Hello there, I've built a few systems in the past, always using overclockers as my store, I'm at the stage again, which I always reach before hitting the buy button.
I work in graphic design, regularly multitasking with Photoshop, illustrator, indesign, dreamweaver and flash, I've just been issued a refund for the workhorse I would have been using, being a 27" imac (i7, 8gb ram, 2tb HD, ati 5850m) the reason being that I received 3 defective machines in a row, each showing severe yellow tinting on the screen as well as light bleed and noisy hard drives.
Obviously the mac desktop platform isn't working for me, and not having the funds to splash on a rather over priced mac pro I've decided to go back to a PC.
I also do some light gaming, and like my games to be pleasing visually.
At the moment I'm using a top specced macbook pro, which doesn't hold the multi tasking power that I'm looking for.
To summarise I need a high spec machine, which can handle all of my graphic packages running simultaneously with a monitor/monitors with accurate image quality, as well as something which can wow me whilst playing games.
I have a £2000 budget.
I've spent all week reading reviews and benchmarks of all components, and always find myself settling on one thing, and then thinking.. for £20 more I could have this which is marginally better.
Here is my basket at the moment:
Krypton Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz @ 4.00GHz USB3/SATA 6Gb/s Overclocked Bundle £398.33
(£339.00) £398.33
(£339.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Akasa AK-CCX-4001HP Nero S Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / LGA775 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 ) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Options applied to the above product:
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £140.99
(£119.99) £140.99
(£119.99)
Silverstone Fortress FT02B-W Windowed Gaming Case - Black £179.99
(£153.18) £179.99
(£153.18)
BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £170.36
(£144.99) £340.72
(£289.98)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £151.99
(£129.35) £303.98
(£258.70)
Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850HXUK) £145.99
(£124.25) £145.99
(£124.25)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £107.99
(£91.91) £107.99
(£91.91)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9) £104.99
(£89.35) £104.99
(£89.35)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99
(£37.44) £87.98
(£74.88)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.46) £16.99
(£14.46)
Sub Total : £1,581.22
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £27.55
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £281.53
Total : £1,890.30
A couple of things I'm pondering atm is my graphic card choices, as you see i have 2x GTX460's in the basket, is this the right choice? or would something else be better for my needs? (taking the new 6xxx series into account aswell as the price drops on the 470's)
Do I really need a SSD?
I've chosen the silverstone fortress case as I don't want all the flashy lights, but have also been looking at the Coolermaster ATCS 840, is this a better option as the silverstone seems never to be in stock on OCuk or any other website (would be looking at the one without a window)
I would like the system to be quiet, maybe not silent, but enough as to not distract me from work.
The 2 benq monitors I've chosen, are they good for my needs? or is there a better option out there within my budget?
I also need to select a mouse and keyboard, of which I'm unsure of, I need something for precision, not necessarily gamer based.
I'm also open to suggestion on my other components, thanks in advance for any help offered.
Jimmy
I work in graphic design, regularly multitasking with Photoshop, illustrator, indesign, dreamweaver and flash, I've just been issued a refund for the workhorse I would have been using, being a 27" imac (i7, 8gb ram, 2tb HD, ati 5850m) the reason being that I received 3 defective machines in a row, each showing severe yellow tinting on the screen as well as light bleed and noisy hard drives.
Obviously the mac desktop platform isn't working for me, and not having the funds to splash on a rather over priced mac pro I've decided to go back to a PC.
I also do some light gaming, and like my games to be pleasing visually.
At the moment I'm using a top specced macbook pro, which doesn't hold the multi tasking power that I'm looking for.
To summarise I need a high spec machine, which can handle all of my graphic packages running simultaneously with a monitor/monitors with accurate image quality, as well as something which can wow me whilst playing games.
I have a £2000 budget.
I've spent all week reading reviews and benchmarks of all components, and always find myself settling on one thing, and then thinking.. for £20 more I could have this which is marginally better.
Here is my basket at the moment:
Krypton Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz @ 4.00GHz USB3/SATA 6Gb/s Overclocked Bundle £398.33
(£339.00) £398.33
(£339.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Akasa AK-CCX-4001HP Nero S Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / LGA775 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 ) £29.99
(£25.52) £29.99
(£25.52)
Options applied to the above product:
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £140.99
(£119.99) £140.99
(£119.99)
Silverstone Fortress FT02B-W Windowed Gaming Case - Black £179.99
(£153.18) £179.99
(£153.18)
BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £170.36
(£144.99) £340.72
(£289.98)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £151.99
(£129.35) £303.98
(£258.70)
Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850HXUK) £145.99
(£124.25) £145.99
(£124.25)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £107.99
(£91.91) £107.99
(£91.91)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9) £104.99
(£89.35) £104.99
(£89.35)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99
(£37.44) £87.98
(£74.88)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.46) £16.99
(£14.46)
Sub Total : £1,581.22
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £27.55
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £281.53
Total : £1,890.30
A couple of things I'm pondering atm is my graphic card choices, as you see i have 2x GTX460's in the basket, is this the right choice? or would something else be better for my needs? (taking the new 6xxx series into account aswell as the price drops on the 470's)
Do I really need a SSD?
I've chosen the silverstone fortress case as I don't want all the flashy lights, but have also been looking at the Coolermaster ATCS 840, is this a better option as the silverstone seems never to be in stock on OCuk or any other website (would be looking at the one without a window)
I would like the system to be quiet, maybe not silent, but enough as to not distract me from work.
The 2 benq monitors I've chosen, are they good for my needs? or is there a better option out there within my budget?
I also need to select a mouse and keyboard, of which I'm unsure of, I need something for precision, not necessarily gamer based.
I'm also open to suggestion on my other components, thanks in advance for any help offered.
Jimmy
