Spec me

Sendog · 4 Jun 2009 at 23:25

Hey guys-long time reader first time poster!

The time has come to get back into pc gaming so i
Thought id take the plunge and build a pc but first gonna ask ye experts to spec me

Ok here goes, have £1000-£1200 to spend, want a gaming rig for high end stuff, crysis and the upcoming operation flashpoint, all settings maxed out.
I also plan on getting back into 3d modelling so the system needs a beefy cpu and plenty of ram.System to last 18 months to 2 years before next upgrade.

icey_haj · 4 Jun 2009 at 23:31

Do you need Monitor, OS, Keyboard, Mouse etc?

If you already have a monitor, what res do you game at?

Sendog · 5 Jun 2009 at 00:09

plan on getting a Samsung 24" T240 Rose Red 5ms DVI TFT
and possibly a second in a few months time.
have mouse, keyboard.
Been looking at an i7 build but iv read that its not great for gaming but good for rendering. Rig will be gaming machine first renderer second.
also not sure which os to go with.

icey_haj · 5 Jun 2009 at 00:23

Will plough through your games.

As for OS, give Windows 7 a go.

Soldier786 · 5 Jun 2009 at 00:25

icey_haj said:
Will plough through your games.

As for OS, give Windows 7 a go.

Nice spec!

Sendog · 5 Jun 2009 at 00:27

That was quick! CHEERS!!

Will read up on the specs and will post about any possible changes.
doubtfull tho!

thanks again

skippy2421 · 5 Jun 2009 at 00:29

looking at icey's spec what can i say, thread closed lol, maybe a different case if you don't like the 902 but other than that it's spot on.

user1453 · 5 Jun 2009 at 00:41

monitor included

2x 640gb hard drives for a raid 0 array to boost read write

only thing I'd do is add a second 4890 into this spec and possibly up the motherboard to a ud5

only reason people say i7 is not for gaming is that games are not yet optomized for 8 threads so you can get similar performance for a lowe cost by basing the system around an amd quad core and spending more on gfx cards

Sendog · 28 Jul 2010 at 03:40

OK, long story short i never got round to building this as i needed the money for other things!

So i need a new spec, £1200 and would like to have a ssd in there as well!

Thanks again!!

Subliminal Aura · 28 Jul 2010 at 03:43

How do we know you'll go through with it this time ?

Need some form of guarantee mate

Sendog · 28 Jul 2010 at 03:53

cause i had a go of operation arrowhead on a friends machine and now im sold!

plus i recently split up with my girlfriend, so iv no excuse now!!!!

Sendog · 28 Jul 2010 at 18:15

mikeyp123 · 28 Jul 2010 at 18:20

The first spec isn't too far off being perfect now anyway ><

Sendog · 28 Jul 2010 at 23:26

here is my stab at building a rig! not sure if its correct or good

Redmint · 28 Jul 2010 at 23:41

HIS ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £274.99
(£234.03) £274.99
(£234.03)
Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £217.36
(£184.99) £217.36
(£184.99)
Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C8 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600LLK) £132.99
(£113.18) £132.99
(£113.18)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £115.14
(£97.99) £115.14
(£97.99)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply £96.98
(£82.54) £96.98
(£82.54)
Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (0F10383) £44.49
(£37.86) £44.49
(£37.86)
Samsung SH-B083L/BSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £43.46
(£36.99) £43.46
(£36.99)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £37.99
(£32.33) £37.99
(£32.33)
Sub Total : £1,023.30
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 17.50% VAT : £181.48
Total : £1,218.53

The motherboard/cpu/memory you picked don't match at all.

Cycrow · 29 Jul 2010 at 00:01

Sendog said:
plan on getting a Samsung 24" T240 Rose Red 5ms DVI TFT
and possibly a second in a few months time.
have mouse, keyboard.
Been looking at an i7 build but iv read that its not great for gaming but good for rendering. Rig will be gaming machine first renderer second.
also not sure which os to go with.

i7's are no worse at games than anything else. Its not that they are bad for games, its more like they are overkill for most games.
as the majority of games dont require the processing power that the i7 offers.
there are a few games that do, but not many.

if you wanted to a spec a system for just gaming and u was on a budget, then the i7 is not worth it. But if u have the money, and are gonna use it for more cpu dependant tasks like rendering, then its worth it

Redmint · 29 Jul 2010 at 00:11

You're quoting him from 4th Jun 2009.

If you've got the money then might as well go for the i7 option, it'll last you ages.