New build spec check, everything required

rodders · 11 Jan 2012 at 19:40

Was thinking if this, always wanted water cooling and SLI.
Just for gaming. SLI and monitor are exspensive, but worth it I think.
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK Tech Lab - "Titan 8400i Barracuda" Intel 4.60GHz Quad Core System £995.30
(£829.42) £995.30
(£829.42)
Options applied to the above product:
Mayhems Aurora - Nebula Blue Coolant 1L £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Options applied to the above product:
OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-120G) £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
Options applied to the above product:
No Operating System £0.00
(£0.00) £0.00
(£0.00)
Options applied to the above product:
OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
(£166.66) £199.99
(£166.66)
Dell UltraSharp U2410 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £389.99
(£324.99) £389.99
(£324.99)
Logitech G510 Gaming Keyboard (920-002762) £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Corsair Vengeance M90 5700dpi Laser Gaming Mouse £66.98
(£55.82) £66.98
(£55.82)
Roccat Kave 5.1 Surround Sound Headset £63.84
(£53.20) £63.84
(£53.20)
Ozone Ground Level Large Gaming Surface £15.59
(£12.99) £15.59
(£12.99)
Sub Total : £1,618.05
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £19.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £327.56
Total : £1,965.36

beejjacobs · 11 Jan 2012 at 19:47

Nice. Some would say I'm sure that you don't need to spend that much on a mouse or headset, but if you can afford it I bet they will be lovely

Great rig overall.

RJC · 11 Jan 2012 at 20:03

I use the same monitor and pretty pleased with it, def a nice system.

rodders · 11 Jan 2012 at 20:03

yea, I wasn't sure on the mouse, I had a razer last time, 3600 dpi, so thought 5700dpi can only be better?
Headset, never had one, 5.1 seemed good, don't know if its very noticeable or not?

beejjacobs · 11 Jan 2012 at 20:09

My friends got a 5.1 headset and he's pretty happy with it!

rodders · 11 Jan 2012 at 20:15

hmm, thought this was all water cooled, but looks like CPU only.

Recon two 560's wont get too hot in there?

RJC · 11 Jan 2012 at 20:18

Should be ok, some boards have a extra width PCI-E spacing.

rodders · 11 Jan 2012 at 20:22

hmmm, thinking of not getting the custom water cooling, build similar and put on an Antec H20 cooler.

so many ways to spend 2k!!

beejjacobs · 11 Jan 2012 at 20:25

rodders said:
hmmm, thinking of not getting the custom water cooling, build similar and put on an Antec H20 cooler.

so many ways to spend 2k!!

Build yourself you mean? You can get an awfully nice PC for £2000

rodders · 11 Jan 2012 at 20:28

I was planning on own build till I saw the above PC with water cooling, but was its only the CPU im swinging back to build myself, with perhaps a clocked bundle to guarantee a high clock.

beejjacobs · 11 Jan 2012 at 20:33

Build yourself if you can, the sandybridge CPUs are good overclockers anyway. Do you require everything? PC, monitors, peripherals, OS etc...?

EDIT: ignore that. Just re-read the OP and title

rodders · 11 Jan 2012 at 20:34

hmm, seems just as exspensive.

Yes, I need everything, except a chair, lol

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Dell UltraSharp U2410 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £389.99
(£324.99) £389.99
(£324.99)
Krypton Z68 600i Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.60GHz Overclocked Bundle £254.98
(£212.48) £254.98
(£212.48)
Options applied to the above product:
Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
(£120.82) £144.98
(£120.82)
Options applied to the above product:
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II TOP 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with Battlefield 3 PC Game** £191.99
(£159.99) £383.98
(£319.98)
Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850HXUK) £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3-BK) £125.99
(£104.99) £125.99
(£104.99)
Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two (V3) Ultimate Gaming Case (with USB3.0 Support) - Black £94.98
(£79.15) £94.98
(£79.15)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Logitech G510 Gaming Keyboard (920-002762) £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Corsair Vengeance M90 5700dpi Laser Gaming Mouse £66.98
(£55.82) £66.98
(£55.82)
Roccat Kave 5.1 Surround Sound Headset £63.84
(£53.20) £63.84
(£53.20)
Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Ozone Ground Level Large Gaming Surface £15.59
(£12.99) £15.59
(£12.99)
Sub Total : £1,620.20
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £328.48
Total : £1,970.88

rodders · 11 Jan 2012 at 20:35

Ok, open to suggestions here.

I like the monitor I have selected, must have SSD and storage drive. I would like SLI. I think thats my main requirements.

RJC · 11 Jan 2012 at 20:38

Done the build below, went with the new 7970 GPU, Against your option for SLI!

Just need to add your peripheral's

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
VTX3D ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £467.99
(£389.99) £467.99
(£389.99)
Dell UltraSharp U2410 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £389.99
(£324.99) £389.99
(£324.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
(£129.16) £154.99
(£129.16)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £104.99
(£87.49) £104.99
(£87.49)
Antec Kúhler H2O 920 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM2+/AM3+) £74.99
(£62.49) £74.99
(£62.49)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £72.98
(£60.82) £72.98
(£60.82)
Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £63.98
(£53.32) £63.98
(£53.32)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £1,414.88
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £287.42
Total : £1,724.50

rodders · 11 Jan 2012 at 20:39

Now thinking this monitor, same width, lot cheaper. Not much advantage with 1200 instead of 1080p in gaming?

Dell UltraSharp U2312HM 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey

beejjacobs · 11 Jan 2012 at 20:40

What about:

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £467.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2410 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £389.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £122.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £108.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 400R Midi Tower Case - Black £79.99
1 x Logitech G510 Gaming Keyboard (920-002762) £69.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance M90 5700dpi Laser Gaming Mouse £66.98
1 x Roccat Kave 5.1 Surround Sound Headset £63.84
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £46.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £39.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Ozone Ground Level Large Gaming Surface £15.59
Total : £1,997.90 (includes shipping : £22.20).

You can do the overclock yourself I assure you

Plenty of guides and help on here too.
Better SSD (M4 is always recommended atm)
Best single GPU atm, can SLI if you prefer but I'd go with 2GB models.
PSU, either of these are good (the Corsair or the XFX)
Case is personal choice
Picked the keyboard/mouse/headset you'd chosen

EDIT: or what RJC specced

Again I'd say monitor is a personal choice, and it depends how much you want to spend. 1080p is good for gaming. Perhaps not worth £170 just for those extra pixels. I have a 1200p monitor though and I prefer it! Either monitor is good.

rodders · 11 Jan 2012 at 21:00

Thanks for the builds :-)

always nice to see other peoples ideas.

Clocking is not a problem, dont it before on a few PC's.

Trying to find a comparisons between 7970 and 560 sli'd, but AnandTech dont do 2011 and 2012 together.

beejjacobs · 11 Jan 2012 at 21:06

Not very scientific, but the 7970 is better than the 580 on most things I think, and it can be overclocked quite well too.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/441?vs=305

So comparing the 560ti SLI with the 580, I think the 7970 is roughly equal to the 560Ti SLI?

Also 1 card should be cooler, quieter, less power hungry

fowler002 · 11 Jan 2012 at 21:29

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £467.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2410 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £389.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX850 High Performance 850W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-850AXUK) £169.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £109.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £99.98
1 x Logitech G510 Gaming Keyboard (920-002762) £69.98
1 x Roccat Kave 5.1 Surround Sound Headset £63.84
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £46.99
1 x Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse and FREE Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £42.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £2,015.32 (includes shipping : £22.20).

don't you get free shipping having been here for so many years and more than 100posts? or don't you live in uk(mainland(england, scotland or wales) not northern ireland)?

rodders · 11 Jan 2012 at 21:47

I was thinking of changing the monitor to a dell 23" 1080p ultrasharp and maybe 1 x 570GTX and water cooling the whole thing.
I know its a drop in GPU performace, but could SLi later on.