spec me a £1200 pc

Jacky-Boy16

Jacky-Boy16

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Hey guys so for the £1200 I would really just like the tower.
I have monitors keyboard mouse etc.

The graphics card just has to be good, I'd rather invest in good memory and cpu as I use it a lot for work (3d artist).

Would love an SSD for windows 7(need os too) and at least 2TB for storage

Cheers

You guys have never let me down so far :P
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £249.95
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Toshiba (7K3000.D) 3TB SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £89.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX16C10B1BK2/16X) £79.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £74.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.95
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Silver (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £66.98
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,196.80 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
£9 over budget:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 770 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £74.99
2 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £64 (£128.00)
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £62.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £49.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £35.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,209.89 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 770 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX16C10B1BK2/16X) £79.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £74.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £74.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £73.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £62.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £35.99
Total : £1,211.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).



E: Pretty similar to the other two. The manufacturer refurbished corsair coolers might go up in price once stock lands though.
 
Woah thanks a lot guys, i'm super excited about putting this guy together.
Based on your advice this is what I'm thinking of going with.

Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £269.99
(£224.99)
Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £106.99
(£89.16)
Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX16C10B1BK2/16X) £99.95
(£83.29)
Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £89.99
(£74.99)
Toshiba (7K3000.D) 3TB SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £85.99
(£71.66)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
(£69.99)
Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.95
(£58.29)
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £35.99
(£29.99)
LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
(£16.66)

So my only questions are:

Seeing as I won't be overclocking this machine, what power supply would you recommend to go with this build?

I've never had a liquid cooler before (liquid in computers scares me a bit :D), is this necessary if I'm not overclocking? Are they easy to fit?

Is this card the best bang for buck around the £200 price mark?
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Thanks again
 
Thanks man I'm gonna do a bit more research but that graphics card looks great.
edit: Probably gonna go with this one 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
Added the PSU too :)
I'm not keen on waiting a couple of weeks for these to come in.
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £35.99
Anyone know of a good alternative that I can order today?

Also thinking of getting a couple of monitors. I'm an artist so my only concerns with monitors are the actual picture quality. I'm going to get a dual arm so I can mount them to my desk and have them adjustable.
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor & Corsair H100i CPU Cooler Bundle £358.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/16X) £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £106.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £69.95
1 x Thermaltake Smart M550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £59.99
1 x Antec GX 700 Rugged Gaming Case £59.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,196.28 (includes shipping : £17.85).



I'd probably go for the Bitfenix Ronin case myself but you don't want to wait. It can mount the H100i as can this Antec GX700 not many budget cases can. At 100 posts you could well get free P&P, so it won't hurt to discuss the options ;)
 
Hey maybe I could wait a little longer and get the
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £35.99.
Definetly worth getting that free p&p cheers for the tip :)

That Corsair H100i CPU Cooler seems very expensive compared to the
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £35.99.
bearing in mind that I won't be ocing this rig.
 
If your definitely not overclocking save a few quid and use the stock Intel heatsink and fan, they are afterall made for the job.
 
Jacky-Boy16 said:
Hey maybe I could wait a little longer and get the
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £35.99.
Definetly worth getting that free p&p cheers for the tip :)

That Corsair H100i CPU Cooler seems very expensive compared to the
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £35.99.
bearing in mind that I won't be ocing this rig.
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I don't understand why they are suggesting the H80 when the CM-690II can fit the refurb'd H100 which is better and so very little extra :confused:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/16X) £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £106.99
1 x Toshiba (7K3000.D) 3TB SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Thermaltake Smart M550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £59.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £39.95
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,151.81 (includes shipping : FREE).



I'd atleast like to have the option to overclock, it's not hard to do. This is £50 under budget so you could up the mobo and PSU to allow for Xfire/SLi, or indeed make some slight tweaks as you see fit. For panels you are probably better off looking at IPS monitors to be fair fella.
 
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Yeh you're right man I didn't wanna overclock a rig this expensive, but I'm sure later down the line I will wanna have a tinker :) Definitely a good idea to be able to do that

I didn't even look into IPS monitors. I got so much research to do still!

I'm still considering getting 32GB of memory on this build so have been looking at these
Kingston HyperX Beast 32GB (4x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K4/32X)
Is it true I would have to get windows 7 professional to take advantage of anything over 16gb of ram?
 
Yip 16GB is the limit for Win7 Home Premium 64bit. There is a trial for Win 8 you can download and use for free for 3 months. Even the "Basic" Windows 8 allows more than 16GB of RAM (See here). As it's free there is no harm in trying it out to see if it suits you ok.
 
Hey what i've seen of windows 8 so far looks great (except the missing start button but they're adding that back in). Just need to check there aren't any issues with the 3d software I use. Also cheaper than windows 7!

That ram I posted in the post above looks pretty chunky, anyone know if there could be problems getting 4 of them to fit comfortably?

Sorry about all the questions I just seem to be getting genuinely good replies
 
Jacky-Boy16 said:
Hey what i've seen of windows 8 so far looks great (except the missing start button but they're adding that back in). Just need to check there aren't any issues with the 3d software I use. Also cheaper than windows 7!

That ram I posted in the post above looks pretty chunky, anyone know if there could be problems getting 4 of them to fit comfortably?

Sorry about all the questions I just seem to be getting genuinely good replies
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Yes it is rather clunky, although I used it because it was cheaper than the Patriot Mamba RAM. So long as you use a CLC or the stock heatsink you'd be ok with the Beast
 
How about a themed build ???

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £106.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £69.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A1600C9B) £67.99
1 x Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK) £65.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £39.95
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,217.18 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
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