spec me a 7 year over due upgrade!

arnoldma

arnoldma

arnoldma

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currently on p4 prescott!

i already have something in mind, but would like to see i'm close to the gurus, plus i have no idea on PSU and SSD yet :)

the only componets ill need for now are listed below (will get new case etc next month):

==MOBO

==CPU

==HSF

==RAM

==GFX CARD

==SSD (dont need second drive)

==OPTICAL SATA

==PSU (24/7 system, good for cable management - i'm a neat freak!)

50% hd video, 30% million tab browsing, 20% gaming

I want to get a top notch system ideally - as future proof as possible, with a budget of £800 too £900.

going to upgrade my dell ips to a 30" hopefully, if that effects the build?

thanks!
 
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Hi there.

Came up with this for you.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
(£174.99) £209.99
(£174.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £147.98
(£123.32) £147.98
(£123.32)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Sub Total : £647.42
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £131.48
Total : £788.90


You asked for future proofing, so have included,

1) a great PSu with lots of power and connectors for multi GPU use. And its a Modular cable design.
2) A motherboard that also supports multi GPU use, namely Crossfire/SLI
 
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arnoldma said:
thanks, thought i could have gone 2600 with that budget... might need to up it a bit, haha.
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Depends entirely on the use.

The Above spec is 100% gaming, as a 2500K is just as fast as a 2600 cpu.

As you can compare here - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/287?vs=288


if its actually not for gaming and is more for video editing/photoshop work? then a few changes can be done to include a 2600K cpu
 
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arnoldma said:
but im only 20% gaming at most. i guess i need to up the budget to mroe around 900... :) thanks for the link
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£900 would be nice:)

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £249.98
(£208.32) £249.98
(£208.32)
Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
(£174.99) £209.99
(£174.99)
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £147.98
(£123.32) £147.98
(£123.32)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £69.59
(£57.99) £69.59
(£57.99)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Sub Total : £742.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £150.42
Total : £902.50

have also upped the RAM too 8GB

But if your not doing much gaming then a Crossfire/sli motherboard may not be needed as you might only ever use a single GPU at a time.
 
i had in mind an MSI board, heard there was lots of problems with the asus? also, not sure between 480 and 6950, is that antec psu good for a 24/7 system? thanks!
 
stulid said:
£900 would be nice:)

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £249.98
(£208.32) £249.98
(£208.32)
Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
(£174.99) £209.99
(£174.99)
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £147.98
(£123.32) £147.98
(£123.32)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £69.59
(£57.99) £69.59
(£57.99)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Sub Total : £742.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £150.42
Total : £902.50

have also upped the RAM too 8GB

But if your not doing much gaming then a Crossfire/sli motherboard may not be needed as you might only ever use a single GPU at a time.
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Pretty much what I was going to recommend :p

Go for that build, extremely fast and future proof. Overclocking is great with a i7 2600k too so you won't need to upgrade for a few years.
 
i do like antec, used to have a truepower a long time ago. however, just read a reviews saying this PSU has some short cables, and some cannot be routed to the back of the case?

anyone know of equally good one with nice cable length so i can ruoute them all around?

thanks

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lol, didnt realise i had the top dog spec already :D
 
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arnoldma said:
i had in mind an MSI board, heard there was lots of problems with the asus?
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Go for the MSI P67A-GD65 specially as it's on offer this week :)

EDIT: Similarly specced system to Stulid's but including the 'This week only deals':

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £239.99

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99

MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £132.00

Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply £89.99

G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £71.99

OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G) £71.99

Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £27.98

Pioneer 24x Internal S19LBK DVD Rewriter including Labelflash SATA Retail £17.99

Sub Total : £718.26
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £145.65
Total : £873.91

Get conformation off someone that the G.Skill's will fit under the A50 though as they're quite tall
 
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As usual stulid is pretty spot on. However I would change the mobo. For the P67 chipset I would go either MSI or Gigabyte.

Also you can buy extension cables for PSU cables that are too short.
 
What case you thinking of? as i use the 650w Antec new truepower in a monster sized ATCS840 and dont need extensions.
 
good to know about the cables, u route them around the back? thanks!

ive been looking for an 840. only thing stopping me on that is the lack of rubber grommets and the bottom bit - just one great big hole rather then a subtle pass through... im picky, i know :P still might get it though as its so good looking, alu, too.

im going to get case later - can use my old lian li for now :) might upgrade when the enw ones come out, pc-z70 maybe. should be about same size as 840.

if i get an better ssd, would u say the new m4 or vertex 3?
 
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Yep.

the 8pin ATX goes under the bottom and up the back, then down from one of the cable management holes along the top of the motherboard.
 
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