How is this spec

doing a computer science course at uni myself, i can tell you that any coding you do at uni wont be a problem even for a rubbish PC - it has to work on the UNI's PC's as well as yours.

i have literally no idea about what makes graphic design hard for the processor though, but i would have also thought that you should be able to do it on the university's computers
 
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
 
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 ?
 
Yep, far better. How long is this computer going to last you? I Only ask because you could save yourself a bit of money and still have a system that would rip apart every game out there.
 
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
 
dannyheath said:
what is the new ATI GPU called
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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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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
 
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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