My new build for university.

ElateSword · 30 Apr 2012 at 23:59

I start university in september doing Games technology so I'll need a system good for running unity as well as games.Here is what I have at the minute:

ASUS Sabertooth X79 Mobo @ £240.97
PNY nVidya geforce GTX 580 1.5GB @ £310.29
60GB Sata 3, 2.5" SSD @ £59.19
2.5" to 3.5" mounting bracket @ £7.82
Corsair CMPSU-800GUK 800W power supply @ £82.50
intel core i7 3820 @ £222.44
Zalman CNPS 11X Extreme Processor Cooler @ £43.95
Artic Silver @ £5
Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B 16GB (4x4GB) 1600MHz @ £78.97
NZXT Phantom 410 Midi case @ £80
LiteOn IHAS124-19C 24x Internal DVDRW @ £15.75

What more could I need? or can you recommend? Or is there anything ehre that wont work together?

Thanks for any help you give.
PS if you need links I can provide them.

beejjacobs · 1 May 2012 at 00:05

That looks okay.

I'd get a different power supply, also which SSD is it?
Do you have a 64bit OS for the 16GB of RAM?

What's your total budget, we'll see if we can improve things.

Cythx · 1 May 2012 at 00:08

Is there any reason you want that particular CPU?

ElateSword · 1 May 2012 at 00:09

beejjacobs said:
That looks okay.

I'd get a different power supply, also which SSD is it?
Do you have a 64bit OS for the 16GB of RAM?

What's your total budget, we'll see if we can improve things.

I'm not looking to spend more than £1500 max as this is money straight from the university.

I'll provide links on the above post to each item I'm looking at, plus I have my own copy of 64bit so operating systems I'm sorted with.

ElateSword · 1 May 2012 at 00:14

Cythx said:
Is there any reason you want that particular CPU?

I figured because it's the cheapest i7 in the 2nd generation range.

MyUsualOnesUsed · 1 May 2012 at 00:14

If you want to overclock the CPU, make sure you get one with a "K" at the end of the name, for example, 2500K, 3570K, etc.

Fire_fly · 1 May 2012 at 00:15

Lose the links to a competitor site.

If you want a good top end system for playing games then somthing like this should do well.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2680-KR) £429.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £175.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £139.99
1 x Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £104.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £99.95
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black £94.99
1 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (0F10383) £74.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £64.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,317.30 (includes shipping : £13.75).

You can change bits if you want, such as putting an i7 in there if you need it.

stulid · 1 May 2012 at 00:17

Drop the competitor links before you get a ban.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £431.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £419.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £109.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX) £89.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020003-UK) £86.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £34.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,414.39 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Ollie1132 · 1 May 2012 at 00:18

Fire_fly said:
Lose the links to a competitor site.

That^ Plus are you really going to be using 6 cores and HT doing games technology...? Im currently studying Games Software Development which means Im going to be programming a lot of games... Though I wouldn't go 6 cores and HT. Mainly because my lecturer suggests that we keep the game specifications to what almost any system can play. Par say his home PC has 4Gb of RAM so if I exceed that when he is marking my work he would have trouble compiling and running my games.

ObixConstant · 1 May 2012 at 00:19

ElateSword said:
I'm not looking to spend more than £1500 max as this is money straight from the university.

I'll provide links on the above post to each item I'm looking at, plus I have my own copy of 64bit so operating systems I'm sorted with.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £431.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £311.99
1 x Asus X79 Sabertooth Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £259.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £99.95
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black £94.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX) £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £76.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM (Version B - with new Firmware) £19.99
Total : £1,499.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).

OptimaLnrg · 1 May 2012 at 00:20

The university is paying for your computer?

Ollie1132 · 1 May 2012 at 00:21

OptimaLnrg said:
The university is paying for your computer?

I believe he is talking about his student loan.

ElateSword · 1 May 2012 at 00:24

Ollie1132 said:
I believe he is talking about his student loan.

It's a bursary so to say from the university, they give me £1500 in my first year and £500 in the 2nd and 3rd.

I'll drop the links now. And It's not only for university but for running the latest games as well.

Ollie1132 · 1 May 2012 at 00:25

You get that much bursary? Im jealous I get about a grand xD

Fire_fly · 1 May 2012 at 00:25

Unless you need it now then it may be advisable to wait until around August, or at least a few weeks, before buying as due to the Ivybridge launch the prices of the socket 1155 Motherboard and compatible ram has increased due to the demand.

ElateSword · 1 May 2012 at 00:29

Fire_fly said:
Unless you need it now then it may be advisable to wait until around August, or at least a few weeks, before buying as due to the Ivybridge launch the prices of the socket 1155 Motherboard and compatible ram has increased due to the demand.

I wont be able to buy until around December/January eitherway. I am considering buying a 1155 over a 2011 now however as they are cheaper and more readily overclockable (The ones with the 'k' suffix I mean).

ElateSword · 1 May 2012 at 00:30

Ollie1132 said:
You get that much bursary? Im jealous I get about a grand xD

It was because I achieved distinctions in my college course, the only thing I'm proud of to date :')

Ollie1132 · 1 May 2012 at 00:33

ElateSword said:
It was because I achieved distinctions in my college course, the only thing I'm proud of to date :')

Ahah I see

I didn't go to college so I guess I missed out I still get a lot per year regardless

spent £750 on my new IB build... tis just barebones as well... I was a little drunk and sad so yeah xD

stulid · 1 May 2012 at 00:33

Well if you aint buying until next Xmas, speccing a PC now is a utter waste of time.

ElateSword · 1 May 2012 at 00:35

stulid said:
Well if you aint buying until next Xmas, speccing a PC now is a utter waste of time.

Come christmas, I wont be looking at buying anything thats released from now so I like to know where I stand a few good months before hand.