Custom built home workstation

pogomark

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Aug 19, 2011
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Approximate Purchase Date: By the end of this month.

Budget Range: £2000 inc VAT (Flexible - quality is important)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Programming, Automated Testing, Virtual Machines, Photoshop intensively, light gaming(10 hours a month at most), light video watching(the occasional dvd in a weekend).

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, speakers

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: scan.co.uk/aria.co.uk/ebuyer.com/amazon.co.uk

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Parts Preferences: No real preference for components. I am a fan of corsair psus and maybe would like the 650D case, but if better alternatives are suggested, I'm happy. The monitors though, I was looking at Dell u2410 vs Dell u2412M. I want to get two of them.

I can say that I am a fan of this GPU after reading some nice reviews: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-msi-gtx-560-ti-twin-frozr-ii-oc-40nm-4200mhz-gddr5-gpu-880mhz-shader-1760mhz-384-cores

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe(say 30% chance)

Monitor Resolution: Dual 1920x1200

Additional Comments: The quieter the better. No real need for odd looking cases with leds and all that, the plain corporate style would do just fine.

I am tempted to get the build featured here: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/269162-13-recommended-builds-usage under Enthusiast: $1,317.89 Update MOBO, GPU, PSU & Case.

I have been browsing around for about two months, mostly on this site, hardforum, overclockers uk and the reviews section on newegg and so far I can say that the build I mentioned above seems to satisfy all my needs.

I want to get an SSD drive for the OS.


Your help will be truly appreciated. I promise a picture with the final setup if it all works according to plan.