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Icedphire

Icedphire

Icedphire

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Hey all, You must all be getting sick of seeing these threads! ;)
But here I am with a question...

A month today i'm going to be needing a new desktop.
I've been gaming with my laptop for the past year, don't get me wrong,
it handles games really well, But it still doesn't fill the gap of a desktop :P

My old desktop is a 6 year old Alienware with worse specs than my phone..
So i'm coming to OCUK to build a new one for me :)
I'm going to have around £1000-1200, If its nice enough ill stretch to £1500 :P
But i'd like it to be Watercooled ( I don't trust myself with this :P ) and
Overclocked. Hopefully a bit future proof with an SSD.

http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/...omputers/high-performance/NP700Z5A-S01UK-spec

This is what im using right now, it does the job haha!


Can anyone price me up a nice shopping list to look through?

Thanks :)
 
something like this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-259-OE&groupid=43&catid=2475&subcat=2490

1 x OcUK Tech Lab - "Ultima 9000i Hydrophobia" Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.60GHz DDR3 Quad Core System £1149.95
- 1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £169.99
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
- 1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £89.99
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
Total : £1,508.53 (includes shipping : £15.50).



System Specification
- Case: Coolermaster CM-690 Dominator II Lite Case - Windowed
- Power Supply: Corsair GS 600W PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz Overclocked to 4.60GHz
- Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- RAM: TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel
- Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache HDD
- Graphics Card: Choice of DX11 Graphics Cards
- Sound: 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD+/-RW SATA Drive

Watercooling Specification
- Radiator: XSPC EX240 Dual Radiator
- Pump/Reservoir: XSPC Dual Bay D5 Reservoir/pump
- CPU Block: XSPC RayStorm Intel CPU Waterblock
- Fittings: x6 XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" Compression Fittings
- Tubing: x2 XSPC Clear 7/16" Tubing - 1m (Total 2 metres)

with sdd option and video added etc plus either windows 7 or 8 inc?
 
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zakblood said:
something like this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-259-OE&groupid=43&catid=2475&subcat=2490

1 x OcUK Tech Lab - "Ultima 9000i Hydrophobia" Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.60GHz DDR3 Quad Core System £1149.95
- 1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £169.99
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
- 1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £89.99
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
Total : £1,508.53 (includes shipping : £15.50).



System Specification
- Case: Coolermaster CM-690 Dominator II Lite Case - Windowed
- Power Supply: Corsair GS 600W PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz Overclocked to 4.60GHz
- Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- RAM: TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel
- Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache HDD
- Graphics Card: Choice of DX11 Graphics Cards
- Sound: 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD+/-RW SATA Drive

Watercooling Specification
- Radiator: XSPC EX240 Dual Radiator
- Pump/Reservoir: XSPC Dual Bay D5 Reservoir/pump
- CPU Block: XSPC RayStorm Intel CPU Waterblock
- Fittings: x6 XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" Compression Fittings
- Tubing: x2 XSPC Clear 7/16" Tubing - 1m (Total 2 metres)

with sdd option and video added etc plus either windows 7 or 8 inc?
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Exactly like that really haha! Thank you! that would probably be the 1500 option if it cant be topped! I got a month to make up my mind anyway, just testing the water for a month before i go all in! Thanks Again
 
option 2

then ask OC to build it and overclock for you,

1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V6 Watercooled Case - BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 £174.98
- 1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
- 1 x Intel Bracket Fitted £0.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £113.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £54.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,142.30 (includes shipping : £11.25).



option 3, bigger sdd only, not the fastest one, but bigger anyway :) don't want budget to grow too much as cost of build and OC will eat up some of what's left, but you get a better spec etc for your money

1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V6 Watercooled Case - BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 £174.98
- 1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
- 1 x Intel Bracket Fitted £0.00
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £139.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £113.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £54.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,182.35 (includes shipping : £11.25).



you just point a webnote or email or phone call to this thread, and they will reply to you with a price etc for total costs etc
 
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zakblood said:
option 2

then ask OC to build it and overclock for you,

1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V6 Watercooled Case - BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 £174.98
- 1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
- 1 x Intel Bracket Fitted £0.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £113.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £54.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,142.30 (includes shipping : £11.25).



option 3, bigger sdd only, not the fastest one, but bigger anyway :) don't want budget to grow too much as cost of build and OC will eat up some of what's left, but you get a better spec etc for your money

1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V6 Watercooled Case - BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 £174.98
- 1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
- 1 x Intel Bracket Fitted £0.00
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £139.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £113.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £54.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,182.35 (includes shipping : £11.25).



you just point a webnote or email or phone call to this thread, and they will reply to you with a price etc for total costs etc
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Wow, I really cant thank you enough! This actually amazing, I'm really liking option 2 to be honest!
Thanks for all your hard work ZakBlood! Really appreciate it :D
 
I like zakks second spec too, seems to suit you. Though I would get an xfx 550w psu. The extra power will help power the loop too and as xfx are seasonic in disguise, it means the psu's are top quality.
 
agree with above, but was out of stock when i looked plus a Modular one would make it more tidy with cables etc, but it's choice

1 x BeQuiet Dark Power Pro P10 550W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £119.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x Antec EA 550w '80 Plus Platinum' Power Supply £69.98
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £66.95
1 x BeQuiet Efficient Power F1 500W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £64.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98




i have one of these,

1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £59.99
Total : £70.49 (includes shipping : £8.75).



any branded one would do, so pick one you like, the higher the rating the lower the power use over the year etc, more efficient etc


- 550W Continuous Power — Guaranteed 550W of Continuous Power from Antec
- 80 PLUS® PLATINUM certified — Up to 93% efficient, to reduce your electricity bill
- Save Energy and Money — Reduce your electricity bill by up to 25%!
 
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zakblood said:
agree with above, but was out of stock when i looked plus a Modular one would make it more tidy with cables etc, but it's choice
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Modualr PSUs are nice but I tend to find they work better on higher wattage PSUs as they tend to have more cables.

The Corsair CX 750w is a good one, a little more powerful than you need perhaps but the build quality is sublime.
 
zakblood said:
let us no how you get on, and happy gaming no matter what you choose, and your more than welcome
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I will, Thank you again :)


NathWraith said:
We can certainly build you up a custom spec system if you wish. Shoot an email over to myself at: [email protected] and I will be more than happy to put together a system quote for you!
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I will do that shortly, thank you :)


Thanks for all the responses and suggestions you guys have given me, It's nice to see people actually willing to help others on the internet for once! :P

Ill be sure to post it up the day it arrives, Thanks again everyone!
 
well being disabled i have plenty of free time, so glad it helped, im sure you will enjoy your system, i have, cool and very stable with great support.

won't reply again after 12 today as off on hols for another week in the motohome, all the fun i get :) 1 week a month

so will see and hear how you get on when im back
 
zakblood said:
well being disabled i have plenty of free time, so glad it helped, im sure you will enjoy your system, i have, cool and very stable with great support.

won't reply again after 12 today as off on hols for another week in the motohome, all the fun i get :) 1 week a month

so will see and hear how you get on when im back
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Enjoy your holiday :) you've been a great help :)
Speak soon :)

Josh
 
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