Spec me a PC!

Razargh

Razargh

Razargh

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Hey guys, havn't really been looking at the latest releases but ive got a budget for a new pc around £1000-1600.

Must include:
Intel CPU
Dual GPU (nvdia)
Normal HDD (1Tb+) x4 + small SSD for Windows.
(Watercooling for CPU)
Large case obviously (HAF X or similar)
Sound Card
No Disk Drive Needed.

Thanks for your time.
 
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just curious for a couple of questions
why the 4x 1TB storage drives? are you planning some sort of raid array (and if it is i hope your not planning on 4 drives in raid 0)
any particular reason for watercooling? i dont want to put you off but proper watercooling is something you really have to want if your prepared to set it all up and maintain it. yes it has its rewards (lower noise and temps), but generally air cooling is perfectly fine

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oh, and what were you planning on doing with the PC?
 
Raid 5 Setup, with a minimum of 4 drives, this is for a collection of music, films and photos. the water cooling for the cpu could be the corsair ones, which include water but air is fine.
 
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Raid 5 Setup, with a minimum of 4 drives, this is for a collection of music, films and photos. the water cooling for the cpu could be the corsair ones, which include water but air is fine.
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ah right. i thought you meant a complete custom watercooling loop for the CPU and GPUs when you wanted watercooling (in which case i'd have pointed you in the direction of the watercooling section because i know very little about watercooling)

as for the all in one watercooling kits like the corsair ones they are not as good as top end air coolers such as the thermalright silver arrow

heres my top end recommendation:

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99 (£519.98)
1 x MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £164.98
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £159.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £139.99
1 x Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £119.99
1 x OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £57.59
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99
4 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £44.99 (£179.96)
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,528.13 (includes shipping : £14.75).

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and heres a lower end recommendation.

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99 (£347.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £159.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £139.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £107.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £57.59
4 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £44.99 (£179.96)
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £40.79
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,158.24 (includes shipping : £12.50).


i'd have preferred to put in two of the ATI 6950's that are going nice and cheap right now, but you wanted Nvidia so the 560Ti t was for this spec
 
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