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apeZ

apeZ

apeZ

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Just wondered what you guys can come up with.

Budget: £1000, would prefer not to go over this unless absolutely necessary.

Requirements:

Full build minus the OS.
22" monitor.
At least 500GB HDD.

Will be used for everything really; not incredible intensive gaming, but a good capability for recent titles would be nice. I am looking for it to last 2 years or so.

Regarding Dual/Quad, I'm not sure, you can decide. And I am willing to overclock.

Thanks in advance!
 
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Kennysevenfold said:
so you have a monitor or want one.?
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I want one, sorry. Should have said :p

Here is a quick attempt, but I think you guys might be able to improve on it. Think I might have gone a bit overboard with CPU/mobo as well.

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My effort :)


CP-280-IN_60.jpg

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £250.99
(£218.25) £250.99
(£218.25)
MB-026-IN_60.jpg
Foxconn Renaissance Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £167.99
(£146.08) £167.99
(£146.08)
GX-130-XF_60.jpg
XFX GeForce GTX 260 "Core 216 55nm" 896MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £148.34
(£128.99) £148.34
(£128.99)
MO-014-AS_60.jpg
Asus VH222H 22" Widescreen True HD LCD Monitor £145.99
(£126.95) £145.99
(£126.95)
MY-169-CS_60.jpg
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C9) £93.99
(£81.73) £93.99
(£81.73)
CA-014-CS_60.jpg
Corsair VX 550W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-550VXUK) £69.99
(£60.86) £69.99
(£60.86)
HD-068-SA_60.jpg
Samsung SpinPoint F1 RAID 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HE502IJ) £65.54
(£56.99) £65.54
(£56.99)
CA-101-AN_60.jpg
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £50.59
(£43.99) £50.59
(£43.99)
CD-090-LG_60.jpg
LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51) Sub Total : £880.35 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £15.50 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £134.38 Total : £1,030.23
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
CP-265-IN_60.jpg
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM £229.99
(£199.99) £229.99
(£199.99)
MB-026-IN_60.jpg
Foxconn Renaissance Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £167.99
(£146.08) £167.99
(£146.08)
MO-014-AS_60.jpg
Asus VH222H 22" Widescreen True HD LCD Monitor £145.99
(£126.95) £145.99
(£126.95)
GX-127-XF_60.jpg
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4850 "XXX Edition" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £99.99
(£86.95) £99.99
(£86.95)
CA-009-ZA_60.jpg
Zalman ZM600-HP Heatpipe Cooled 600W Modular Power Supply £98.99
(£86.08) £98.99
(£86.08)
MY-164-CS_60.jpg
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Triple Channel (TR3X6G1333C9) £63.99
(£55.64) £63.99
(£55.64)
HD-244-WD_60.jpg
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £62.09
(£53.99) £62.09
(£53.99)
HS-005-NC_60.jpg
Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366) £57.49
(£49.99) £57.49
(£49.99)
CA-101-AN_60.jpg
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £50.59
(£43.99) £50.59
(£43.99)
CD-090-LG_60.jpg
LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51) Sub Total : £866.17 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £132.25 Total : £998.92
 
That looks quite good actually RJC, thanks! I didn't think i7 could really be done on my budget, especially since I want a monitor too.

Arguably, that CPU costs 1/4 of the budget itself though :O

Edit: Thanks for your attempt as well Kennysevenfold, also looking good. I'm a little worried that the 512mb gpu might struggle with a 22" native resolution though?
 
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I would go for this mobo instead (dont rate foxconn at all- through previous experience)
Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

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was £169.99 inc VAT £159.99 inc VAT
£139.12 ex VAT
 
KingZeddy said:
I would go for this mobo instead (dont rate foxconn at all- through previous experience)
Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

This Week Only Offer
was £169.99 inc VAT £159.99 inc VAT
£139.12 ex VAT
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only has 4ram slots, = FAIL

get a 3 x 2gig set your stumped for upgrading
 
Kennysevenfold said:
only has 4ram slots, = FAIL

get a 3 x 2gig set your stumped for upgrading
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Yeah, was just looking at it. I haven't heard of Foxconn either previously, but 4 RAM slots limits it a bit.

The 6 slots in the Foxconn mobo as well as the 4 * PCI-E look much better.

I think I would also rather opt for an OEM chip and aftermarket cooler; as that opens up better overclocking potential.

Going to have another fiddle around tomorrow, if anyone else wants a crack at creating a spec, please go ahead and do so :]
 
apeZ said:
Yeah, was just looking at it. I haven't heard of Foxconn either previously, but 4 RAM slots limits it a bit.

The 6 slots in the Foxconn mobo as well as the 4 * PCI-E look much better.

I think I would also rather opt for an OEM chip and aftermarket cooler; as that opens up better overclocking potential.

Going to have another fiddle around tomorrow, if anyone else wants a crack at creating a spec, please go ahead and do so :]
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or just choose mine and

/ Thread.?

but im sure Icey will pop up at some point with a spec
 
apeZ said:
I think I would also rather opt for an OEM chip and aftermarket cooler; as that opens up better overclocking potential.
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I would agree on that, but the new D0 stepping chips appear to be getting better clocks than the old ones, at lower temperatures, and OCUK currently don't stock an OEM D0 stepping chip. Ideally, you'd want D0 stepping AND a good CPU cooler, but that depends if you can afford to cut corners/stretch the budget.

I would go for RJC's spec, with this HDD instead, and then when you get another £60, buy a Noctua NH-U12P (you'd have the stock cooler to tide you over until then). Or stretch your budget, if possible.

Edit: Nevermind, just read you want a 500GB HDD minimum. Well, whatever. Some good specs and ideas here, I'm sure you can make your own mind up :)
 
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