New Build Advice Please

[harveyb]

Hi All,

First post so please be gentle!

Looking to build my first ever PC and would appreciate some advice on components.

My Requirements
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1) Good sound output - i love listening to my music. My current PC uses on-board sound and it does the job pretty well but would a dedicated sound card help?

2) Programming - looking to learn C#, SAS and other BI applications over the coming year and some of these may be quite demanding on the CPU

3) Dual Monitor set up is a must - you can never have enough screens!

4) A quiet PC - another must

5) Gaming - yes, looking forward to F12012 in the coming weeks but don't expect to be playing anything else

Some early ideas
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1) Case: Quite like the coolermaster silencio 550

2) Motherboard: gigabyte-ga-z77x-ud5h-socket-1155

3) CPU - intel-core-i5-3570k-3-4ghz

4) GPU - ?

Really open to any suggestions - hope you can all help

Thanks

PS - budget - probably max £800 ish

 

[harveyb]

Bump. Can anyone help?

 

[Hardeep294]

Hey there, welcome to the forums! Do you need the OS as well? Also are the monitors going to be included in the £800 (might make things a lil difficult)

 

[honosuseri]

Bump. Can anyone help?

The weekly offers change today (after 9am i think), so people will be waiting for them to take effect before doing a spec

 

[harveyb]

Thanks.

No, already have monitors but with require an OS - windows professional 7.

Cheers

 

[stulid]

£800 including an OS and the case you like wont get you a UD5H.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Silencio 550 Silent Tower Case - Black £69.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £31.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £807.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).




Prepared to use the Win8 preview?


YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7950 X-Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silencio 550 Silent Tower Case - Black £69.98
1 x OCZ ZT 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £69.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £31.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £798.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).



The above board does SLI/Crossfire.



YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7950 X-Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Silencio 550 Silent Tower Case - Black £69.98
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £31.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £836.39 (includes shipping : £13.75).




Single GFX card board, but included a SSD.

 

[harveyb]

Thanks for your help. i'll look into these options.