Spec Check

Colourjam · 19 Dec 2011 at 00:31

Hi there,

Could check this spec please and let me know if there's anything wrong or I could do better. I don't really want to go over £1000.

System will be mainly used for Photoshop/Indesign/Illustrator/Flash, some video processing and gaming.

I would like a decent overclock on it. Reading the reviews on the Asrock it sounds simple to overclock, any experiences with this?

No real reason for the 16GB ram but it would be nice I guess, and it seems cheap.

SSD for OS and apps, I have larger HDDs here already for storage.

I have Win7 Pro already plus a Corsair TX 650W power supply.

Here's a screen shot of the basket, I don't know how to do that funky paste with all the thumbs I've been seeing on other threads.

Many thanks

lrlcr · 19 Dec 2011 at 00:36

For video processing you'd be better off with a 2600k i believe.

Other than that, looks good.

Idleman · 19 Dec 2011 at 00:39

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-140-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-142-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341

Change the card to one of these. Orhttp://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-123-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

fowler002 · 19 Dec 2011 at 02:21

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Twin Frozr III GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with Dirt 3 & Deus Ex PC Games** £269.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £251.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
1 x Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX) £65.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £54.98
Total : £1,004.41 (includes shipping : £13.75).

would be my choice. better graphics card, unless you plan on xfire in the future the mb will be sufficient. if you plan on xfire you'll want to upgrade your psu as 650w wil prob be just about enough but better to have some 'head room'with a 750/850w psu, and for the motherboard I'd suggest the z68xp-ud3(£60 cheaper then the asrock, unless you want the extra bells and whistles the asrock has).

Deleted member 115712 · 19 Dec 2011 at 02:53

If you are spending that money on a board id go UD5 - Gigabyte Z68X-UD5 Intel Z68

Colourjam · 19 Dec 2011 at 12:34

Thanks guys, just had a serious splooge... blew my budget out of the water but ah well! Thanks for your help.

Karateyid · 19 Dec 2011 at 13:01

No matter what you set yourself as a budget you will always 'stretch' it that little bit further ...

JustBen · 19 Dec 2011 at 13:13

nice spec, getting the same graphics card as you. Might as well save a few £ and go for the OCUK dvd writer.
unless youre overclocking go with the retail version of the CPU

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