Spec me.....£2000+

£2000 on a gaming rig:eek:

Pity the game choices don't match the amount of money we spend on these rigs.

Im still wondering if i will wake up before i splash the cash on a rig, as reality is 2-3 games only worth playing. Is that really worth 1k!

On other hand thought of playing console games bores me, but least more games to play.

Decisions decisions:)
 
The reason people complain about people spending 2.5k on a rig, is because MOST of the time, the people really don't know anything, and think money is everything. When you do finally get someone serious, it is hard to take them seriously, because of the people before.

It's just like the boy who cried wolf.
 
If it's just 2.7k on gaming... then I'm with most people here saying it's a waste of cash. But if you want a printer and everything with it I'm guessing you do other stuff than play games all day.

People have to understand others wants... yes wants not needs. Some people prefer higher standards in their purchases. Like you suggested £30 headphones? That to me would be a bad purchase, id much rather spend £200/300 on a pair of well researched overheads for my PC if I am using it that much.
 
I'll just clear something up - The computer will not solely be used for gaming, it will be used for a little bit of everything I suppose - MS Office, Photoshop, PowerDirector, Browsing, Music, Video/Movies, and anything else that might crop up. However, I enjoy gaming and this will probably be what I will spend most of my time doing with it.

I understand the point that a lot of people are making about the financial aspect but I am still unconvinced by the arguments that you can spend £1000 and get a similarly performing machine plus high quality peripherals.

I do not want an i5 machine as I believe that this will restrict any future upgrade to i9 (i.e. rather than just the CPU change it would be mobo, CPU, & RAM), there is also the whole lack of PCI-e 16x 16x support for future Crossfire or SLi (not sure how much affect this has but it must have some).

Please, if you have a problem with me spending my money how I want then by all means start a new thread about low-end Vs mid-range Vs high-end, I will read it with interest, but I am bored of listening to the same old argument to be honest, like there should be a cap on how much anyone should spend on a PC. There is no right or wrong here, it's about personal preference and if I can afford it - I have chosen to buy a high-end machine and I can afford it, all I wanted was some opinions as to the tech that performs well in my price range not a debate on the morality of spending money.

Thanks to everyone who has been kind enough to do a spec, you have given me some good food for thought.
 
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The current x58 boards have no guarantee of running the next set of processors. We hope that they will do, but nowhere is there evidence of this. I believe there are results kicking around which suggests that the evga classified is capable of it, but these are the only ones I know of.

The next set of processors, were they to run in the current boards, are expected to be six core 32nm parts at about £700 a throw.

regarding ssd adapters, I've got mind on the back of a removable motherboard tray, held in place by a single M3 screw going through one of the pre drilled holes. 90 degree sata cable come out of board, runs underneath, out a hole in the tray and into the ssd. About as tidy as it's possible to be.
 
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Buy one of those overpriced Alienware machines, they got new range out with new ATI cards in them. Ovepriced as i say, but saves you having any hassle building it or choosing parts.

Also looks good. Leave you about £600 for a monitor & other bits.
 
tbh m8 go with what you want i have said loads of times everyine has a differance of what is best,first thing i do is think what you want the pc for,then decide what setup you want ie 1156 x58 amd etc from there you soon start to put together your own thoughts on what you like,and as for the post on ssds you need adaptors for them,you won,t if you go with the corsair 800d as it comes in the hotswop drives,i know this is not much help but feel free to pm me as im just spending the same amont on a pc and have spent 6 weeks reading reviews etc..i,m more than happy to share that info with you...goodluck with your pc and i,m sure you be happy once you have it up and running:)
 
If you're going to wait for GT300 there's little point in getting specs now - as I'm sure you're aware the computer industry is fast moving and prices/specs will have changed (perhaps significantly) by the time you are ready to buy.

That's the reason why you didn't get much response initially, because at the moment you are just speculating.

You'll get a great PC system with your budget, but if the money is burning a hole in your pocket, buy some current hardware, or ask for a spec when the hardware you want is available.
 
I don't know why everyone is so hung up on price, I spent over 3k on my sony vaio when they came out with a whopping single speed dvd drive, it was the dogs b.... :D

My last big build (in my sig + dell 2407) was over 2.5k ;) that was nearly 3 years ago.... time for another build soon I think as one of the gtx cards has died. Still batman is playable on one so there is no rush. :cool:
 
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If you're going to wait for GT300 there's little point in getting specs now - as I'm sure you're aware the computer industry is fast moving and prices/specs will have changed (perhaps significantly) by the time you are ready to buy.
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I did say earlier in the thread that I will be building this thing mid-November and if the GT300 is still months away I will get a cheap place-holder in the mean time (perhaps a 260, or a 2nd hand 285 etc.)

I know that the industry moves fast and that it would be pointless to get a spec now for a build in 6 months time, but the fact is that I am building in 6 weeks time.
 
Build this now, contains your chosen case & monitor, also as others have already, Ive gone for the 920 CPU, I went for the extreme mobo as you mentioned WCing (you did say in future but why not do it now? lol) also included the basic kit for that which includes a gfx card block too, Included a 260 gfx card which will tide you over for now (can be cooled using WC kit) and you can relegate it to physx card once new GT300s are out. SSD (generally regarded as THE best one) for OS/apps and Green drive for storage. Nice good PSU to keep sound down, and Ive included a decent set of 2.1 speakers, I couldnt see if you'd specified 2.1 or 5.1 but these are good, havent included a head set because as others have said tbh youre best getting some "proper" headphones such as sennheisers or goldrings or the like. Mouse/keyboard is very much personal choice but included them for inclusion purpose, though just realised I missed off a printer, D'Oh. Comes in at 2350 which leaves you 350 plus whatever you save for the GT300 when its out

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ejr22 said:
I'll just clear something up - The computer will not solely be used for gaming, it will be used for a little bit of everything I suppose - MS Office, Photoshop, PowerDirector, Browsing, Music, Video/Movies, and anything else that might crop up. However, I enjoy gaming and this will probably be what I will spend most of my time doing with it.

I understand the point that a lot of people are making about the financial aspect but I am still unconvinced by the arguments that you can spend £1000 and get a similarly performing machine plus high quality peripherals.

I do not want an i5 machine as I believe that this will restrict any future upgrade to i9 (i.e. rather than just the CPU change it would be mobo, CPU, & RAM), there is also the whole lack of PCI-e 16x 16x support for future Crossfire or SLi (not sure how much affect this has but it must have some).

Please, if you have a problem with me spending my money how I want then by all means start a new thread about low-end Vs mid-range Vs high-end, I will read it with interest, but I am bored of listening to the same old argument to be honest, like there should be a cap on how much anyone should spend on a PC. There is no right or wrong here, it's about personal preference and if I can afford it - I have chosen to buy a high-end machine and I can afford it, all I wanted was some opinions as to the tech that performs well in my price range not a debate on the morality of spending money.

Thanks to everyone who has been kind enough to do a spec, you have given me some good food for thought.
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As a beginner to the hardware side of computing theres so much to take in and I for sure would like to see a low-end Vs mid-range Vs high-end range thread..
 
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ejr22 said:
I did say earlier in the thread that I will be building this thing mid-November and if the GT300 is still months away I will get a cheap place-holder in the mean time (perhaps a 260, or a 2nd hand 285 etc.)

I know that the industry moves fast and that it would be pointless to get a spec now for a build in 6 months time, but the fact is that I am building in 6 weeks time.
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Is there a reason for insisting on buying this in 6 weeks or do would you just like to build in then? Generally I'd recommend buying your components at the same time, as it makes the most sense.

Since I can't convince you not to spend £2750, I'll go through the spec I'd get for that money.

Firstly I'd veer away from the i7's on your bugdet and move to Xeon's actually I'd move to a dual Quad Core Xeon setup, mainly as that'll still be up there performance wise when the 8 core i7's are released - though it has the downside of being more power hungry. But it will absolutely fly with games that are core dependant like GTA4. I won't beat around the bush though socket 1136 Xeon's are *expensive* and after buying two top end 3.2Ghz models you'd barely have any money left at all. But the mid range models would be affordable.

For something like dual 2.3Ghz Xeon's you're looking at £800 in total

Then you'll need a dual socket 1136 board. Which will be around £250. Most will support 24GB of RAM, which I'd recommend maxing in your case as you want this machine to last - not sure how much 24GB of ECC DDR3 would be, but lets conservatively say £250.


So for £1300 that's an oustandingly powerful base system with 8 cores, 24GB EEC DDR3 and a server quality motherboard. This sould still out perform upcoming 6 core CPU based machines via AMD, and likely be a decent rival to a 8 core i7 chip in the future.


Add to this dual 80GB Intel SSD's in RAID 1 acting as a primary boot drive, and an array of 1.5TB disks for backup. Your talking about one kick ass workstation. properly oc'd (presumming you get a board that you can oc with) it'd probably be the fastest desktop anyone on OCUK has.
 
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:confused: he hasn't got £5k you want to finish that spec of for under £1k (excluding gfx card) it's not going to happen.
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So at £1300 he has RAM, CPUx2, and MB.

He has £1450 to finish of the system. The SSDs are more optional, essentially he could just get one £250 SSD, 2xSTAT 1TB (£100) and he's got £1100 for other bits and peices, he could easily finish that off that much, you can order a prebuillt dual Xeon server for that £2750!
 
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Similar to one of these monsters? I think if I had £5,000-£10,000 to spend the dual Xeon set-up might come into play.
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The major factor in those prices are RAM. 144GB of ECC DDR3 is going to cost you LOADS, mainly as you'd need to get them in relatively high configurations (so on that latter one probably 8GB modules :eek:)
 
dangerstat said:
So at £1300 he has RAM, CPUx2, and MB.

He has £1450 to finish of the system. The SSDs are more optional, essentially he could just get one £250 SSD, 2xSTAT 1TB (£100) and he's got £1100 for other bits and peices, he could easily finish that off that much, you can order a prebuillt dual Xeon server for that £2750!
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This is not a server

£200 case
£150 psu
£350 HDD ssd + storage
£360 monitor and 3d glasses
£500 gfx card
£120 printer
£80 K+M
£100 cooling
speakers
headphones

so no you can't do it.
 
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