[New Build] £1500/$2350 Gaming PC

[gooseta]

Wtf my old thread is gone

Approximate Purchase Date: Feb 2011

Budget Range: £1500 $2350

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, video editing, vid rendering, text editing, viewing photos

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: scan.co.uk

Country: UK

Parts Preferences: by brand or type: No ivy bridge

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Yes

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments:

Current Parts

Case : Corsair Graphite 600T White Edition

THIS INCLUDES OS AND MONITOR(S)!

 

[sod16]

Thats better

 

[gooseta]

Can you send me that screen cap

 

[sod16]

I'm figuring it out i got the screen cap

 

[gooseta]

upload it to imgur or something

 

[sod16]

 

[sod16]

The fan is 2011 version, that was a mistake.

This is a rough outline too, just do more research on what you need and don't need. I personally always get the least modest CPU as that is the baby that keeps your machine going.

 

[gooseta]

2700K?? Never heard of it!

 

[sod16]

Plus the HD7xxx series is almost out.

 

[gooseta]

and why just the single 6870?

 

[gooseta]

why don't you put a 7000 in then

 

[sod16]

See what you can do shopping around. The key is to google every part and compare every part on review websites and read around on forums to see what everyone says. This system can be aquired cheaper if you shop around probably DABS.com i got my PC from them today, and case from scan only because they gave £40 off... now to see how reliable they are. Scan is good, and also if you are getting 1080p monitor try stick to 24". There is a good Dell IPS 24" if i remember correctly for £300.

 

[sod16]

the HD7000 series are out in a few weeks.

 

[sod16]

Sorry dabs because they had 40 off and scan because i felt like it.

EDIT:

its 2x6870 and 16gb ram.. Look closely

 

[gooseta]

Is an i7-2600K powerful enough?

 

[gooseta]

EDIT:

its 2x6870 and 16gb ram.. Look closely

fail by me lol xD

 

[sod16]

Yes, tbh a 2500k is probably good to go but I personally would use it for things other then gaming. I was exampling what 1250 can buy you.

 

[gooseta]

This is going to be more epic than I thought

 

[gooseta]

I'll probably go for the i7-2600k

 

[sod16]

You are going to have to check every review possible. I highly recommend the 650D over 600T. I Bought one today .

The D14's are massive but the best AIRcooler ever. Make sure you get 1155 one not the 2011.

You could get one 7970 when it's out in jan or a 7950 or stick with 6870's.
SSD is fine and I forgot to put in a HDD, try recycle one if you have one.

You could easily shave more off this by researching differences between motherboards. Dual fan Gcards > Single fan (Cooler and less noise).

Corsair make amazing PSU's Silver and gold rated are good. No experiance with bronze. Though don't buy a *** PSU.

8GB Ram is good but 16 is future proofing.

Windows is windows, check my message to you.


Tl;dr: LOOK and compare everything on reviews.

EDIT: Low profileish ram for the d14's. I warn you of the size.

 

[sod16]

Dell U2412M Is a damn good one.

 

[gooseta]

What about other coolers?

 

[sod16]

d14 is the best aircooler ever. check reviews. Big but worth it imo.

 

[gooseta]

thx for the advice

 

[gooseta]

Here's my final build, any changes I should make? Comes to £1450

http://postimage.org/image/amd9ryahj/