23 Jun 2011 at 08:12 #1 stephen-roberts stephen-roberts Associate Joined 2 Sep 2010 Posts 66 Budget of £2000
23 Jun 2011 at 08:13 #2 FNGsam FNGsam Associate Joined 19 Aug 2010 Posts 1,983 Location London spec me a general hardware sub-forum for less than <----> (this much) common sense
23 Jun 2011 at 08:50 #3 GJ02 GJ02 Soldato Joined 30 Nov 2007 Posts 6,419 Location . stephen, i would remove the 2 ladies too, its not allowed
23 Jun 2011 at 09:01 #4 stephen-roberts stephen-roberts Associate OP Joined 2 Sep 2010 Posts 66 sorry guys new here
23 Jun 2011 at 09:10 #5 Reaper 392 Reaper 392 Soldato Joined 15 Feb 2011 Posts 10,234 Location Slough do you need an OS, monitor, keyboard, other peripherals? also, will you be doing anything that is taxing on the processor other than gaming? (video editing, large photoshop work, CAD/CAM, 3D animation work)
do you need an OS, monitor, keyboard, other peripherals? also, will you be doing anything that is taxing on the processor other than gaming? (video editing, large photoshop work, CAD/CAM, 3D animation work)
23 Jun 2011 at 09:17 #6 stephen-roberts stephen-roberts Associate OP Joined 2 Sep 2010 Posts 66 No os needed monitor or other needed just for pure gaming please
23 Jun 2011 at 09:34 #7 Reaper 392 Reaper 392 Soldato Joined 15 Feb 2011 Posts 10,234 Location Slough i'm struggling to find a reason to spend more than £1800 on the tower alone. is watercooling something you would consider? heres what ive come up with: YOUR BASKET 2 x MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99 1 x Silverstone Fortress FT02B-W Windowed Gaming Case - Black £219.98 1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £183.98 1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £161.99 1 x OCZ ZX Series 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £149.99 1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £139.99 1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £64.99 1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99 1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99 1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99 Total : £1,810.10 (includes shipping : £16.85).
i'm struggling to find a reason to spend more than £1800 on the tower alone. is watercooling something you would consider? heres what ive come up with: YOUR BASKET 2 x MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99 1 x Silverstone Fortress FT02B-W Windowed Gaming Case - Black £219.98 1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £183.98 1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £161.99 1 x OCZ ZX Series 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £149.99 1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £139.99 1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £64.99 1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99 1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99 1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99 Total : £1,810.10 (includes shipping : £16.85).
23 Jun 2011 at 09:44 #8 stephen-roberts stephen-roberts Associate OP Joined 2 Sep 2010 Posts 66 Yes water cooling defo thanks so much for this thats great
23 Jun 2011 at 09:45 #9 olivier renault olivier renault Soldato Joined 1 Apr 2009 Posts 9,950 Yeah, something like this basically. Not much room left for WC though but can get a cheaper, bigger case that will leave some room for WC.
Yeah, something like this basically. Not much room left for WC though but can get a cheaper, bigger case that will leave some room for WC.