Spec me a system for £1200 ish please!

[matthewprince]

Hi,

Further to my other post , could someone please spec me a mint system for £1200ish

Must have at least a 24" monitor as i do photography.

Im thinking quad core, 4 or 8gb ram , ssd for main hard drive o/s and sata hd for storage , decent graphics card as i play fsx

Many thanks in advance

Matt

 

[RJC]

A bit over:

Crucial M225 128GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M225) £293.23
(£249.56) £293.23
(£249.56)

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5850 "Dirt2 Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £234.99
(£199.99) £234.99
(£199.99)

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £217.61
(£185.20) £217.61
(£185.20)

Asus P6T Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £168.58
(£143.47) £168.58
(£143.47)

OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 Low-Voltage Triple Channel (OCZ3G1333LV6GK) £114.42
(£97.38) £114.42
(£97.38)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £78.67
(£66.95) £78.67
(£66.95)

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £70.49
(£59.99) £70.49
(£59.99)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £40.85
(£34.77) £40.85
(£34.77)

Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.38
(£15.64) £18.38
(£15.64) Sub Total : £1,052.95 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50 VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £186.45 Total : £1,251.90

 

[Didaco]

superb spec but i would make these alterations:
SSD: the intel 80GB would save a good bit of cash
RAM: get 1600mhz memory instead of that http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-129-OC
if you are left with more cash improve the case as imo the antec 300 aint worthy of an i7 rig
either CM-690 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-145-CM
or Lancool K-58 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-LN&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=1447
both good cases for the money

 

[matthewprince]

Hi,

Nice spec but that doesnt include a monitor!

Would this be a good build??..........


Samsung PB22-J 128GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive £265.64
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz - Retail £217.61
Asus P6T SE Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £148.14
HannsG HH241HPB 23.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor £148.14
OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel £122.59
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024MB GDDR5 Graphics Card £102.17
OCZ StealthXStream 700w Silent Power Supply £71.51
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM £70.49
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black £31.67
LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.38

Sub Total : £1,196.34 inc of vat



Matt

 

[Josh P]

I wouldn't be spending such a large proportion of the budget on an SSD - get a smaller one for boot if you like.

 

[silworth]

I wouldn't be spending such a large proportion of the budget on an SSD - get a smaller one for boot if you like.

This ^.

I wouldn't go SSD yet, you can get more performance for less out of a decent RAID array.

Especially when the machine is being built to a budget (and said budget has to include a 24"+ monitor).

 

[lamboman]

Check your other thread, made a couple of posts

 

[Mr. Anderson]

Spec me a rat

So i currently have a Microsoft explorer mini mouse. And while it is fantastic for normal pc use, it has a free-wheel, which is have found is absolutely useless for swapping weapons in games, and other tasks that require snappiness, such as zooming in flash or photo shop.

I had a look at this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-169-LG&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=1276

It seems to have a button which turns it from free-wheeling to a ratchet. Would the ratchet mode be like a true ratchet mode and perform gun changes in games like a normal middle mouse scroller?

Also, with that mouse, it says the battery last for 3 years, how true is this? And what happens when it does eventually run out? How hard is it to replace?

And secondly, are there any better mice around for £40 or under that have a ratchet scroller?

Thanks.