Spec Me a £1100 System

DefiantAsh

DefiantAsh

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As title, budget is no more than £1100.

I originally specced myself one up with all the bells and whistles.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 Game £269.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £239.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £109.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £95.99
1 x OCZ StealthXStream 2 700W Power Supply £62.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £62.39
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £19.99
Total : £1,150.20 (includes shipping : £19.10).

Not sure if everything is compatible but i think it might be :)

It will be primarily for university as ill be doing a lot of photoshop/modelling so the 8GB ram and 2600k should do great, along with a top-end GPU.

However it want it also to play BF3 when release, so £1100 budget is great :)

Only thing is i would like the Monitor in too, as i already have the same one bought previously for my current system.

Also i would need a Retail copy of Win7 HP or Pro Squeezed in, probably could compromise somewhere or other.

p.s: If anything, spec me one with monitor and one without, i can weigh up the difference and see which would be preferred.

Thanks very much :)
 
if your going to university you will probably be able to get a discounted version of windows 7 from there, or from another site ifyou can prove you are a student. my university actually offers win 7 pro for free for all students in the systems engineering area (which has about a billion different degrees in it)

if you are doing 3D modelling then you may be interested to hear that machstudio pro has become free (it was $4000 :eek:)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £221.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £183.98
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £178.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £89.99
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £1,114.87 (includes shipping: FREE).

soon you will be able to get free shipping. youve got the posts, but you just need the 90 days (which you must be really close to)
 
I have free shipping :)

Anyways, would a 560Ti run BF3 or pretty high settings? i want it to be a great machine, to run all of my games near enough max.

Would i need a full 128GB ssd? or could i wait and get one in january?

And hopefully i should get a Win7 code from my university, but as i had already attended to do a Web Development course as part of my college qualification, i might not get a new account as i already have a university pass (probably needs re-activating)

If i did get a new one, great :D

Also is Kingston RAM good? Just i dont see many people use it within their specs :)

Also the OCuK monitor is no good, (no offence OCuk!) just i would like the same monitor as i already have :)

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Anyway, i did a re-spec and i will have some more funds in January from my financial help from Student Finance so i can get my second, and possible and third monitor then :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £239.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G) £75.98
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £1,130.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).


The SSD can be upgraded later to a 128GB if necessary.

One thing though is could i get greater performance in terms of GPU with the same value of the 580?




Thanks for the fast response :)
 
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Thats great :)

However i could do with the boost from the 2600k, so i'd have to compromise from somewhere, as im saving like £200 on my case/ssd compared to yours plus i will have a 1tb data-drive.
 
DefiantAsh said:
Thats great :)

However i could do with the boost from the 2600k, so i'd have to compromise from somewhere, as im saving like £200 on my case/ssd compared to yours plus i will have a 1tb data-drive.
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yeh if you changed the case and the cooler (and ssd if you dont need 120gb), and also the Blu ray drive if you wont use it, then you'll have a chunk left over :)
 
hellarda said:
yeh if you changed the case and the cooler (and ssd if you dont need 120gb), and also the Blu ray drive if you wont use it, then you'll have a chunk left over :)
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I guess, i think the spec i replace my original with is quite good, possibly the chosen one unless anyone joins and shows a decent spec, wouldnt mind xfire/sli to boost performance slightly but within the budget :)
 
Reaper 392 said:
note to self, its 2011, not 2010

*facepalms*
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Seems you've been living in the past :p :D

Anyways, Think i'll be getting this spec;

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £239.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G) £75.98
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £1,130.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).


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Only want to know if everything will fit properly inside the case, or will i need a bigger case if i want to SLI the 580 next year?
 
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