Spec £4500 budget

Josh T

Josh T

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Hey there, im looking for a high end gaming PC, its main uses will be gaming at maximum resolutions and high settings as well as using photoshop and some processor intensive programs. I have a budget of £4500, although can go slightly higher for a better system. This is what i have come up with so far, but i was wondering if this is all compatible and what case will fit it all in, i am also planning on getting a EVGA X58 SLI motherboard, does OCers uk have any better boards that work with all the components below? and does the EVGA support the 2000MHz RAM? I have been looking at water cooling, but am slightly confused as to what i actually need, if anyone could help me out here i would be very grateful. As for the case, all it really needs to do is house the components, but ideally a nice looking one with a side panel to show off the guts would be perfect. Finally, any 22 inch+ screen is ideal also, but the better screens are... better really.

Intel Core i7 975 3.33Ghz (Nehalem) Extreme Edition (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £786.99
(£669.78)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5970 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (2) £1,079.98
(£919.14)
Intel X25-M Mainstream 160GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MH160G2C1) £352.99
(£300.42)
Corsair Dominator GT 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C8 2000MHz Triple Channel Kit (CMG6GX3M3A2000C8) (2) £609.98
(£519.14)
Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA-II 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2001FASS) (2) £461.98
(£393.18)
Pioneer BDR-S03XLB 8x BD-ReWriter / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) (2) £377.98
(£321.68)
Asus Xonar HDAV1.3 Deluxe Sound Card (90-YAA085-0UAN00Z) £183.99
(£156.59)
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate - Retail (Full Version) £173.99
(£148.08)

If you need any more information, just ask.
Thanks a lot in advance :D
 
Purely to maintain compatibility with the insane amount of awesomeness this will result in, don't forget to add one of these to your cart :D

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1.) Get a i7 920 and overclock the nuts of it instead.

2.) 5970 Crossfire is fine, but you need a suitable monitor (or 3) to justify it.

3.) RAM is awesome, but a bit silly. Getting 12GB will make overclocking a lot more difficult, 6GB with a higher overclock will be more suitable. PC12800 1600MHz will give you 99% the performance for half the price.

4.) SSD - excellent choice, you might want to get a couple and RAID them with the money saved.

5.) Your money, but isn't 2 Blu-ray rewriters a bit excessive?! :D

I'm afraid I can't help with water cooling, but the most popular air cooling options are the Prolimatech Megahalems or the Corsair H50, either with a couple of fans. If you're not going to be watercooling the GPUs, you might want to consider getting a motherboard with an extra space between the PCIe x16 slots so the top card can get ample airflow.

For a case, take a look at the Corsair Obsidian 800D.

For the monitor, either a 30" 2560x1440, or I'd recommend 3x 24" 1920x1200 for Eyefinity.

Hope this helps! :)
 
Surely by the time a game comes out that requires a pc of the spec you are suggesting there will be better pc configurations available, and cheaper?
 
...and the trolls cometh

However, maybe, just maybe, he really does have a £4.5k budget and is looking for some advice.... Or not. OP - Give me the dosh and I'll build you a killer system ;)
 
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Gee3000 & Stupot_
Lol'd at gee and you think so Stupot_? I think if i keep the temps down and put a big enough PSU, i can probably just salvage 22', maybe.
Josh, thanks a lot, on reflection the 2 Blu ray R/RW does seem a bit excessive, the RAM is just there as im wanting this build to last a while and it does seem games are demanding more RAM quicker and quicker. The £500 price difference for the 2.66 GHz is appealing, and i could do a 4.33-4.66 OC with that (right?) would i be able to OC the i7 975 to than 5 GHz?
Devrij, i don't. current build has 2 disk drives so i simply selected 2 for preference, only now i remember i have never been in a situation where the 2 drives are essential.
wannabedamned, This is probably going to sound odd, but id much rather build my own system, if only just for the choice and freedom i get by doing that, i like being able to say "yea, i built that" and i like that future expandability feels easier as you know the system backwards. Thanks for the price comparison components wise though (just saw your edit :P)

thanks for the advice so far, has been very helpful.
 
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The max OC you'll get to on air is probably around 4.2 GHz (4GHz is more realistic), I think even with water you'll hit a wall at 4.4GHz. Don't quote me on that though! :D
 
I'd wait until i9's out and invest in one of those. I wouldnt want to invest in such an expensive system now when these babies are just round the corner :D
Then again I also wouldnt spend that much on a rig, but..to each one's own.



Serious suggestion: If you want to spend that much money right now, I'd go for wannabedamned's pre-built monstrosity. Why? Because if and when it breaks and dies, you have an Overclockers warranty to work with. The last thing you want is to invest over 4 grand in a system, try to clock the heck out of it on your own, and end up with £3 worth of dead silicon instead of a processor/gpu/memory/whatever.

Spend the money on the pre-fab and you'll have a well clocked PC, built by a reliable team and including a return and replacement policy that you can take advantage of when mammaries rocket skyward.
 
Although i agree with the fact that it is a lot of money to be messing around with and pre builts are inherently more reliable, i can build a £2969 PC with other company's that is roughly the same specs, and they do overclocking in house as well, and i9s? intels next model i take it, any idea on rough release date? thanks for the post Alex.
 
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Yea the people you mentioned are competitors, just edit out the name :) You could try getting in touch with Overclockers, see what they can offer you. It's in their interest to make the sale after all. I dont know about that other company, but many people on the forum here can attest to OcUK's excellent customer support. (feel like i'm making a sales pitch here :p..moving on)

i9's are Intel's hexacore series which are supposedly to be released in the first half of 2010. They'll take the place of top end processors in their lineup. In all fairness, if you'll just be gaming and browsing, you wont see much difference between i7 and i9.

I only mentioned it because I personally would want to be getting as much as possible for my money if i were serious about spending over 4 grand.
 
Thanks for the reply again, i think waiting for the i9s if they are that close and also hexacore processors seems like a good idea, i have also edited the above post to comply with the rules.
 
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