PC spec for around £800

Ashfield · 21 Jun 2012 at 22:35

Hi,

Could anyone help me spec up an i7 PC for around £800? needs to be able to power two monitors but isnt for gaming. Needs plenty ram too. Many thanks

Doomedspeed · 21 Jun 2012 at 22:45

This is for CAD or video encoding by any chance?

Do you need a graphics card?

Do you want to overclock?

so many questions.

mp260767 · 21 Jun 2012 at 23:49

to add to the questions from doom, do you need an o/s, monitors, keyboard, mouse etc.

basic rig:

1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £227.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £129.95
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
2 x Kingston HyperX RED Limited Edition 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1RK2/8GX) £43.99 (£87.98)
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £812.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).

bobo696 · 21 Jun 2012 at 23:54

Or you can go for Ivy bridge and use the integrated graphics if you are not gaming ?

mp260767 · 22 Jun 2012 at 00:15

bobo696 said:
Or you can go for Ivy bridge and use the integrated graphics if you are not gaming ?

can do the same with the sandybridge if its just basic stuff, but asking for an i7 indicates to me its for something a bit more than browsing the net etc which is why the card was spec'd.

Smoogels · 22 Jun 2012 at 09:45

mp260767 said:
to add to the questions from doom, do you need an o/s, monitors, keyboard, mouse etc.

basic rig:

1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £227.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £129.95
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
2 x Kingston HyperX RED Limited Edition 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1RK2/8GX) £43.99 (£87.98)
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £812.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).

This spec is good but I would recommend the i7 Ivy Bridge over the i7 Sandy personally.

mp260767 · 22 Jun 2012 at 09:47

Smoogels said:
This spec is good but I would recommend the i7 Ivy Bridge over the i7 Sandy personally.

you could drop the SSD and use the difference to up the processor to the i7-3770K.

it's all a question of balance and the ssd with the i7-2600K seemed the better balance to me.

it depends what the OP is planning to use the system for.

Ashfield · 22 Jun 2012 at 16:05

thanks for the replies so far

its going to be used for web stuff, design/SEO apps and running a fair few apps simultaneously. would like an SSD in there as couldnt use a PC without one now.

graphics just needs to be able to power two monitors and playback 1080p video without problems.

not going to be overclocking, its a work machine. no need for mouse/keyboard or OS. got all them.

cheers lads

mp260767 · 22 Jun 2012 at 17:31

in that case i'd swap the i7-2600K for the i7-3770K.

then maybe see how the onboard graphics performs, if its not sufficient then get something like the ati 6850.

honosuseri · 22 Jun 2012 at 17:49

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £268.99
1 x Plextor M2S 256GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (PX-256M2S) £119.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £84.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £47.99
2 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £37.99 (£75.98)
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £757.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

An nvidia GPU gives you cuda support. Does any of your software support cuda? Then you could drop in a dedicated GPU later. I'd use the 460 as it's better than the standard 560.

Hope this helps