Spec me a 1.5k build please

[fowler002]

would say asrock extreme4 gen3 then use the money saved on these over the vtx 6950s

ssd people on here are suggesting the crucial m4.

 

[m1chaelw]

Just had a quick look through , from merging CreMafias list and mp260767 , would somthing like this run pretty good?


Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £371.99
(£309.99) £371.99
(£309.99)
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £239.99
(£199.99) £239.99
(£199.99)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £146.99
(£122.49) £146.99
(£122.49)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £134.99
(£112.49) £134.99
(£112.49)
OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £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)
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM £18.98
(£15.82) £18.98
(£15.82)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £1,084.90
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 : £219.73
Total : £1,318.38

Cheers

 

[Mr Krugga]

Just had a quick look through , from merging CreMafias list and mp260767 , would somthing like this run pretty good?


Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £371.99
(£309.99) £371.99
(£309.99)
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £239.99
(£199.99) £239.99
(£199.99)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £146.99
(£122.49) £146.99
(£122.49)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £134.99
(£112.49) £134.99
(£112.49)
OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £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)
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM £18.98
(£15.82) £18.98
(£15.82)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £1,084.90
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 : £219.73
Total : £1,318.38

Cheers

You'd be better off with 2x6950s or 2x570s instead of that GTX580 but I understand if you prefer a single GPU solution.

Kingston HyperX isn't the best RAM available at that price, I would get Corsair or G.Skill instead.

Practically any sealed watercooling kit is crap in comparison to custom watercooling or high-end air-cooling.

There is Corsair H100 but when you replace the fans, the cost comes close to EK Watercooling Kits that are infinitely better for their ability to expand the loop.

I say get one the EK HF 240 kit or the custom one made by OcUK, or Silver Arrow if you're not confident with watercooling.

Get a different PSU:

a) you don't need a 850W for a single GPU
b) it's not the best you can get for the money

Replace that Spinpoint F3 1TB with a F4 2TB. You'll value space more once you start running out of it and both drives are very similar performance-wise.

 

[fowler002]

Just had a quick look through , from merging CreMafias list and mp260767 , would somthing like this run pretty good?


Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £371.99
(£309.99) £371.99
(£309.99)
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £239.99
(£199.99) £239.99
(£199.99)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £146.99
(£122.49) £146.99
(£122.49)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £134.99
(£112.49) £134.99
(£112.49)
OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £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)
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM £18.98
(£15.82) £18.98
(£15.82)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £1,084.90
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 : £219.73
Total : £1,318.38

Cheers

seems you're looking over the gen3 version of the motherboard at less than £10 more.

cpu cooler have alook at the corsair h60 as well.

 

[m1chaelw]

Ok il have a slight re think , taking in to account the comments above and will update my list

Cheers

 

[Reaper 392]

if your planning on doing cad/cam work and video editing the i7 and an Nvidia graphics card will come in handy. heres my new recommendation. basically switched the case and processor around and upped the RAM to 16GB:


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £249.98
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £239.99
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 Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £134.99
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
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99 (£99.98)
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 : £1,237.57 (includes shipping : £14.75).



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).

Total of both orders = £1 498.35

 

[fowler002]

if your planning on doing cad/cam work and video editing the i7 and an Nvidia graphics card will come in handy. heres my new recommendation. basically switched the case and processor around and upped the RAM to 16GB:


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £249.98
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £239.99
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 Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £134.99
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
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99 (£99.98)
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 : £1,237.57 (includes shipping : £14.75).



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).

Total of both orders = £1 498.35

I know the hyper threading on the i2600k will make the video editing etc faster but its the first time I've read that nvidida gpu would.

 

[RJC]

Some programs use CUDA on Nvidia gpu's.

 

[m1chaelw]

Had a look last night and read through all the comments , would this list be a good one then?

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £239.99
(£199.99) £239.99
(£199.99)
OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £194.99
(£162.49) £389.98
(£324.98)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
(£129.15) £154.98
(£129.15)
OCZ ZX Series 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £145.99
(£121.66) £145.99
(£121.66)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £134.99
(£112.49) £134.99
(£112.49)
Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £94.99
(£79.16) £94.99
(£79.16)
G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-17000CL9D-4GBXL) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £55.99
(£46.66) £55.99
(£46.66)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £1,194.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £241.93
Total : £1,451.58

When running the gfx cards in crossfire do i need any extra connectors or are they supplied? also do they need any extra cooling?

Comments much appreciated guys

Regards

Michael

 

[docsonic]

For an air cooled £1.5k rig I would ditch the Raven 3 for the Silverstone Fortress 2 (although it's out of stock at ocuk)

 

[m1chaelw]

Ah ok , will this offer better cooling ?

Would it also be advisable to fork out a bit extra and get the 570s instead of the 6950s?

 

[Mr Krugga]

Ah ok , will this offer better cooling ?

Would it also be advisable to fork out a bit extra and get the 570s instead of the 6950s?

What resolution are you going to play at?

At a standard 1920x1080, both Crossfire 6950 and GeForce GTX570 SLI should perform similarly.

There are many articles around the web regarding scaling and performance of the cards. The conclusion is that basically the GTX570 will be faster as a single card at 1920x1200 and below and in Crossfire/SLI the cards match their performance so if you're going that route, I would get Crossfire 6950s.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crossfire-sli-3-way-scaling,2865-9.html

I won't advise you on the case since I barely know Silverstone's offerings.

Also, get this RAM instead - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-060-GS.

I would also get Thermalright Silver Arrow or custom watercooling kit instead of that Corsair H100.

If you ditch that Corsair H100 cooler and get the RAM I suggested, you'll be £160 under the budget.

For that you can get EK H30 Supreme HF 240 that will be superior to any air-coolers or sealed watercooling solutions.

 

[m1chaelw]

It will be standard res , so it looks like the 6950s are the way to go . I will ditch that cooler and get the ram you suggested.

Could i save and just get the Thermalright Silver Arrow or would you say the water cooling kit is a necessity

Thank again Mr Krugga

Michael

 

[Mr Krugga]

It will be standard res , so it looks like the 6950s are the way to go . I will ditch that cooler and get the ram you suggested.

Could i save and just get the Thermalright Silver Arrow or would you say the water cooling kit is a necessity

Thank again Mr Krugga

Michael

Watercooling kit is absolutely not necessary, it's more of a preference thing and your choice depending on cooling needs.

Silver Arrow is a fine cooler and you should go with it if you prefer hassle-free installation.

 

[King Damager]

Are you planning on massively overclocking the CPU? If not you're not going to need something like the H100/80/Silver Arrow/D14....

If you are, then this is basically what you want..

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99 (£539.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £239.99
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 Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £134.99
1 x OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £79.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £55.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,520.58 (includes shipping : £14.75).




kd

 

[m1chaelw]

Nope i wont be overclocking anything at the moment , im heading towards the crossfire 6950s if theres not much performance difference between them and the 570s , to say they is a £130 price gap

Will be placing my order tonight , il post up my latest list

 

[Mr Krugga]

Nope i wont be overclocking anything at the moment , im heading towards the crossfire 6950s if theres not much performance difference between them and the 570s , to say they is a £130 price gap

Will be placing my order tonight , il post up my latest list

Not only that, you'll get 2x Deus Ex Human Revolution and 2x Dirt 3.

If you decide to sell the games, you could possibly get £60-70 on top of that.

 

[m1chaelw]

Good thinking on the games , that could work out very good.
Heres my latest list , hopfully this one should be a order

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £239.99
(£199.99) £239.99
(£199.99)
OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £194.99
(£162.49) £389.98
(£324.98)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
(£129.15) £154.98
(£129.15)
OCZ ZX Series 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £145.99
(£121.66) £145.99
(£121.66)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £134.99
(£112.49) £134.99
(£112.49)
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £55.99
(£46.66) £55.99
(£46.66)
Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM £18.98
(£15.82) £18.98
(£15.82)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £1,164.05
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £235.76
Total : £1,414.56

Thanks again to all the posters

 

[Mr Krugga]

Looks great if you ask me, make sure to provide quiet but sufficient cooling in the case and you'll have an awesome system.

 

[Mr Krugga]

On a second thought, you're left with £85 overhead plus some £65 in games.

You could add another M4 128GB to your build for that or get a single 256GB one.

It will certainly allow you to install more applications/games on your SSD.