Major upgrade (£3000+ build) critique? :P

If you are buying now...

Q6600 as your processor
4GB Gskill RAM (2x2)
780i motherboard (evga, asus or msi)
Dell/Samsung (You decide on the size you can afford a 30inch if you want)
3 x BFG 8800 GTXs
Auzuntech Xfi prelude Sound card
1x Raptor 150GB as primary hard disk
1x seagate 1TB 32mb cache hard disk for storage

Choose a big nice case you like, water cooling if you are into that ( i prefer air) and wahtever else is missing.
 
OCdude said:
Oh and i already have my holiday booked for this year :P
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Thankfully you do have a sense of humour ……wish you well on your build mate, As I said when I gave the spec above, bet there would not be much in it experience wise….between a good system and top end one.


top End you say so your looking at the best really which as far as I have read is


Coolermaster Cosmos 1000 Case-Fantastic case with great cooling.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650
If anything screams overkill on the CPU side, it’s Intel’s latest “Penryn” Quad-Core CPU which hums along at 3GHz, has four

Motherboard: ASUS Maximus Extreme X38
it’s probably the most tweakable motherboard out.

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT
8800GT offers near GTX performance levels (even surpasses it with some clock adjustments), runs far cooler, draws less power and is quite simply an amazing feat by the folks at the green team. BFGTech, ASUS and XFX come to mine when looking for a particular brand.
Hard Drive: Seagate 7200.11 1Terrabyte Barracuda

Mouse: Logitech G9

Keyboard: Logitech G15

RAM: OCZ 4GB DDR3 PC3-10666C6 1333MHz ReaperX (2x2GB) Dual Channel DDR3
To fuel the ASUS board, you’ll want hot-rod-class DDR3 that supports kick-ass overclocking, excellent passive cooling and really sets a benchmark in the RAM
 
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I think that the point the 'dissuaders' are trying to make is that you can spend half and still make the most out of your system as performance differentials between a £1500 PC and £3000 PC will not be relatively great. There is a reason ppl are giving you this kind of advice.

Bearing this in mind, if you want to go down this route then fine. Your money, your choice.
 
For just over £3000:

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BUT if you want to go REALLY REALLY super powered, then this:

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Bonjour said:
At least spending the money on a computer leaves you with something tangible. Once you get back from holiday, you've actually got nothing to show for the money you spent..
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some of the memories i have from holidays are priceless, i wouldnt trade them for an enzo ferrari, let alone a computer... and they were not expensive at all
 
Well hopefully this summer will leave me with lots of fond memories <3 (errr from my holiday - not my PC upgrade lol)

On a different note - whats the general view on the 780i chipset? I seem to remember reading lots of complaints regarding stability (especially on ASUS boards)? Or have most of these issues been fixed with the later BIOS' ?
 
Hmm i might be persuaded to OC... if someone can reccomend a good (simple) watercooling kit to get, and basic info! lol ;)

From what i know (by reading a few online reviews - so not much!) games benefit quite a bit from the increased cache - but would having a faster FSB speed (1600MHz compared to 1333MHz) have any tangible difference?
 
shaffaaf27 said:
my spec no good?
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Which one? I probably would choose 2x2gb for the Ram in a high end build or even 4x2gb rather than 4x1gb, you haven't included the speaker system and I think the Killer NIC is a bit of a waste of money.

For the second specification do you know if the Arctic Freezer 7 Pro fits socket 771?

Other than that they both look fine but at this sort of level personal preference plays more of a role in choosing parts.
 
there is almost no difference between a say £1.5k pc and a £3k one... i think it would be better to spend less now and save money to upgrade later when next-gen stuff is out

semi-pro waster said:
Which one? I probably would choose 2x2gb for the Ram in a high end build or even 4x2gb rather than 4x1gb, you haven't included the speaker system and I think the Killer NIC is a bit of a waste of money.

For the second specification do you know if the Arctic Freezer 7 Pro fits socket 771?

Other than that they both look fine but at this sort of level personal preference plays more of a role in choosing parts.
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skulltrail uses the 775 mounts for cpu coolers i think
 
A key difference between a £1500 system and a £3000 is the monitor.

Not only is the 30" monitor twice as expensive as, say, a 24"er, but you'll also benefit from the extra grunt of SLI and a faster processor.
 
semi-pro waster said:
Which one? I probably would choose 2x2gb for the Ram in a high end build or even 4x2gb rather than 4x1gb, you haven't included the speaker system and I think the Killer NIC is a bit of a waste of money.

For the second specification do you know if the Arctic Freezer 7 Pro fits socket 771?

Other than that they both look fine but at this sort of level personal preference plays more of a role in choosing parts.
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the ram you are correct about, and yes 775 cpu coolers do work on skull trail.

if i was to go all aout i would choose the killerNIC, but then it is IMO.

ahh the speakers. umm well if i was spending that dosh, i would go for the Z-5500s.

here is a 3k system that I would use.

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