000 Wireless 7.1 Professional Gaming Headset £114.98
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXV2UK) £92.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Saitek Cyborg R.A.T. 7 5600 DPI Gaming Mouse £76.99
1 x NZXT Havik 140 CPU Cooler (Socket 1366/1155/1156/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £59.99
1 x Saitek Cyborg V7 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £54.98
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £47.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B3ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £20.99
1 x Razer Goliathus Alpha Fragged Gaming Surface - Speed £18.98
Total : £1,880.00 (includes shipping : £16.85).



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There is a few things i feel you may of overlooked. For example the case. The case i pretty pricey and while having a nice sytle and some features but you can get most of the important things in a cheaper case. Something like this (corsair 650D) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-036-CS

You've chosen a mATX motherboard for a Full ATX case, it will fit but it limits your upgrades. SLI will be a little bit of a problem, as the cards will be close together and ontop of other cables.

For that setup, id get a bigger, higher resolution screen.

Is 4TB needed, as your using an SSD as a boot drive, you can have 1 x 2TB drive to start and add the other later.

Do you need a Blu-ray drive and a CD RW?

Are you gonna be overclocking?

The build looks good, im just trying to get you the best for your uses. :)
 
Doomedspeed said:
There is a few things i feel you may of overlooked. For example the case. The case i pretty pricey and while having a nice sytle and some features but you can get most of the important things in a cheaper case. Something like this (corsair 650D) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-036-CS

You've chosen a mATX motherboard for a Full ATX case, it will fit but it limits your upgrades. SLI will be a little bit of a problem, as the cards will be close together and ontop of other cables.

For that setup, id get a bigger, higher resolution screen.

Is 4TB needed, as your using an SSD as a boot drive, you can have 1 x 2TB drive to start and add the other later.

Do you need a Blu-ray drive and a CD RW?

Are you gonna be overclocking?

The build looks good, im just trying to get you the best for your uses. :)
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Thanks for the input. I got the case for 2 reasons. I love the look and I wanted a full tower to have room for the future stuff (I'll still have £2000 of upgrade parts to spend down the line).

Yes the 2*2TB HDD's are required. I have a lot of games in mind of buying, and a large media set also. Was thinking of a HDD for each really as i'll be having a great deal of both. Yes SSD boot drive.

Blue ray: Got some blue ray discs here and thought I may as well. Additionally I think the future of PC gaming may lie in blueray discs.

Was looking at future SLI.

What screen would you suggest?

Would like to overclock that to the ~4GHZ region.

What mobo would you replace that with considering what you said?

Also thanks for helping :)
@ above guy. Was I skimping on PSU? I'm happy to spend more on it because it's such a crucial thing. With future SLI in mind, would I be better off with a larger PSU?
 
Katsumoto said:
Thanks for the input. I got the case for 2 reasons. I love the look and I wanted a full tower to have room for the future stuff (I'll still have £2000 of upgrade parts to spend down the line).
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Fair enough, Its a great case. So i'd go for it if you like it and have the money.

Katsumoto said:
Yes the 2*2TB HDD's are required. I have a lot of games in mind of buying, and a large media set also. Was thinking of a HDD for each really as i'll be having a great deal of both. Yes SSD boot drive.
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I don't blame you. :)

Katsumoto said:
Blue ray: Got some blue ray discs here and thought I may as well. Additionally I think the future of PC gaming may lie in blueray discs.
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Perfect, though you did ahave a CD RW in your spec too. you wont need both.

Katsumoto said:
Was looking at future SLI.

What screen would you suggest?

Would like to overclock that to the ~4GHZ region.

What mobo would you replace that with considering what you said?
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As for the screen, something like this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-052-DE. Its 1200p and 24". Its well reviewed, though it is a bit pricey it will show off your hardware brilliantly.

Motherboard, id say something like this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-389-GI

Supports SLI, but not Tri-SLI. Not many would go that far though.

Also, as you have a big budget, why not a 4GB 670: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-190-EA

There is a KFA2 one, though its a fortnight from being in stock.

Katsumoto said:
Also thanks for helping :)
@ above guy. Was I skimping on PSU? I'm happy to spend more on it because it's such a crucial thing. With future SLI in mind, would I be better off with a larger PSU?
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I thought the PSU you picked was fine.
 
Katsumoto said:
@ above guy. Was I skimping on PSU? I'm happy to spend more on it because it's such a crucial thing. With future SLI in mind, would I be better off with a larger PSU?
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I saw you had a couple of draw off's, future SLI, OC'ing etc, so i always look to 'gold plus' psu's. The AX is also fully modular so cable routing is a breeze.

If you get the right PSU first then future upgrades will be a doddle and you wont need to fork out on another PSU.
 
name89 said:
I really don't like that keyboard!
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Why/Suggestions of other ones?

It has a really nice feature set, half decent software and nice reviews from pretty much all who use it. Only downside is it isn't mechanical but i've never used a mech board anyway, and for the macro keys etc you're talking 50-100% more cost for one. That and I don't want noisy keys which limits me to reds, browns and blacks. Which realistically is only reds and browns as i'll need to type essays. Not really sure what I want.

If you can tell me somewhere I can test out the boards that'd be great.
 
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