Need Advice On Building A Computer

Fubar666

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Ok i'll be honest this is my first build, getting ****ed of with the crap thats loaded on pcs when you buy them plus i need something powerful

as it will be use to run multiple multithreaded softwares &
programing softwares

dont think i need a top the range graphics card as its never going be used for gaming or anything mostly just coding but one that can run multiple monitors

ive been told to get around 16gb + memory

need everything apart from mouse, keyboard, and monitors

oh i kinda like this case
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-129-AN&tool=3

so everything and anything to fit inside also hard drive dont need to be huge as mostly all work is stored on external drives so 500gb or less would be fine

budget £1000 better if less, but not big deal if its over that


thanks

Budd
 
How's this?

Workstation PRO Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz @ 4.50GHz Overclocked Bundle £599.98

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £107.99

XFX 750W Black Edition Modular Power Supply £94.99

Antec 600 Six Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £69.98

Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40

Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache WD10EALX - OEM £44.99

OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.39


Total : £1,018.42
 

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £239.99

MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £132.00

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £107.99

Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive **INTRODUCTORY ONLY PRICE** £89.99

Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) (£79.99) x 2 - £159.98

Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 700W Power Supply £79.99

Antec 600 Six Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £69.98

Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99

Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £27.98

Pioneer 24x Internal S19LBK DVD Rewriter including Labelflash SATA Retail £17.99

Total : £1,043.78 (includes shipping : £13.75).




This is the same spec as the bundle (apart from the motherboard, but I would recommend the MSI over the Asus) but a lot cheaper, as sandybridge isn't hard to overclock, and even if you have no clue how to, these forums are very good and people will walk you through it if you post in the overclocking section. Also included an SSD for the OS and applications which will speed up the overall feel a lot.
 
sk82jack said:


This is the same spec as the bundle (apart from the motherboard, but I would recommend the MSI over the Asus) but a lot cheaper, as sandybridge isn't hard to overclock, and even if you have no clue how to, these forums are very good and people will walk you through it if you post in the overclocking section. Also included an SSD for the OS and applications which will speed up the overall feel a lot.
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True, but the bundle comes with a 12 month collect and return warranty and is less hassle if the op doesn't want to overclock himself, although the SSD is probably a good idea.
 
Yeah I suppose if he feels it's worth an extra £40 then you can.

If you want to bring the cost on my spec down a bit, you could go for the swap the motherboard for the MSI P67A-C45:



Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £239.99

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £107.99

MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98

Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive **INTRODUCTORY ONLY PRICE** £89.99

Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) (£79.99) x 2 - £159.98

Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 700W Power Supply £79.99

Antec 600 Six Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £69.98

Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99

Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £27.98

Pioneer 24x Internal S19LBK DVD Rewriter including Labelflash SATA Retail £17.99

Total : £1,011.77 (includes shipping : £13.75).




(which increases the bundle cost difference to £80 :eek: lol)
 
AMATEURS:D

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under a grand with a 120GB SSD.
 
Surely a 5850 (although great value) is a bit OTT for a guy who isnt even gaming but just coding and the psu could be cut down significantly too. Just my thoughts
 
stulid said:
AMATEURS:D

under a grand with a 120GB SSD.
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LOL

But...slower RAM, slower read speed on the SSD (possibly unneeded size too? although obviously I can't make that call), a non-modular PSU and the optical drive doesn't even have labelflash capabilities! :eek:

In any case, I'd still probably choose yours :(
 
sk82jack said:
LOL

But...slower RAM, slower read speed on the SSD (possibly unneeded size too? although obviously I can't make that call), a non-modular PSU and the optical drive doesn't even have labelflash capabilities! :eek:

In any case, I'd still probably choose yours :(
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Write speeds are a bit low on the crucial M4 dont you think;) not so important for a gaming pc where the data is just being read all the time.

Hows the ram slower;) 1333mhz is the default speed of the memory controller of sandybridge cpu's.
 
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stulid said:
Write speeds are a bit low on the crucial M4 dont you think;) not so important for a gaming pc where the data is just being read all the time.

Hows the ram slower;) 1333mhz is the default speed of the memory controller of sandybridge cpu's.
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Yeah but if your just using the SSD for OS/apps and HDDs for everything else it's worth it surely (unless your constantly uninstalling and installing apps lol!)

If 1333mhz is the default speed how come most people spec 1600mhz? :confused:
 
titan13131 said:
Surely a 5850 (although great value) is a bit OTT for a guy who isnt even gaming but just coding and the psu could be cut down significantly too. Just my thoughts
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If a 5850 gpu isnt needed, then heres a happy little card.

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sk82jack said:
Yeah but if your just using the SSD for OS/apps and HDDs for everything else it's worth it surely (unless your constantly uninstalling and installing apps lol!)
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But the apps he uses do lots of reading and writing back and forth, gaming just reads (mostly)

If 1333mhz is the default speed how come most people spec 1600mhz? :confused:
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Because a 4GB 1600mhz kit is usually cheaper or the same price as a 1333mhz kit, so it makes sense.
 
As I see no mention of overclocking anywhere.

heres a even cheaper spec using the CPU's inbuilt GPU.

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still using the 120GB SSD and the MATCHED set of RAM sticks:)
 
wow thanks for the replies guys i will have a good read through them tomorrow as getting late and had one to many beers lol

i know this sounds like a stupid question but does this included everything i need like screws , cables etc also what about keeping the unit cool as they can tend to run for 24-48 hours before i remember to turn them off

as stulid stated the apps and programs i use do a lot reading files and writing files
 
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