How is this spec

dannyheath

dannyheath

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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
 
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


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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
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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
 
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
 
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
 
King Damager said:
Knowing that you're doing a Graphics Design Course, I put you a build together :D

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 580 Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £395.99
(£329.99) £395.99
(£329.99)
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £263.99
(£219.99) £263.99
(£219.99)
Asus Xonar Xense Sound Card + Sennheiser PC 350 Xense Edition Headset £191.99
(£159.99) £191.99
(£159.99)
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Corsair TX 950W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-950TXUK) £124.54
(£103.78) £124.54
(£103.78)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two (V3) Ultimate Gaming Case (with USB3.0 Support) - Black £96.98
(£80.82) £96.98
(£80.82)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Corsair Hydro H70 High-Performance CPU WaterCooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £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)
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £68.99
(£57.49) £68.99
(£57.49)
Sub Total : £1,363.68
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 : £275.69
Total : £1,654.12

I'll talk you through a couple of things.

This build is predominantly focussed on a Graphics processing course, but will also annihilate just about any game out there at the moment at the same time.

2600k Annihilates anything that AMD has to offer at the moment in terms of well, everything....
Motherboard is just a standard motherboard, it does come with SLI support, if you wanted to SLI those 580's at some point in the future.
Sound Card and Headset are the ones you wanted so just went with them.
PSU, is a good brand, and 950W means it'll be more than powerful enough, should you choose to add another 580 in SLI at a later date.
The Solid State drive - to not include one on a build of this cost would be insanity. 64GB, should be big enough to install W7 on and your core graphics design programs so that they run nice and swiftly :D
Case - presumed that was personal preference.
RAM - Got you 8GB, will notice it in a graphics design build.
CPU cooler - you chose the H70, which wouldn't be my personal choice, but presume you chose it for the quietness element.
Picked the same Blu-Ray drive as you - simples
HDD - Why get 2x1TB when you can get 1 2TB for less... Unless you plan on RAIDing them then you might as well get 1 2TB.
Oh GPU - a 580 will eat just about anything you throw at it, so you're not losing out here, also I'm pretty sure I remember reading somewhere that some graphics programs are starting to make the most out of the CUDA/PhysX that you can get in the nVidia GPU's (Might be wrong here, can't quite remember)

kd
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i think that good and what is RAIDing ?
 
How do this look i think i can go £100 more as you nealy all sed Intel Core i7-2600K is the best to get and Crossfire graphics card (ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB) i think the Motherboard my be too good. got a Solid State Hard Drive for window and 2x1tb hard drive want do you think about this below and remenber it need to last me for about 3/4 year :(


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Thanks for you feeback
 
DefiantAsh said:
That would be the 6990, retailed at £500+, you likey :)? If i had the money, i would, but your better off getting xfire 6950 flashed/6970's imho

Also take this mouse - Logitech G500 it is great and you will love it, however £10 over your mouse in your basket. Or for a similar price to your basket option - Logitech MX518 - Currently out of stock, but i think it is great.

And take this over that Steelseries, i dont like WoW :( - Logitech G110 :)

I understand my choices above are all based on my personal choice - no haterz please :D just showing what i would go with instead.
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I do understand about the GPU 6990 i am going to get 2x 6950 and flash then the Gaming Mice you link is good i well have a look hehe and i like wow so that why i am going to get that key bored

King Damager said:
Having looked at the noise levels of a 6990, I'd advise two unlocked 6950's over it, - cheaper as well. I'd still probably take a 580 over the 6950's though, but guess that's personal preference.

You seemed to have again failed to notice that a single 2TB is CHEAPER than 2 1TB and it makes no difference when you don't even know what RAID is....

You also don't really need a motherboard that high a spec, I'd still get the Asus PRO, as it does everything that's needed..

kd
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I am going to get the 2x6950 and flash them

i forgot to chance the two hhd hehe i post a new one witha 2tb hhd on
what motherboard would be good
 
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