Spec me.....£2000+

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Hi,

I tried to get a spec yesterday but only got 1 response so thought that I would try again.

Budget is anything up to £2750 (obviously don't have to spend it all) and basically I need everything. Everything from O/S, to thermal paste, to headphones & speakers, to the tower itself. (Oh, and a multi-function printer).

It will be used primarily for gaming and the only things that I have definitely decided on are the Corsair Obsidian 800D case (for future water-cooling option) and the Nvidia 3D Vision & Samsung Syncmaster monitor bundle.

I know some people will disagree with the 3D bundle but I really want it and have made my mind up - the monitor by itself is an excellent monitor and will be good for gaming. Obviously this means I will have to have an Nvidia card and will probably wait until the GT300 is released. With that in mind, if you do spec me, make sure you budget for it (£500+???)

Anyway, any specs with some sound reasoning behind it would be welcome.
 
BFG GeForce GTX 295 H2OC 1792MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Watercooled Graphics Card (Single PCB) £569.99

Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision & Samsung SM2233RZ 22" 120Hz 3D Widescreen LCD Monitor Bundle £359.98

Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case - Black (No PSU) £209.99

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £199.99

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM + Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Game £199.99

Corsair HX 1000W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-1000HXUK) £182.99

LG GGW-H20L Blu-Ray Rewriter & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail £142.99

Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Triple Channel (TR3X6G1333C9) £109.99

Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision £109.99

Western Digital RE3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FBYS) £103.99

Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave Pro (920-001055) £69.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail £65.99

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Sound Card (70SB073A02007) £63.99

Corsair H50 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1366) £59.98

Logitech Z-4e 2.1 Speaker System (970175-0120) £59.98

Dell V305 All-In-One Inkjet Multi-Function Printer/Scanner/Colour Copier £59.00

Netgear DG834G 54Mbps Wireless ADSL2+ Modem/Router £52.99

Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Headset (51MZ0310AA001) £32.99

Belkin 8-Socket SurgeMaster with Telephone & AV Protection - 2 Metres (F9M823UK2M) £22.99

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £6.89

Total : £2,691.90



No idea about headphones or multi function printers - that's complete guesswork on my behalf.

Always found keyboards and mice very much a personal preference.

Took on board the preference for the GT300 so consider the BFG nothing more than a place holder.

Potentially the PSU is overkill but it'd leave headroom if you decide to double up the GPU.

The 920 seems like/is a prodigious overclocker and the Gigabyte mobo is well received.

Included the HD50 since reviews indicate the 800d works at it's best with the push pull configuration.

Hope this gives you a starting point. :)

Neil
 
plus a GTX295? You could get two HD5870s for that price... Someone more competent than me will be along shortly to spec you something decent and price wise decent.
 
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plus a GTX295? You could get two HD5870s for that price... Someone more competent than me will be along shortly to spec you something decent and price wise decent.
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*sigh* You obviously didn't read the part of the thread about the Nvidia 3D Vision i.e. Nvidia GPU required. Will be waiting for the GT300.
 
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2.5k on gaming is ridiculous. Either you play professionally or you're ****ing money away at nothing you'll ever notice.

You failed to notice that the one card in the above spec cannot run without a water cooling system. Plug it in without one and it'll just burn out, and even bfg will be sarcastic.

For this much money, do some research yourself. Be a lot more specific in the post on here. What games, why does it matter so much. What makes you think this much money is justified when you can play games beautifully for so much less.

You're getting no responses because we suspect you don't have this money to spend, and are on here doing the standard 13 yr old thing. By all means demonstrate that I'm wrong by showing some knowledge of computing, at least enough to realise that a water block without a loop isn't going to work. I want you to come up with a template, tell us which parts you're unsure about and asj what we can improve. Otherwise it looks like you can't be arsed, so I can't either.

Failing that, buy whatever ocuk are selling preassembled, as they know more than you.
 
if you just want wireless keyboard/mice just go with that , if you're okay with corded get a saitek illuminator II and mx518 with steelseries qck+ (if you really wana get into ur gaming) , perhaps a razer if your hands are smaller but like neil said a lot of this can come down to personal preference.

dont get the fatality headset (absolutely crap branded rubbish) get sennheiser pc350's at least , maybe siberias if you like the look and i wouldnt go towards steelseries even though they are better than most they are not better than sennheiser. If you really want to step up the sound quality and maybe dont want a microphone with ur headset have a look at Audio Technica and see what takes ur facy :).

That printer is absolutely awesome


Also going from others have said , spending that much on a computer really is too much , 1500 would be more than enough to build a top spec computer (1000 is more on the mark for a great gaming rig). Like the guy above said , if you are genuine and have this amount of money then i dont understand why you dont take a more active approach in where your money goes (which is why i am skeptical)
 
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Dno.. 2.75k is a good price for an ENTIRE setup from scratch including all accessories.

I don't know what printer you need but mine cost me a good £500... (Canon Pixma Pro 9000) so I could see how chunks of this budget could be eaten up on things other than the tower case. Realistically for top end you would need to assign 1.5k for the tower. 250 mobo / 200 cpu / 200 case / 100 ram / 150 psu / dual gt 300 are going to set you back a grand by themself...

Id say 2.7k is modest if he wants a gtx300 setup + all accesories. Water cooling obviously adds more money... but if you want the top top end you are going to pay an obvious premium for small % gains in performance.
 
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6gb ddr3 1600mhz+
gt300
x58 board (gigabyte seems most recommended)
branded 850w+ psu (maybe higher if you want to go sli)
i7 920
x-fi pre-lude
sennheiser pc 350's
Logitech z5500 speakers (or a good set of 2.1's, i forget the name, btu they are white and cost around £100)
logitech g500 mouse
logitech g15 rev 2 keyboard
Samsung spinpoint F3 HDD
a SSD (are foxconn the ones to get or am i making that up?)

Thats from memory of the sort of things you want to look at. DDR3 at less than 1600mhz is largely pointless, ssd will help boot times and load times on the one or two games you put on it

edit: obv this is only core compenents, i would do a full mock up but im about to finish work so :P
 
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2.5k on gaming is ridiculous. Either you play professionally or you're ****ing money away at nothing you'll ever notice.
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It is people like you who make computer forums an infuriating experience. £2500 is not "ridiculous" for a complete set up. Expensive yes, ridiculous no. Remember I need everything from printer to mousemat.

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You failed to notice that the one card in the above spec cannot run without a water cooling system. Plug it in without one and it'll just burn out, and even bfg will be sarcastic.
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I didn't fail to notice anything you clown. If you took any notice of the ****ing OP you would have understood that I said I am waiting for the GT300 and that people actually being kind enough to provide a spec should put something in that is equivalently priced (probably). Learn to read would be lesson #1 for you.

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For this much money, do some research yourself. Be a lot more specific in the post on here. What games, why does it matter so much. What makes you think this much money is justified when you can play games beautifully for so much less.
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I think asking for other people's opinions on a computer hardware forum can be considered research, no? Do you think I will just blindly accept a spec? Of course not, I will do further reading.

Jesus Christ man I could write pages of why I want this or that but I find it is better to be blunt and to the point on forums, otherwise people get bored (which I assume is what happens to most people when reading your inane and unhelpful posts).

JonJ678 said:
You're getting no responses because we suspect you don't have this money to spend, and are on here doing the standard 13 yr old thing.
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13yrs! Try 30. Suspect what you want you pessimistic git.

JonJ678 said:
By all means demonstrate that I'm wrong by showing some knowledge of computing, at least enough to realise that a water block without a loop isn't going to work.
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Please point out where I said I thought a water block without a loop would work numbnuts? For your information I have assembled a water-cooling loop in the past (Swiftech H20-220) so don't try and patronize me.

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I want you to come up with a template, tell us which parts you're unsure about and asj what we can improve. Otherwise it looks like you can't be arsed, so I can't either.
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I have seen many posted specs which are on the expensive side ridiculed and ignored, so I thought I'd try a different approach. I have already specified a few components, if you don't want to do the rest then kindly **** off and stop being such a whiney jerk.

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Failing that, buy whatever ocuk are selling preassembled, as they know more than you.
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You really are full of it aren't you? Don't bother replying to this because it will probably be pompous negative waffle again which I can't be bothered reading.
 
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I admit £500 for a printer hadn't occurred to me, for those all important gaming screenshots?

I consider it asking a forum to do research for you, because you can't be bothered.

Think and do as you wish. There are surprising numbers of spec me threads from bored teenagers.

If you don't bother to say in any detail what you want the system for there isn't a chance in hell of getting a sensible specification. "For gaming" is hardly precise, as is what previously mentioned teenagers tend to say. "for gaming and video encoding" to make sure we don't specify an appropriate processor and instead suggest the best intel one.

Your response is disproportionately offensive. I have asked for more information, you have insulted me. So go **** yourself.
 
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JonJ678 said:
I admit £500 for a printer hadn't occurred to me, for those all important gaming screenshots?
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I was thinking of this or this actually, others suggested the expensive printer.

JonJ678 said:
Your response is disproportionately offensive. I have asked for more information, you have insulted me. So go **** yourself.
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My response was fair considering your tone of snobbery and patronization. You should probably read what you wrote back to yourself and ask if you would be happy receiving as a response to an innocent question.

Can't you just cut the negative comments out? It really is boring. If you are going to post why don't you try and stick to the thread and provide a spec or shut up?

Remember in my OP I did say that the budget does not have to be spent completely.
 
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