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CM-Sniper

CM-Sniper

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-MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** - £257.99

-Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game - £163.99

-Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard -£149.98

-Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White - £129.98

-Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - £79.98

-Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - £59.99

-Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) - £52.80

-Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit - £47.99

-Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM - £30.98 x2 - £61.96

Total: £1022.36

Comments/Changes? I just want to make sure its as good as I can get with a maximum budget of about £800-£1200.
 
change the motherboard to the asrock Z68 extreme 4 gen3 and you're sorted.
theres nothing wrong with the gigabyte, but at £5 extra some PCIe gen3 compatibility wouldnt hurt (with an ivybridge upgrade though)

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any particular reason for going with two 500GB drives instead of 1 1TB drive?
 
Thanks, will change them over now :) Will that PSU be enough for the 570?

And no not really, just think I'd rather have two drives instead of one in case of any issues etc.
 
CM-Sniper said:
Thanks, will change them over now :) Will that PSU be enough for the 570?

And no not really, just think I'd rather have two drives instead of one in case of any issues etc.
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750W should be plenty enough, yeah.

OT: Where abouts in Bolton are you? :)
 
3d Modelling...wouldn't you be better with a i7-2600k? I think you would be able to take advantage of the 8 threads when rendering :)

Just a thought, also budget conscious, might want to weigh up your options :)
 
CM-Sniper said:
And no not really, just think I'd rather have two drives instead of one in case of any issues etc.
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fair enough. i was wondering if you were planning on RAID, or had simply put two in the basket by mistake.

while i remember i'll also recommend you the thermalright silver arrow cooler because its much better at cooling and is a lot quieter. however, if you plan to move the computer about a fair amount then the H60 or antec khuler 620 would be more sensible than the silver arrow
 
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chigley said:
750W should be plenty enough, yeah.

OT: Where abouts in Bolton are you? :)
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Just behind Queens Park, whilst Im at Uni :)

DefiantAsh said:
3d Modelling...wouldn't you be better with a i7-2600k? I think you would be able to take advantage of the 8 threads when rendering :)

Just a thought, also budget conscious, might want to weigh up your options :)
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Yeah, I had been recommended that, but I won't be doing that much 3D modelling, just the odd thing throughout my Uni course, so I dont know if I'm better off putting the saved cash towards the 570 or getting the 2600k and a 560.

Reaper 392 said:
fair enough. i was wondering if you were planning on RAID, or had simply put two in the basket by mistake
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Yeah, I was planning on RAID'ing them buddy :)
 
With a budget of £1200 say, you have enough to squeeze a 2600k in that spec you posted in the OP, making it an awesome machine :) and if you need to render more models further into university, then bosh ;)
 
MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £257.99
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
Lepa G-Series 900W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White £129.98
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £47.99
Corsair Vengeance Arctic White 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £49.99
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,106.99


*drool*
 
Im not a fanboy of nvidia, no. Ive only ever once had an nvidia card and that was when I bought a PC through a retail store like a n00b :P I just often hear guys who I play online with slating ATi, and compatibility issues and such. I guess I'm just quite naive about it and don't look into it properly.

I like those Corsair bundles, but Im dead set on the White 600T. Its too sexy.
 
Like 3DS Max, characters, guns, buildings etc. Those kind of things. Basically the final project is to design an entire level, in an FPS style.
 
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