Spec me a 1.5k build please

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Hello , im wanting a gaming rig .

£1.5k to spend " i already have monitor ect so just the system"

I will be building myself and am wanting to order the parts towards the end of this week.

p.s thanks for the replys to my previous thread , i think im going to build now and not wait for bulldoser

Regards

Michael
 
This is an option -


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £371.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £239.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD80-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £199.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £139.99
1 x Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £134.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £94.99
1 x OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM £18.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,417.58 (includes shipping : £14.75).




You will have around 85 pounds extra maybe to get something better than i suggested here, maybe a blu-ray drive, 16gb of RAM (not needed), etc
You can also get a fan controller, led fans or led lights for the case
 
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Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game [BX80623I72600K] - £239.99

Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £229.99

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) x2 - £99.98

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games x2 - £275.98

Antec 600 Six Hundred V2 Ultimate Gaming Case - £74.99

Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) - £49.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - £41.99

Kingston SSDNow V-Series V100 128GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive £120

OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply - £89.99

Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - £94.99

£1317.89
 
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i'd go with most of cre's spec, aside from :

cpu swap for the 2500K (only need the 2600K if your into video editing etc)

mobo asrock extreme 4 gen 3

psu Corsair Professional Series HX1050 modular, allows for you to sli the 580 at a later date, if thats not something you think you'll do 750w should do fine.

cooler : Antec Kúhler H2O 620 (£50)

data drive : Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB

i wouldnt bother with a sound card for the time being, if you need one at a later date have a look at something like the Asus Xonar Essence STX.

would a blue ray drive be of use or do you have a setup for that already ?
 
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Had this in my basket already, just for a look:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 580 DS SuperClocked 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £389.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £283.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
1 x Silverstone Raven 2 RV02W-EW Evolution Windowed Case - White £155.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
1 x OCZ ZX Series 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £145.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,481.39 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK GeForce GTX 580 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.98
(£333.32) £799.96
(£666.64)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
(£129.15) £154.98
(£129.15)
OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £77.99
(£64.99) £77.99
(£64.99)
Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £66.98
(£55.82) £66.98
(£55.82)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £1,259.05
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £254.56
Total : £1,527.36

Knock yourself out

kd
 
i'll give you my usual £1500 recommendation. its split into two because the graphics card is on offer, so you can only have one in your basket


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £249.98
1 x Silverstone Fortress 2 FT02B-W Windowed Gaming Case - Black £219.98
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £139.99
1 x OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,209.10 (includes shipping : £16.85).


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £249.98
Total : £260.78 (includes shipping : £9.00).

comes to ~£1469.88 if my maths is correct
 
mp260767 said:
i'd go with most of cre's spec, aside from :

cpu swap for the 2500K (only need the 2600K if your into video editing etc)

mobo asrock extreme 4 gen 3

psu Corsair Professional Series HX1050 modular, allows for you to sli the 580 at a later date, if thats not something you think you'll do 750w should do fine.

cooler : Antec Kúhler H2O 620 (£50)

data drive : Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB

i wouldnt bother with a sound card for the time being, if you need one at a later date have a look at something like the Asus Xonar Essence STX.

would a blue ray drive be of use or do you have a setup for that already ?
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The Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB HDD is at 5400RPM, with his budget, if he ever needs 2TB, h'll be better off with buying 2 of the 1TB HDDs or buy another 2TB hdd at 7200rpm
 
CreMafia said:
The Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB HDD is at 5400RPM, with his budget, if he ever needs 2TB, h'll be better off with buying 2 of the 1TB HDDs or buy another 2TB hdd at 7200rpm
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not noticed any problems using it on my system compared to my f3.
 
CreMafia said:
But there's always atleast a slight difference especially if it is your boot drive and when you load up a program
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his system has the ssd for the boot drive, and with 128gb it will be more than enough to house programs that can make use of it's speed, f4 was recommended purely as a data drive, which is what i use mine for.
 
King Damager said:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK GeForce GTX 580 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.98
(£333.32) £799.96
(£666.64)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
(£129.15) £154.98
(£129.15)
OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £77.99
(£64.99) £77.99
(£64.99)
Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £66.98
(£55.82) £66.98
(£55.82)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £1,259.05
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £254.56
Total : £1,527.36

Knock yourself out

kd
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if he has a budget of £1500......

if you have HDDs and optical drives you can take from the other build if worth it i would get these in SLI http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-129-MS with pretty much the same spec as this.

Cheaper cooler and cheaper PSU and you would be sorted..... unless you wish to do more with it than gaming.
 
Guys what can i say , thanks for the replys and so fast too ..... :) , I already have a blue ray setup so that is not really a issue , also i was thinking of going along the lines of one of the above I7 builds as in the future i might do some editing / cad work .
Some exelent looking builds above , just got to choose :)

regards

Michael
 
haddows101 said:
if he has a budget of £1500......

if you have HDDs and optical drives you can take from the other build if worth it i would get these in SLI http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-129-MS with pretty much the same spec as this.

Cheaper cooler and cheaper PSU and you would be sorted..... unless you wish to do more with it than gaming.
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You'd get 2 570's in SLI over 2 580's....

To the OP

Was unaware, about the i7 though, so if that's the case you could drop the 580's down to 570's that haddow suggested, and get an i7 instead

kd
 
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