New PC Build - Help Needed

Hixxey

Hixxey

Hixxey

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I have a budget of £1800 to build a new computer. Its been five years since I built my last computer so I am quite rusty when it comes to what I actually need.

Below are the parts I have selected, can anyone advice which parts could be changed for different ones bearing in mind that the computer will be used primarily for 3D rendering (3ds Max) and gaming.

I'd like the cost to be slightly less so I can get a decent 22" monitor and keyboard ect...
Also, would I need a sound card to hook up to my speakers (Optical).


CPU/RAM/Heatsink/MOBO
3XS bundle
Slik core i7 bundle at 4.2ghz overclocked (Asus Rampage III, i7 930, 6gb corsair XMS memory, Prolimatech Megahalems Cooler, 120mm fan)
£704.


GFX
ATI 5970 sapphire card (slightly overclocked)
£446


Bluray Drive
£96


HDD
Corsair Force SSD drive

£110

CASE
Case Corsair Obsidian 800D

(£206)

PSU
Corsair 1000 W HX Power Supply

£175

£1737 total
 
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Im not sure if your allowed to link to competitors site on these forums, id remove them just to make sure.

Edit: we can make you a very nice rig for that ££ from here :D
 
something like this is very similar from ocuk,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Krypton Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz @ 4.00GHz Overclocked Bundle £549.99
(£468.08) £549.99
(£468.08)
Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £352.49
(£299.99) £352.49
(£299.99)
Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case - Black £219.98
(£187.22) £219.98
(£187.22)
Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850HXUK) £142.99
(£121.69) £142.99
(£121.69)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £124.98
(£106.37) £124.98
(£106.37)
LiteOn iHBS112 12x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £1,280.36
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £16.85
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £227.01
Total : £1,524.22

and the nvidia graphics card will allow the use of CUDA acceleration in apps that can take advantage of the massive computational power of a graphics card, and still be a gaming powerhouse.

also you might want a harddrive to store stuff on.

and do you need such a large/expensive case, its not the best for aircooling (water cooling its almost untouchable)
 
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stulid said:
something like this is very similar from ocuk,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Krypton Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz @ 4.00GHz Overclocked Bundle £549.99
(£468.08) £549.99
(£468.08)
Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £352.49
(£299.99) £352.49
(£299.99)
Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case - Black £219.98
(£187.22) £219.98
(£187.22)
Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850HXUK) £142.99
(£121.69) £142.99
(£121.69)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £124.98
(£106.37) £124.98
(£106.37)
LiteOn iHBS112 12x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.91) £13.99
(£11.91)
Sub Total : £1,280.36
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £16.85
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £227.01
Total : £1,524.22

and the nvidia graphics card will allow the use of CUDA acceleration in apps that can take advantage of the massive computational power of a graphics card, and still be a gaming powerhouse.

also you might want a harddrive to store stuff on.

and do you need such a large/expensive case, its not the best for aircooling (water cooling its almost untouchable)
Click to expand...

Thanks for the advice. If I were to buy these parts, would they all be compatible with each other?
Also, What monitors would you recommend as I need two side by side.

Thanks,
STRBramley
 
Your basket

Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £352.49

Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £220.89

Samsung P2250 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £154.99

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £146.99

Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 1000W Power Supply £139.99

OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £124.98
Dragon 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Triple Channel (GB36GB1600C8TC) £114.99

Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower Case with Window - Black £85.99

Roccat Valo V2 Gaming Keyboard £78.98

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £48.16

Roccat Kone V2 Max Customisation Gaming Mouse £42.99


Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (PCI-Express) (30SB104200000) £37.99


Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM3/775/1156) £15.99

Samsung SH-S223L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail £14.99

Sub Total : £1,345.04
Shipping cost £20.10
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £238.90

Total : £1,604.04
overclock it yourself
 
Thanks for all the reply's.
How about the build below?


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Would this case be big enough to fit everything in?

I'd prefer a case that doesn't have any windows or LED lighting.

Thanks,
Hixxey
 
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