New Build Help Please

shadow007 · 23 Jul 2012 at 20:18

Just like to point out I have built systems before but for nearly 3 years I have had no PC desktop just a laptop. However i am ready to build again budget is £4000 yes £4000 that's all those years of not having a PC Desktop.

I need some advice/help on the parts for the new build. I will be gaming a lot also some photo editing & some video rendering/editing. I already have the keyboard & mouse need

PC Case
Monitor
CPU
Motherboard
GPU
Ram
HDD
Power Supply

Cooling : Should I go for air or water I would like to point out another thing that I have done custom water cooling builds in the past also but only for friends never for myself.

ozzymundo · 23 Jul 2012 at 20:59

Whoa £4000... are you sure you want to spend all of that as you could get a very good system for £2k to £3k... and leave some left over for upgrades in the future?

I would say for that budget you could definitely go for watercooling but I've only ever done air before so I'll leave that up to someone else.

How much video rendering do you do? I was going to say is it worth spending extra for an i7 but with £4000 it probably doesn't matter...

Do you need an OS?

YOUR BASKET
2 x Asus VG278H 27" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor with NVIDIA 3D Vision 2.0 Glasses - Black w/ FREE Borderlands 2 PC Game £459.95 (£919.90)
4 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £429.95 (£1,719.80)
1 x Asus P8Z77-V Premium w/Thunderbolt Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £351.98
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX1200 High Performance 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-1200AXUK) £204.98
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £147.98
1 x Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White £145.99
1 x Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £113.98
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £65.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £4,050.62 (includes shipping : £27.55).

This is using the majority of the budget, but it does have quad sli 680's, which is probably enough computing power to send a man to the moon, or on second thoughts the edge of the solar system and back. It's got the latest thunderbolt mobo, and i7 and 16gb ram just because, and air cooler (no experience with water) a very good case, 2 absolutely awesome and huge monitors, and a whopping power supply with a large amount of storage.

I have to admit this is a bit overkill with 2 27' monitors and 4 gtx680's, but why not? It would be awesome

Adam123 · 23 Jul 2012 at 21:39

my input...

YOUR BASKET
2 x OcUK Tech Lab H2O Custom GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 £446.98 (893.96)
2 x EK-FC680 GTX - CSQ Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-G1-Sniper 3 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £299.99
2 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £263.99 (527.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 800D (6GB/s) Full Tower Case - Black £239.99
1 x XFX 1000W Black Edition Pro '80+ Platinum' Certified Modular Power Supply £209.99
1 x G.Skill RipJawsZ 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit with Airflow Fan (F3-19200CL11Q-16GBZHD) £199.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256D/EU) £199.99
1 x Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD Sound Card (70SB127000001) £157.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) £124.99
1 x Pioneer BDR-207EBK 12x BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW 128GB - Retail £85.99
Total : £3,393.89 (includes shipping : £27.55).

Im not entirely sure on the watercooling element of the build - I've never done one, but the left over £600 could get u a nice set of Rads, cpu block, compression fittings and some decent fans.

summary
- 256gb ssd
- 3tb hdd
- 2 gtx 680 watercooled
- 2 benq 2420's

Doomedspeed · 23 Jul 2012 at 22:20

Ozzy's spec. 4 GTX 680's My days.

Im sure you won't notice if you only had 3 to be perfectly honest.

I'd go for 3 680's and add an extra screen. 3 Screens for gaming looks amazing.

mickyflinn · 23 Jul 2012 at 22:29

Surely X79 based sytem is the way to go for tri SLI

Doomedspeed · 23 Jul 2012 at 22:31

mickyflinn said:
Surely X79 based sytem is the way to go for tri SLI

Fair point, more RAM too (possibly).

I shall have a look into that.

ozzymundo · 23 Jul 2012 at 22:35

Doomedspeed said:
Ozzy's spec. 4 GTX 680's My days.

Im sure you won't notice if you only had 3 to be perfectly honest.

I'd go for 3 680's and add an extra screen. 3 Screens for gaming looks amazing.

Tbh originally I was going triple 690's but thought maybe that might be a teensy weensy bit overkill, and I wasn't entirely sure whether having 6 cores would work (even if it is just 3 cards), so I knocked it down to a very modest quad 680

A more sensible idea would be a three screen setup with triple sli 680's imo with watercooling, as triple monitor displays are awesome. Have a look at thunderbolt boards as well, although the previously stated X79 would be a good route to look down.

All in all you could do pretty much whatever you liked and get away with it for that amount of money

Doomedspeed · 23 Jul 2012 at 22:44

Quick 2011 spec.

YOUR BASKET
3 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE NVIDIA GPU Keyring £499.99 (1)
3 x Hazro HZ27WC 8-Bit 27" LED Widescreen Professional Monitor - Black £389.99 (974.97)
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £233.99
1 x Asus P9X79 PRO Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £221.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX1200 High Performance 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-1200AXUK) £204.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £158.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White £145.99
2 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD316G1866C9K) £99.95 (199.9)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £89.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £64.99
Total : £4,030.24 (includes shipping : £32.90).

3 GTX 680's
3 Hazro's 27"
6 core i7
32GB of RAM (upto 64GB)
Massive SSD and 2TB of storage.

EDIT: I love big budget's.

ozzymundo · 23 Jul 2012 at 22:54

I love it how even with a £4000 budget we can STILL go over budget... we're always saying if you just stretch another £30 more you can get this... even if you've got £4000 to start of with

I sometimes wonder what I'd have to get to make myself think that I couldn't spend any more and what that budget would be

tamzzy · 23 Jul 2012 at 22:56

lol it always is that lil bit more isnt it?
why not add a 512gb ssd instead, and get the silver arrow sb-e? wont cost too much more! ;p

Doomedspeed · 23 Jul 2012 at 23:05

ozzymundo said:
I love it how even with a £4000 budget we can STILL go over budget... we're always saying if you just stretch another £30 more you can get this... even if you've got £4000 to start of with I sometimes wonder what I'd have to get to make myself think that I couldn't spend any more and what that budget would be

tamzzy said:
lol it always is that lil bit more isnt it?
why not add a 512gb ssd instead, and get the silver arrow sb-e? wont cost too much more! ;p

It is a talent.

to be honest, if your budget is £4000 what's an extra £30. The £30 is the shipping cost.

shadow007 · 23 Jul 2012 at 23:23

I would like to thank every single one of you i really appreciate all the help Thanks.

I notice no one said the i7 3930k I have read it's a good cpu?

Doomedspeed · 24 Jul 2012 at 08:44

shadow007 said:
I would like to thank every single one of you i really appreciate all the help Thanks. I notice no one said the i7 3930k I have read it's a good cpu?

Anything is possible with your budget.

I have just recently read the review, and agree with you.

It fits into your budget well too..

YOUR BASKET
3 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE NVIDIA GPU Keyring £499.99 (1)
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £443.99
3 x Samsung S27A550H 27" Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Monitor - Glossy Black £311.99 (935.97)
1 x Asus P9X79 PRO Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £221.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX1200 High Performance 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-1200AXUK) £204.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £158.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White £145.99
2 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD316G1866C9K) £99.95 (199.9)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £89.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £64.99
Total : £4,006.24 (includes shipping : £32.90).

olivier renault · 24 Jul 2012 at 09:03

gah. need to fix my plugin... :/

Seems like a lot of money.

1155 (or even 2011), single screen (or dual screen for work), single GPU. Budget would be around £2,500 with good components, and a lot less headaches.