Multi purpose spec required

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Hi Guys,

I should have a budget of between £1,500 and £2,000 for a new computer system hopefully by the end of the month. It is required for some gaming, first person shooters mainly, web design, image editing and college/university work.

I require all components and peripherals including operating system and would prefer a larger monitor such as one of the Dell ultrasharps...

What would you all recomend?
 
A starting point:


YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £419.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2410 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £389.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £122.99
1 x Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £109.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £87.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 920 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM2+/AM3+) £74.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £28.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £26.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,892.46 (includes shipping : £22.20).



Peripherals are partly personal choice, but these are always recommended.
Monitor is great and on offer!
7970, or a 580 3GB if you prefer. Rough comparison:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/508?vs=517

Depending what work you do, an i7 might be useful but the i5 is very good.

Bare in mind a lot of what I have specced is on offer atm.
 
Thank you this gives me a fair place to start from... how would that compare to my old system which I sold last year?

Specs of that where...


  • Intel Core i7 920 D0
  • XFX Radeon HD 4870 xXx 1024MB
  • Foxconn Renaissance
  • Antec 900-2
  • Coolermaster Real Power 620w Modular
  • OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 Tri Channel
  • Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB
  • Noctua NH-U12P
  • LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW
 
Very nice, if I did choose to jump to an I7 which model would you recommend while keeping in line with my uppermost budget?
 
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beejjacobs said:
the i7 2600K would be the one to get, no other changes just that!

Unless you are doing heavily threaded work (video editing etc...) then the i5 is fantastic. Of course if you want the i7 and can afford it, then its up to you :)

EDIT: link and comparison
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-358-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1859
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=287
Click to expand...

i7 is probably a lil overkill for what you need. The nvidia cards add cuda support (Beej and i have been on about this over a few threads). If your software supports cuda you could just OC the i5K and run a fast nvidia card. Nothing wrong with the ATI card btw, just pointing out a feature on the nvidia GPU ;)

I'm sure you will game more than work or study lol Which is why the i7 is probably overkill. Of course it's your money spend it however you like, you know better than us what it might be used for :)

Good luck with the build, any probs come build day or questions you know where we are ;)
 
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