- Apr 18, 2013
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So can people help me decide on parts to buy or a custom rig that meets my needs and budget?
I am aiming to spend just over £1000, though I could go as far as £2000 if it was absolutely worth it. I am looking for value, best performance to price possible.
I prefer amd over nvidia morally, as nvidia need to stop trying to monopolise everything! That said, it seems I could USE tressfx on an nvidia system, but not physx on an amd system, which begrudgingly makes me think I may have to go for a nvidia card... borderlands 2 looks like a baws with those physx!
I would probably go for an i7, but not one that shoots the price up unnecessarily.
I think 8GB of ram would be plenty, I could always upgrade later, but if there is a 16GB setup that is decent and cheap/on deal or whatever that would be cool.
Cooling is very important, I have had a couple graphics cards die in the last 5 years due to the fans dying and frying the circuitry, I also need some kind of filter to prevent dust getting in. I would probably need liquid cooling on the CPU, and would LIKE it on GPU but any good graphics cooling solution should work, again, as long as dust can be kept to a minimum.
I would like a larger case but I am also limited for space. My current tower is tiny, everything is cramped in and the wires are a MESS. I would like some kind of guide how to wire a new pc so that cables are well organised but also easily expandable. I want to put in two or three existing hard drives, one of which is my current primary drive, I would possibly get a new hard drive to be my primary if it is possible to clone my current one over to it. I have a 3TB internal drive containing my entire steam library, would just using that (or any other drive for that matter) cause any problems, with the registry or anything?
I would at least need a dvd drive, would go so far as blu ray but it is optional. I don't really know if a dedicated sound card would do anything for me, but if you can get one better than integrated for next to nothing then I shan't say no. Would it be possible to have 4 usb ports on the front? I have only seen cases including my own with two on front, but I frequently have a bluetooth adapter, usb cable for various things such as connecting/charging a controller or two, an apple usb cable, usb memory stick etc plugged in at various configurations. Also a headphone port on the front for night time gaming, though I assume most setups would have that.
Oh, PSU, I imagine 750 would be a good target rating.
Let me know if I have forgotten anything!
TLDR- What is/are the best pc/pc-parts I can get for my money between £1000 and £2000 (lower is better) with regards to power (for now and future), physical size, and cooling efficiency, and what is a good plan, when building one's own pc, regarding cable management, and transferring current files folders settings etc.?
Thanks!
-WBC
I am aiming to spend just over £1000, though I could go as far as £2000 if it was absolutely worth it. I am looking for value, best performance to price possible.
I prefer amd over nvidia morally, as nvidia need to stop trying to monopolise everything! That said, it seems I could USE tressfx on an nvidia system, but not physx on an amd system, which begrudgingly makes me think I may have to go for a nvidia card... borderlands 2 looks like a baws with those physx!
I would probably go for an i7, but not one that shoots the price up unnecessarily.
I think 8GB of ram would be plenty, I could always upgrade later, but if there is a 16GB setup that is decent and cheap/on deal or whatever that would be cool.
Cooling is very important, I have had a couple graphics cards die in the last 5 years due to the fans dying and frying the circuitry, I also need some kind of filter to prevent dust getting in. I would probably need liquid cooling on the CPU, and would LIKE it on GPU but any good graphics cooling solution should work, again, as long as dust can be kept to a minimum.
I would like a larger case but I am also limited for space. My current tower is tiny, everything is cramped in and the wires are a MESS. I would like some kind of guide how to wire a new pc so that cables are well organised but also easily expandable. I want to put in two or three existing hard drives, one of which is my current primary drive, I would possibly get a new hard drive to be my primary if it is possible to clone my current one over to it. I have a 3TB internal drive containing my entire steam library, would just using that (or any other drive for that matter) cause any problems, with the registry or anything?
I would at least need a dvd drive, would go so far as blu ray but it is optional. I don't really know if a dedicated sound card would do anything for me, but if you can get one better than integrated for next to nothing then I shan't say no. Would it be possible to have 4 usb ports on the front? I have only seen cases including my own with two on front, but I frequently have a bluetooth adapter, usb cable for various things such as connecting/charging a controller or two, an apple usb cable, usb memory stick etc plugged in at various configurations. Also a headphone port on the front for night time gaming, though I assume most setups would have that.
Oh, PSU, I imagine 750 would be a good target rating.
Let me know if I have forgotten anything!
TLDR- What is/are the best pc/pc-parts I can get for my money between £1000 and £2000 (lower is better) with regards to power (for now and future), physical size, and cooling efficiency, and what is a good plan, when building one's own pc, regarding cable management, and transferring current files folders settings etc.?
Thanks!
-WBC
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