Hey guys I have been scouring the review sites for the past month looking for information to aid me in speccing and building a new system. The system will be primarily for gaming. Games I intend to play are Battlefield 3/MW3, Skyrim, Diablo etc. As well as Gaming it will be used for graphical design in Photoshop and 3D but no rendering will take place. I plan to do a little overclocking to 4.0 but probably won't breach that much.
My budget at present is about £850/$1330
The budget does not include money for a graphics card. I currently own a Zotac GTX 470 so I am hoping that will keep me going until the new 28nm cards come out. For the PSU I have gone to 850W as I will probably end up grabbing 2 560TIs or soemthing when the 28NM cards come out.
So far I have built 3 specs that I have been altering around.
The prices are based on UK prices as I live there. These were priced a few weeks ago so there could be some change.
Before people jump on the bandwagon of you only need 8 gig of ram. I usually have tons of programmes etc open and it's only an extra £30 that will definitely help in the long run. I usually have two 3D programmes open, Photoshop, several reference images and some firefox windows/skype etc.
I am running 2 monitors at present. Not dual screening in gaming just use one for reference images and seperate programmes from time to time.
Hopefully you guys with your techy knowledge can help me make a decision within in the next few days.
Here are the builds I have made so far.
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Case: CoolerMaster Haf x - £135
CPU: Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K Unlocked - £165
Asrock Extreme3 Gen3 Motherboard - £120
Memory: G Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333mhz Ripjaws Memory 1.5V ----- x 2- £75
HDD: Western Digital WD1002FAEX Caviar Black 1 TB - £65
PSU: XFX 850W Edition Modular Power Supply Black - £95
Cooler: Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler - £55
SSD: Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB SSD - £150
Lite-On 24x internal DVD - £14
£874
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Antec DF-85 Midi Case Dark Fleet - £110
CPU: Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K Unlocked - £165
Asrock Extreme3 Gen3 Motherboard - £120
Memory: 16GB Ram - £75
Samsung F3 HD103SJ 1TB Hardrive - £46
Corsair CMPSU-850TXV2UK Enthusiast Series - £85
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler - £25
SSD: Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB SSD - £150
£776
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Case + PSU: CM Storm Scout + Coolermaster Silent Pro 700W Modular PSU - £130
CPU: Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K Unlocked - £165
Asrock Extreme3 Gen3 Motherboard - £120
Memory: 16GB Ram - £75
Samsung F3 HD103SJ 1TB Hardrive - £46
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler - £25
SSD: Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB SSD - £150
£711
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Here are other compenents I have considered.
Case:
Corsair 600T Case - £118
Antec DF-85 Midi Case Dark Fleet - £110
BitFenix Shinobi Midi-Tower - £60
Antec 300 Three Hundred Case - £50
Coolermaster HAF 932 Advanced Case (Now 2 x 3.0) - £100
Bundle:
CM Storm Scout + Coolermaster Silent Pro 700W Modular PSU - £130
MotherBoard
Asrock Extreme4 Gen3 Motherboard - £138
ASUS 1155 P8Z68-V PRO - £135
HardDrive
Samsung F3 HD103SJ 1TB Hardrive - £46
PSU
Corsair TX 750W V2 -£85
XFX P1-850B-NLG9 850W Edition Modular Power Supply - £95
Corsair CMPSU-850TXV2UK Enthusiast Series - £85
**B Grade** XFX Pro 850W Core Edition Power Supply - £80
Cooler
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler - £25
Corsair H100 - £80
Lite-On 24x internal DVD - £14
Sorry for the big post and I hope you guys can help me out.
Thanks.
My budget at present is about £850/$1330
The budget does not include money for a graphics card. I currently own a Zotac GTX 470 so I am hoping that will keep me going until the new 28nm cards come out. For the PSU I have gone to 850W as I will probably end up grabbing 2 560TIs or soemthing when the 28NM cards come out.
So far I have built 3 specs that I have been altering around.
The prices are based on UK prices as I live there. These were priced a few weeks ago so there could be some change.
Before people jump on the bandwagon of you only need 8 gig of ram. I usually have tons of programmes etc open and it's only an extra £30 that will definitely help in the long run. I usually have two 3D programmes open, Photoshop, several reference images and some firefox windows/skype etc.
I am running 2 monitors at present. Not dual screening in gaming just use one for reference images and seperate programmes from time to time.
Hopefully you guys with your techy knowledge can help me make a decision within in the next few days.
Here are the builds I have made so far.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Case: CoolerMaster Haf x - £135
CPU: Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K Unlocked - £165
Asrock Extreme3 Gen3 Motherboard - £120
Memory: G Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333mhz Ripjaws Memory 1.5V ----- x 2- £75
HDD: Western Digital WD1002FAEX Caviar Black 1 TB - £65
PSU: XFX 850W Edition Modular Power Supply Black - £95
Cooler: Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler - £55
SSD: Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB SSD - £150
Lite-On 24x internal DVD - £14
£874
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Antec DF-85 Midi Case Dark Fleet - £110
CPU: Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K Unlocked - £165
Asrock Extreme3 Gen3 Motherboard - £120
Memory: 16GB Ram - £75
Samsung F3 HD103SJ 1TB Hardrive - £46
Corsair CMPSU-850TXV2UK Enthusiast Series - £85
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler - £25
SSD: Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB SSD - £150
£776
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Case + PSU: CM Storm Scout + Coolermaster Silent Pro 700W Modular PSU - £130
CPU: Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K Unlocked - £165
Asrock Extreme3 Gen3 Motherboard - £120
Memory: 16GB Ram - £75
Samsung F3 HD103SJ 1TB Hardrive - £46
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler - £25
SSD: Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB SSD - £150
£711
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Here are other compenents I have considered.
Case:
Corsair 600T Case - £118
Antec DF-85 Midi Case Dark Fleet - £110
BitFenix Shinobi Midi-Tower - £60
Antec 300 Three Hundred Case - £50
Coolermaster HAF 932 Advanced Case (Now 2 x 3.0) - £100
Bundle:
CM Storm Scout + Coolermaster Silent Pro 700W Modular PSU - £130
MotherBoard
Asrock Extreme4 Gen3 Motherboard - £138
ASUS 1155 P8Z68-V PRO - £135
HardDrive
Samsung F3 HD103SJ 1TB Hardrive - £46
PSU
Corsair TX 750W V2 -£85
XFX P1-850B-NLG9 850W Edition Modular Power Supply - £95
Corsair CMPSU-850TXV2UK Enthusiast Series - £85
**B Grade** XFX Pro 850W Core Edition Power Supply - £80
Cooler
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler - £25
Corsair H100 - £80
Lite-On 24x internal DVD - £14
Sorry for the big post and I hope you guys can help me out.
Thanks.