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i should have got my money by the end of the month can you tall me how this spec look for £1700 what do i not need or want should i get insted
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Thanks you danny
 
What do you use your computer for? I would be inclined to try and get an intel setup if your spending that much money.
 
Firstly, for someone going to university your spelling and grammar are terrible :(

Get Sandybridge with a B3 revision motherboard.

Whether you get Sandybridge or the Phenom you need dual, not triple, channel memory.

You may want something faster than the WD Caviar Greens for a boot drive.

Get a 6950 and flash it.

1200W PSU is overkill.

I assume you already have a monitor, mouse, keyboard and operating system.

Apart from that it's fine :rolleyes:

What's the heat shrink for?
 
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That motherboard is not worth the money as you only have 1 GFX card.

i would swap the motherboads for about a £100 one and then change the graphics card to either 2X nvidia 480's or 2x ATI 6950 2gb

this would much increase the performance

also the 1200w PSU is overkill so go down to either a 850 or 1000w one


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but for £1700 i would get the i5 2500k as will future proff a lot better and games at the momment will not utilise the 6 cores of the 1090t
 
No offence intended, but that's not the best basket you've put together.

I5 2500k - £160

Gigabyte P67A-UD4 - £150

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 - £40

Swap your cpu mobo and ram for these (or similar) and downgrade the PSU to something like a 650w model (or 850 if you're planning for a second GPU at some stage).

This stuff is a lot cheaper, and will provide you with a better gaming system than going down the AMD route. With the money you saved, invest in either a second GPU or an SSD.
 
Go for a SB Setup, save quite a bit of money on that over your AMD alternative.
Get a smaller but better quality PSU
HDD's you can get the Samsung or the Hitachi for less, and they're basically the same.
Tonight is the release of ATI's new GPU, check the price of that, and fit it in for £1700... then come back :p (oh but make sure your case'll fit 12" GPU's xD)

kd
 
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Surveyor said:
Firstly, for someone going to university your spelling and grammar are terrible :(

Get Sandybridge with a B3 revision motherboard.

Whether you get Sandybridge or the Phenom you need dual, not triple, channel memory.

You may want something faster than the WD Caviar Greens for a boot drive.

Get a 6950 and flash it.

1200W PSU is overkill.

I assume you already have a monitor, mouse, keyboard and operating system.

Apart from that it's fine :rolleyes:

What's the heat shrink for?
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First off i am sorry that my spilling and grammar is bad i am looking for a pc that i well be able to play game's and i going doing web developer and web design so i need it to last me though uni. yes i can see the PSU is overkill and i am going to get one with less power i can see want you mean about the 6950 how good is it.

I pick amd as i dont no notting about Intel as i have allwas have had amd which one be better for me and which one well last.

I do have a monitor, mouse, keyboard and operating system.

jakejacob0 said:
That motherboard is not worth the money as you only have 1 GFX card.

i would swap the motherboads for about a £100 one and then change the graphics card to either 2X nvidia 480's or 2x ATI 6950 2gb

this would much increase the performance

also the 1200w PSU is overkill so go down to either a 850 or 1000w one


=]


but for £1700 i would get the i5 2500k as will future proff a lot better and games at the momment will not utilise the 6 cores of the 1090t
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I have never Crossfire graphics card is it good and do it increase the performance and i pick the amd the 6 cores one so it well last me
 
jimbob27 said:
No offence intended, but that's not the best basket you've put together.

I5 2500k - £160

Gigabyte P67A-UD4 - £150

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 - £40

Swap your cpu mobo and ram for these (or similar) and downgrade the PSU to something like a 650w model (or 850 if you're planning for a second GPU at some stage).

This stuff is a lot cheaper, and will provide you with a better gaming system than going down the AMD route. With the money you saved, invest in either a second GPU or an SSD.
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thank look good but i dont no intal how good and what is the performance of them and with the RAM do the Channel increase the performance by a lot.

Disco Boy said:
Spell checker for Firefox.

Also a SB setup.
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thanks and if you want to be clever i am useing my phone so how can i get "Spell checker for Firefox." if that all you have to say dont post and look if you dont like my spilling simple

King Damager said:
Go for a SB Setup, save quite a bit of money on that over your AMD alternative.
Get a smaller but better quality PSU
HDD's you can get the Samsung or the Hitachi for less, and they're basically the same.
Tonight is the release of ATI's new GPU, check the price of that, and fit it in for £1700... then come back :p (oh but make sure your case'll fit 12" GPU's xD)

kd
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what is the new ATI GPU called
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
XFX ATI Radeon 6950 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card XFX ATI Radeon 6950 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £203.99
(£169.99) £203.99
(£169.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £185.99
(£154.99) £185.99
(£154.99)
Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £97.99
(£81.66) £97.99
(£81.66)
LiteOn iHBS112 12x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) LiteOn iHBS112 12x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £74.99
(£62.49) £74.99
(£62.49)
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £68.99
(£57.49) £68.99
(£57.49)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £26.53
(£22.11) £26.53
(£22.11)
Sub Total : £785.36
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £159.82
Total : £958.93

Well under budget too. Personally would wait for a new generation SSD and get that in a month or two.

Their new card is the 6990, com'on keep up!

What resolution do you game at?
 
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shadow_boxer said:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
XFX ATI Radeon 6950 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card XFX ATI Radeon 6950 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £203.99
(£169.99) £203.99
(£169.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £185.99
(£154.99) £185.99
(£154.99)
Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £97.99
(£81.66) £97.99
(£81.66)
LiteOn iHBS112 12x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) LiteOn iHBS112 12x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £74.99
(£62.49) £74.99
(£62.49)
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £68.99
(£57.49) £68.99
(£57.49)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £26.53
(£22.11) £26.53
(£22.11)
Sub Total : £785.36
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £159.82
Total : £958.93

Well under budget too. Personally would wait for a new generation SSD and get that in a month or two.

Their new card is the 6990, com'on keep up!
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that look good thanks and i well not be getting the pc for like a month anyway hehe and thanks for talling me the next ATI card
 
since you seem to have a tonne of cash for this computer, heres the build i knocked up. gives you some of the best graphics cards on the market in crossfire, so your games will be demolished by this computer for some time to come

few things i will say first:
- i have very little idea about intel motherboards. i just went for one which had x8, x8 crossfire or better in the P series
- i have literally no clue what CPU cooler is good, so i went with the same one as the other build
- wasnt sure about the case, so again i copied it

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
(£174.99) £419.98
(£349.98)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £185.99
(£154.99) £185.99
(£154.99)
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £97.99
(£81.66) £97.99
(£81.66)
XFX Pro 850W Core Edition Power Supply £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
LiteOn iHBS112 12x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £74.99
(£62.49) £74.99
(£62.49)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (0F10383) £38.99
(£32.49) £38.99
(£32.49)
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £26.53
(£22.11) £26.53
(£22.11)
Sub Total : £991.19
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £200.99
Total : £1,205.93
 
Hi Danny,

Hows this spec?

I Know that you said you have a monitor, so if you really want to keep it then ignore the monitor in the spec below to save some cash :)

I have spec'd 2 large and faster hard drives for all your data etc & 1 SSD for your Windows to speed everything up.

Also the graphics card can be flashed to the same spec as the card you had in your original post but saving £80!

This spec also has more memory and leaves room on the motherboard for future upgrades.

I can personally vouch for the AMD CPU, ASUS motherboard and Corsair H70 cooler as I'm using them in my pc, great items and personally I think its worth it.

Also just use the sound card on the motherboard, it uses HD sound anyway.

Hope this helps? :D

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Space Monkey said:
Hi Danny,

Hows this spec?

I Know that you said you have a monitor, so if you really want to keep it then ignore the monitor in the spec below to save some cash :)

I have spec'd 2 large and faster hard drives for all your data etc & 1 SSD for your Windows to speed everything up.

Also the graphics card can be flashed to the same spec as the card you had in your original post but saving £80!

This spec also has more memory and leaves room on the motherboard for future upgrades.

I can personally vouch for the AMD CPU, ASUS motherboard and Corsair H70 cooler as I'm using them in my pc, great items and personally I think its worth it.

Also just use the sound card on the motherboard, it uses HD sound anyway.

Hope this helps? :D
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Thank you Space Monkey that a good amd spec and i well not need a monitor i think and good for £1,257.77
 
before you read this post, i need to ask one important question - what will your uni work include?

if it includes any of the following, ignore the rest of the post:
- graphic design work
- very heavy photoshop work (not just picture touching up)
- CAD/CAM work
- complex animation
- large amounts of video editing.

if it doesnt, or you will only be doing this a tiny bit compared to the gaming, then read on

to be honest, the 6 cores are pretty pointless if your gonna be gaming. most games are written for 3 cores, so you'd almost always have 2 cores sitting there doing nothing, and one core doing the tiny background tasks, while the other 3 are working their nuts off.

i would really go with an intel sandybridge, because they are WAY better than any AMD processor of the same clock speed.

same goes with the RAM. 4GB is more than enough. even the most recent games dont use 4GB of ram. it would really be best go for 4GB now, and upgrade to 8GB when you know its the RAM thats the bottle neck.
 
sorry for the spam of replies, but this prebuilt system might be up your alley. its more expensive than buying it separately, but it means you dont have to build it, and also you have it overclocked and under warranty:

Ultima mosasaur: £1462.98

specs:
intel i7 2600K overclocked to 4.6Ghz
2x ATI Radeon HD 6950 in crossfire
corsair H70 CPU cooler
4GB RAM
1TB HDD
60GB SSD (OCZ vertex 2E)
Optical Drive: LG 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter

12 month warranty
 
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