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Hi guys/girls i had a gaming PC ages ago (Built it my self). I am not quite upto date with what components are what anymore i ve been doing some reasearch and found out the basics using tomshardware charts etc. (Anyway on with the PC)

My budget is around £4000(however i dont want to spend all of it if i don't need to). I require everything the only thing i own is a desk to put everything on :-)

I really like the idea of multi monitors (3 at max. Im also up for not having them if their a waste of money).

My favorite case is Crosair 800D or the NZXt 810 apart from them two things please build me a PC.
 
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Doomedspeed said:
Why? That is the stupidest thing anyone has ever said...

Ohhh it was a joke :) (i hope)
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nope, i build all the time, but still spec ready built for some, less trouble for most and if been out of it for a while not like the agrro etc so given a choice, parts on there own will be cheaper and im sure you will spec better stuff etc.

just given options

and was editing it aswell with a build spec :(

if my gf would let me build one for £4k then i wouldn't do it myself either, as im idle sometimes and at this amount / budget i'd get someone else to do it for me as budget can afford it.

i'd also pick watercooling over standard, 1 card over 2 unless there was a good enough reasons for a second, for most the fastest single card gives less problems then 2, i find for games, but yes some like 2 or 4 fitted, just i never see the point, a larger than standard sdd for boot a 256gb one then a couple of same for data etc.

windows 7 pro for me and not win 8 pro as yet, maybe another 6 months or so, but thats just me again

i use adata pro drives where as you might spec samsung etc, horses for courses

triple monitor setup is great if game supports it, plus you need a best of a vga to tun them at higher settings, but at your budget then go for it, i only have one, for a flight sim m8 he has 3 and loves them.

i't all about money and if its a passion or a hobby for me
 
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If you want to go mad:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £449.99
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 Superclock w/Backplate 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99 (£719.98)
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD500BW) £319.99
3 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £229.99 (£689.97)
1 x Corsair Obsidian 800D (6GB/s) Full Tower Case - Black £229.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Gold 1200w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (ST1200-G) £199.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance K90 Mechanical Keyboard & M90 Mouse (Elite Gaming Kit) - SAVING £15 - WAS £152.99 £131.98
1 x Avexir MPower Series 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit (AVD3U16001008G-4CM) £119.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) £99.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
2 x EK 670 Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £73.99 (£147.98)
1 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 360 £69.98
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £49.99
1 x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) £49.98
1 x XSPC EX240 120mm Radiator - Black £39.98
2 x Mayhems Pastel - Sunset Yellow Coolant 1L ** NEW COLOUR FOR 2012 ** £14.99 (£29.98)
1 x EK-FC Bridge DUAL Parallel CSQ £13.99
10 x Akasa AK-FN059 120mm Ultra Quiet Venom Viper Cool Fan - 3/4 Pin £11.99 (£119.90)
1 x Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g) £8.99
4 x EK-PSC Adapter Rotary 45° G1/4 Black £3.59 (£14.36)
5 x XSPC 7/16" ID [16/11mm] High Flex Hose - Clear [1m Length] £2.99 (£14.95)
12 x XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) £2.99 (£35.88)
1 x Alphacool 120mm x 100mm Velcro Pad £1.99
Total : £3,819.74 (includes shipping : FREE).



If Water isn't your bag:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £449.99
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 Superclock w/Backplate 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99 (£719.98)
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD500BW) £319.99
3 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £229.99 (£689.97)
1 x Corsair Obsidian 800D (6GB/s) Full Tower Case - Black £229.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Gold 1200w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (ST1200-G) £199.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance K90 Mechanical Keyboard & M90 Mouse (Elite Gaming Kit) - SAVING £15 - WAS £152.99 £131.98
1 x Avexir MPower Series 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit (AVD3U16001008G-4CM) £119.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) £99.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £49.99
Total : £3,331.82 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
no monitor stands?

not being picky either so sorry for the quick remark :( nice spec btw

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-199-XF&groupid=17&catid=1992&subcat=

£287.99 inc VAT

only thing i'd change would be the hdd's, i wouldn't have them, if i was spending this much i'd have smaller sdd's only as not many gamers need 3tb of storage, i'd have 3 or 4 256gb sdd's and a external if it was needed as storage doesn't need to be on with rest of rig all the time, well not for me.
 
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zakblood said:
no monitor stands?

not being picky either so sorry for the quick remark :( nice spec btw

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-199-XF&groupid=17&catid=1992&subcat=

£287.99 inc VAT

only thing i'd change would be the hdd's, i wouldn't have them, if i was spending this much i'd have smaller sdd's only as not many gamers need 3tb of storage, i'd have 3 or 4 256gb sdd's and a external if it was needed as storage doesn't need to be on with rest of rig all the time, well not for me.
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Monitor stands is a good idea actually. :)

Yeah, storage is a bit of a personal preference, i prefer a big boot drive and massive storage where as others prefer many large SSD's.

multiple SSD's will be faster but 1 SSD and 1 HDD will provide more space.

Tough call..
 
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