System build for a 'rich' friend

[Sipha]

A friend of mine with more money than sense has asked me to build him a new system for him.

So here goes, this is what I have thrown together quickly and pretty much what I think would be best ?

Main uses will be gaming, athough I dont know which tbh (yet). He wants a smaller main HDD and bigger storage drive and wants the system water cooled.

His budget is around £1500-£1750.

 

[OneTime]

I would like at going with the i7 tech for that price. Future proof...since he does have money to burn.

 

[J.B]

Yeah if my money was burning a hole in my pocket, i7 is the natural choice.

Id go for a Blu ray drive as well

 

[Pilky01]

Go for i7 with a big budget like that.

I would also go for a Mountain mods case and custom water

 

[Sipha]

Hmm, could i build a good i7 gaming rig for that price ?

I know he wants a Killer GPU.

 

[reflux]

Hmm, could i build a good i7 gaming rig for that price ?

I know he wants a Killer GPU.

I just specced up the OCUK "Ultima OC Rage" with 6GB of RAM and a 4870X2 and it came to ~£1750. Self-build will obviously be a little cheaper.

 

[Pilky01]

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £321.99
(£370.29) £321.99
(£370.29)
Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £214.99
(£247.24) £214.99
(£247.24)
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £208.99
(£240.34) £208.99
(£240.34)
Corsair HX 1000W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-1000HXUK) £159.99
(£183.99) £159.99
(£183.99)
Swiftech H2O-220 Apex Ultra Watercooling Kit (Socket 462/478/LGA775/754/939/940) £159.99
(£183.99) £159.99
(£183.99)
Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card £113.99
(£131.09) £113.99
(£131.09)
Lian-Li PC-A70B Aluminium Tower Case - Black (No PSU) £113.99
(£131.09) £113.99
(£131.09)
G.Skill 3GB DDR3 NQ PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-10666CL9T-3GBNQ) £71.99
(£82.79) £71.99
(£82.79)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £66.99
(£77.04) £66.99
(£77.04)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £32.99
(£37.94) £32.99
(£37.94)
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99
(£14.94) £12.99
(£14.94)
Sub Total : £1,478.89
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
Collect from our shop
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £221.83
Total : £1,700.72

 

[Ranger07]

Also an air cooled i7 will be faster than a water cooled Q9550 so you'd save money on the water cooling.

 

[ozzyDe]

lucky sod..

 

[Pilky01]

Also an air cooled i7 will be faster than a water cooled Q9550 so you'd save money on the water cooling.

There is room in the budget for water

 

[Sipha]

Nice 1 Pilky !

Looks much better thanks

 

[Sipha]

lucky sod..

dont I know it. I've got to build this too, I know I wont want to let it go once its done

 

[Ranger07]

There is room in the budget for water

Yep just remember to add a socket LGA1366 cpu cooler.

 

[Pilky01]

Yep just remember to add a socket LGA1366 cpu cooler.

Thats a good point, I completely forgot that

I dont know of any 1366 blocks, I will have a look

 

[Pulse]

There is room in the budget for water

Except you've added one that doesn't fit, unless I'm mistaken..

 

[Sipha]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-000-EK&groupid=701&catid=193&subcat=1034&name=EK%20Supreme%20i7%20Acetal%20(Socket%20A,754,939,AM2,478,LGA775%20&%20LGA1366)%20CPU%20Water%20Block

?

 

[Pilky01]

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £321.99
(£370.29) £321.99
(£370.29)
Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £214.99
(£247.24) £214.99
(£247.24)
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £208.99
(£240.34) £208.99
(£240.34)
Corsair HX 1000W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-1000HXUK) £159.99
(£183.99) £159.99
(£183.99)
Coolermaster HAF 932 Case - Black (No PSU) £109.99
(£126.49) £109.99
(£126.49)
G.Skill 3GB DDR3 NQ PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-10666CL9T-3GBNQ) £71.99
(£82.79) £71.99
(£82.79)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £66.99
(£77.04) £66.99
(£77.04)
Swiftech Laing D5 Vario MCP655 12V DC Pump £49.99
(£57.49) £49.99
(£57.49)
EK Supreme i7 Acetal (Socket A,754,939,AM2,478,LGA775 & LGA1366) CPU Water Block £34.99
(£40.24) £34.99
(£40.24)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £32.99
(£37.94) £32.99
(£37.94)
Swiftech MCR320-QP Triple 120mm Radiator £32.99
(£37.94) £32.99
(£37.94)
XSPC Single Bay Reservoir - Black £19.99
(£22.99) £19.99
(£22.99)
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99
(£14.94) £12.99
(£14.94)
PrimoChill ICE™ Non Conductive Coolant - Clear £7.99
(£9.19) £15.98
(£18.38)
XSPC 7/16 Clear - 1m £2.49
(£2.86) £7.47
(£8.58)
EK 1/2" Hose fitting £1.99
(£2.29) £15.92
(£18.32)
XSPC Tubing Clip For 1/2" Hose £0.49
(£0.56) £3.92
(£4.48)
Sub Total : £1,382.16
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
Collect from our shop
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £207.32
Total : £1,589.48


That should work, the rad isnt that great but thermochills use different spacings so the case would have to be moded, better rads can be found, but not on ocuk

 

[Helios1234]

Those specs look good but I'd go with 6gb ram.

 

[Sipha]

??

£2 quid over but I think he can afford it.

 

[spoonjaffa]

why water cooling on a cpu which cannot be overclocked!?! Just air cool it and spend the rest on a cheap whore!