Spec me please!

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Spec me please! UPDATE required!

Evening people. In my few years as member on this site I don't think I've posted a spec me thread. Well, first time for everything.

Combining my birthday monies at the end of the month and some savings I would say I have a budget of around £800 including delivery.

Using it mainly for browsing, gaming (BF3,) and Photoshop for my DSLR pictures.

Don't need a monitor, keyboard and mouse, but will need an OS.

I know you can't predict what will be required to run BF3, but it's been at least 6 years since I got my Dell, and I'm dying to get BF3 for the PC, and get back into FPS on the PC.

I await your collective knowledge to tell me things I will be missing!
 
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heres my attempt:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £131.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.98
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £801.89 (includes shipping: FREE).

dont forget you get free shipping if you link your forum and shop account :)
 
Thanks for the reply Reaper.

Nice selection, I mentioned delivery as I live in Northern Ireland and don't think the OCUK forum offer applies for here?

I forgot to mention an SSD OS drive if possible too?
 
Method said:
Thanks for the reply Reaper.

Nice selection, I mentioned delivery as I live in Northern Ireland and don't think the OCUK forum offer applies for here?

I forgot to mention an SSD OS drive if possible too?
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didnt notice you were from NI. just saw your post cound and thought you didnt know about the free delivery.

this is the best i can do while putting in a decent sized SSD:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £156.98
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £107.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Bare OEM £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £30.98
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x OcUK Value PCI Express 6-Pin to 4-Pin Power Adaptor for PCI-E Graphics Cards (RB-527) £1.99
Total : £800.29 (includes shipping: £12.50).
 
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My attempt:)

High quality PSU is made by Seasonic, it has the power and connectors for a pair of GTX560ti cards in SLI.

Quality case, I have used this one before and its very nice and well built.

1TB HDD and 64GB SSD

4GB of RAM is plenty for your uses.

And a very fast GTX560ti - http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_560_Twin_Frozr_II/
 
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Method said:
Thanks again for more suggestions, would a 30Gb SSD not suffice for a boot drive?
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Just.

So the same as above with a different SSD.


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
(£59.99) £71.99
(£59.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
OCZ Vertex 30GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX30G) £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Silverstone Precision PS03B Midi Tower Case - Black £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £22.99
(£19.16) £22.99
(£19.16)
Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £656.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £133.97
Total : £803.80
 
I like these threads to see what similar things people recommend.

Is here anything on the horizon I should be waiting for?
 
BullDozer or IvyBridge CPU wise.

I don't know if Photoshop can take use of multiple cores. (Don't know much about CPU's)
 
Didn't want to open a new thread as I never got around to purchasing a system when I opened this original thread.

Have there been many improvements apart from IvyBridge, the continued drop in SSD prices?

For a £1000 would it be possible to factor in a new HDMI monitor?

The uses would more-or-less be the same, most intensive game I'd like to play would be BF3 iirc.

Although, if it makes a difference I want to get more into editting the photos I'm taking with my DSLR with Adobe Elements. So, off the top of my head....more RAM?

All help greatly appreciated again :)
 
just a hair over 1k (with your free delivery)

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £249.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £169.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £101.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £78.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.79
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,030.72 (includes shipping : £20.10).




i know you play bf3 and nvidia would be better, but there just isnt enough $$$ to get the gtx 670
had to tone down the hdd (500gb) and get a non modular psu for cost savings to pop in the ati 7950
 
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