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N00bie

N00bie

N00bie

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OCZ Vertex 3 240GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-240G) £394.99


Asus Maximus IV Extreme Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £299.99

XFX ATI Radeon 6970 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£259.99

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £239.99


Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case - Black
£224.99

BeQuiet Dark Power Pro P8 1000W '80 Plus Silver' Modular Power Supply £189.98


G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-17000CL9D-4GBXL) £54.98


Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99


Total : £1,699.61



What do you guys think?
Will be playing new BF3 when launched and Diablo 3 and other games also.
 
If its just a gaming machine you can save some money by going with the 2500k CPU, drop the psu to 750w this will be plenty for future xfire cards.

Also £300 on a motherboard, one for £150 would plenty unless there is any features your after.
 
Thats a fair amount of good looking kit. Couple of questions:
Are you planning on water cooling any of that?
Have you ordered it already?
 
Not ordered as of yet, finalising the build.....you know i want something thats gonna last a long long time!
Would love to watercool but still have no clue on how to do it and dont want to risk £1700 worth of hardware doing so !

The mobo is £300 but i feel this would last me ages ROG boards are bad ass use to own a Commando socket 775 ;)
 
I think you're just showing off, or you have more money than sense.

Crazy waste of money on that motherboard, unless you want to go tri-xfire. It's also E-ATX so careful what case you choose (800D is OK). Same for PSU, completely OTT unless you want tri xfire. And £400 SSD?

Anyway, it's your cash. This kind of hardware begs for water cooling and proper custom jobs, if you want to do it properly.
 
The way i look at it dude is, i could easily spend £400 overall less on the computer....but i wanna be able to keep something for 2-3 years that'll cream through everything i own.

Would you however reckon i should scrap the SSD and go for the Hybrid 500gb and then buy a 2nd 6970 ??
 
Products and Shipping Information
Shipping service: FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
Shipping Cost: £0.00
Delivery date: Wednesday 29th June 2011

Product Name Price Qty Line Total
Lian Li PC-P80B Armorsuit Aluminium Super Tower Case - Black £249.99 1 £249.99
Asus Maximus IV Extreme Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £249.99 1 £249.99

Order Cost Summary
Sub Total: £499.98
Shipping: £0.00
Total Vat: £100.00
Total inc Vat: £599.98

Just placed order for these bits so far ;)
 
oh no. with £1700 you could get something way better than that:


YOUR BASKET
2 x Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £347.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £183.98
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £161.99
1 x OCZ ZX Series 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £149.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £139.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £79.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,520.89 (includes shipping : FREE).

i dont know what your case is like, but i would seriously suggest cancelling the order ASAP, because that is a massive overspend on the motherboard

it is almost impossible to keep something future proof as the socket required for the best processors constantly changes, and this is not something you can change on a motherboard.
 
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N00bie said:
That SSD is not as good as one i wanted, and hate nvidia cards. Might go crossfire
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what dont you like about Nvidia cards?
also, ive only been recommending the C4 SSD's because there are problems with the OCZ 3 series ones right now. have a look in the news + deals section for details on them
 
Just an ati fanboy had those everytime, if u think nvidia 580s are better then gimme a show? And ill consider them :)
 
N00bie said:
The way i look at it dude is, i could easily spend £400 overall less on the computer....but i wanna be able to keep something for 2-3 years that'll cream through everything i own.

Would you however reckon i should scrap the SSD and go for the Hybrid 500gb and then buy a 2nd 6970 ??
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There's no middle ground, is there... :rolleyes:

£150 SLI mobo, 12800C9 8GB low profile ram, Silver Arow, 850W modular PSU, 6970 / 580GTX, 120GB SSD, job done. 2600K or 2500K, whichever you fancy really, given your budget. You can always add a 120GB SSD later, or even a 240GB is the prices fall right down (doubtful). 120GB is a lot of space for games and programs, and it's just pointless storing the space-hogging things on them (music and videos).

You are asking for opinions, for a 'future-proof' build, mine is you are spending a lot of money on things you won't ever need. Unless you are willing to go tri-sli, surround / 3D gaming, and all that enthusiast stuff (water cooling, pimp rigs, ect...).

But it's your money, I'd rather spend it on other things personally.
 
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