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Yeah, there are other prebuild options.

If you want 3D, go with NVidia 570 / 580 (since you can afford it), and obviously 3D screen and NVidia 3D glasses.

If you want a good gaming rig, ATI is more value for money, and Dell IPS are the nuts (I should know I have 2 at home, and everyone has one at work). Other IPS panels also good, best look at reviews but you can afford a good screen (if not 3D).

Anything up and above 6950 / 560ti will be good for a while, 580 for quite a while longer.

The i5/i7 are really powerful and will go for quite some distance.

A SLI / XFire now is a bit pointless, but it's good keeping that option in mind for future upgrades.

For SLI, a 850W PSU will be safe if you have overclocking in mind. 750W otherwise should cope.

So there's plenty of pre-build systems without having to sell the children.
 
No this


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wow ty guys for the responses time to read up and look through the specs you have all give. ty all food for thought ...
 
My last go using it, as its making my head hurt:p

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• 2600K @ 3.9GHZ (using the 15% stage 2)
• 8GB of RAM
• GTX570 (only around 10-15% slower than a GTX580)
• 120GB SSD and a 500GB HDD for storage
• The DELL IPS monitor
• CPU water cooler
• Motherboard supports SLI at 8X/8X so when two cards are inserted, they both get equal bandwidth
 
prolly what i am going to go with i think , just trying to see if the psu will be ok if i do add another 580 later .... and another BEER and ty all for your help
 
Rious said:
prolly what i am going to go with i think , just trying to see if the psu will be ok if i do add another 580 later .... and another BEER and ty all for your help
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The AX850w is more than upto the task of GTX580 in SLI

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-580-sli-review/14

System in IDLE = 237W
System Wattage with GPUs in FULL Stress = 719W
Difference (GPU load) = 482W
Add average IDLE wattage ~ 20W x2
Subjective obtained GPU power consumption = ~ 522 Watts
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So an average of 522watts, a maximum of 719W using a stress test


The PSU - http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=197
 
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His spec wont work, hes got the motherboard all wrong.

theres no overclock or Blu-ray on it either:p
 
Looks like the ticket to me. Great spec, expensive for £2000 but it's got the right components, and a SSD which hopefully will be configured for Intel's Smart Response Tech. If not, it will still be fast with the OS on the Vertex.

The power supply is epic as well. It's efficient, and if the motherboard has Virtu, can save power by switching to onboard GPU when in desktop and browsing. The PSU is also enough for a 580 SLI later. It's got 8 gig, a BD drive, a great cooler so well stable for 4.6GHz and beyond (although probably overkill tbh).

I think that build, an OS and a good screen (IPS or 3D) is your best bet. It will be an awesome machine.
 
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olivier renault said:
Looks like the ticket to me. Great spec, expensive for £2000 but it's got the right components, and a SSD which hopefully will be configured for Intel's Smart Response Tech. If not, it will still be fast with the OS on the Vertex.

The power supply is epic as well. It's efficient, and if the motherboard has Virtu, can save power by switching to onboard GPU when in desktop and browsing. The PSU is also enough for a 580 SLI later.

I think that build, an OS and a good screen (IPS or 3D) is your best bet. It will be an awesome machine.
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Which one? there so many in here:p
 
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