Spec me :)

Ary101 · 9 Feb 2012 at 23:33

Im curious about what I can get for a budget of around £1400, including OS....The system will be for gaming and work.

Types of games: WoW, SWTOR, GW2....

Just wanted to know what I can get for that price because I was considering a pre-built originally but, perhaps people on the forums can change my mind

stulid · 9 Feb 2012 at 23:36

I can try and help, do you want a monitor/speakers etc?

Ary101 · 9 Feb 2012 at 23:39

Na i have a monitor etc

Thanks, much appreciated...

stulid · 9 Feb 2012 at 23:41

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £437.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £149.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £139.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £94.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Windowed Gaming Tower Case - Black £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.98
Total : £1,383.44 (includes shipping : £10.50).

First attempt.

• Gen3 board is PCI-E3.0 with a future Ivybridge upgrade.
• XFX PSU is modular, plenty of power for a second 7970.
• Heatsink is one of the top 3/4 air coolers.

Ary101 · 9 Feb 2012 at 23:44

Thanks

beejjacobs · 9 Feb 2012 at 23:47

Unlike you to go for an air cooler over this?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-AN&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

Can't say I'd disagree with any choices though.

stulid · 9 Feb 2012 at 23:49

beejjacobs said:
Unlike you to go for an air cooler over this?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-AN&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

Can't say I'd disagree with any choices though.

The 620 is poor, I presume you mean the 920?

beejjacobs · 9 Feb 2012 at 23:50

stulid said:
The 620 is poor, I presume you mean the 920?

Sorry yes that's the one you usually spec, just about in budget. Was just an observation, either is great and I suppose the Antec is out of stock.

Socrates470BC · 10 Feb 2012 at 14:03

stulid · 10 Feb 2012 at 14:11

I did a quick review of it to - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18321177

And as the guy in the above video mentions, there is indeed LGA2011 fittings avalible which I also have - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18367537

Socrates470BC · 10 Feb 2012 at 15:46

CeBIT 2011 - Alpenfohn NEW Coolers - Himalaya, K2 and Peter Preview

Andy_1995 · 10 Feb 2012 at 22:04

Qty Price Line Total
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £437.99
(£364.99) £437.99
(£364.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £146.99
(£122.49) £146.99
(£122.49)
BitFenix Colossus Blue & Red LED Big Tower Case - Black £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
OCZ ZX Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £118.98
(£99.15) £118.98
(£99.15)
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £85.99
(£71.66) £85.99
(£71.66)
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £43.99
(£36.66) £87.98
(£73.32)
Sub Total : £1,121.56
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £227.26
Total : £1,363.5

To be honest this is my choice a system if I had £1400. This is below your budget and includes next day delivery.

This is the best system I could think in short notice if you are not happy with it reply back to me or QUOTE ME

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virdee2 · 11 Feb 2012 at 00:32

wow! that alpenfohm is huge! you would have to think about the space on the mobo and case in detail lol

[WU-TANG]GZA · 11 Feb 2012 at 00:57

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £437.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £139.99
1 x Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred (V3 with USB3.0) Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £134.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Akasa AK-CC4008HP01 Venom Voodoo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3 £41.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x LG GH24NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - Retail £19.99
Total : £1,413.56 (includes shipping : £14.75).

Another option - what resolution is your monitor by the way?