NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 A new topic to help out in the complex world of PC's, although there are 1000's of permutations, this topic covers one of the best you can build for sub $1000 USD (£800 UK). Throw in your alternatives but I intend to do this every month till 2012. I will be sticking with Intel & Nvidia. The components included, exclude some parts you might have kicking about, those being: Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, sound cards, speakers, joysticks, pads, Windows OS, Case, PSU, extra coolers & hard drives. The core components every month will be: CPU GRAPHICS CARD MOTHERBOARD MEMORY BOOT DRIVE SEPTEMBER 2011 Prices Newegg USA / Scan UK $315 (£240) -- Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost)LGA 1155 $290 (£260) -- EVGA 012-P3-1571-KR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB $165 (£125) -- Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 Intel P67 Express Socket 1155 $75 ( £55) -- 8GB (4 x 2GB) CORSAIR XMS3 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model CMX8GX3M4A1333C9 $85 (£80) -- OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-60G 2.5" 60GB SATA III MLC With the change treat yourself to a none stock cooler..... $930 USD / £760 Key features: although this is not a full on rocking monster, it is sub $1000/£800, you do get a Nvidia 570GTX, 8GB of DDR3, a 500MB/s boot SSD & an over clockable i7 2600K. The i7 2600K, for the price untouchable, the 3DMark score says it all, a full on CPU. The best i7 for dual channel boards http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/charts/x86-core-performance-comparison/3DMark11,2761.html http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083 The Nvidia 570GTX a cheaper variant on the 580 & only 5% less power in real terms. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/charts/2011-gaming-graphics-charts/3DMark11-Enthusiast,2660.html The OCZ Agility 3 SSD, holds it's own only downside is the 60GB size but as a boot drive is high on the list for 6th Gen. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/charts/ssd-charts-2011/AS-SSD-Overall-Total-Score,2792.html 8GB (4 x 2GB) CORSAIR XMS3, Who can complain about 8GB of memory Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4, arrived early 2011 & feature packed, HD sound P67 chipset, Made for overclocking the 2600K CPU, 2 internal SATA III, 2 eSATA III external, 4 SATA II internal. 4 USB 3.0 & loads of USB 2.0 connections. http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2010/11/04/gigabyte-ga-p67a-ud4-p67a-ud3r-preview/1 http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-p67a-ud4-review/ Note: Remember if your using a SATA III 6.0Gb/s device on a SATA III Port you need a SATA III cable. See you in October....... Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter~SPARTA~ Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 (edited) I think 120 GB SSD is a bare minimum at the moment Edited August 28, 2011 by peter~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 I agree but I couldn't get a high performance SSD into the budget.... unless you know better? 120GB SSD with 500Mb/s for $130 ???? to you ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter~SPARTA~ Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 (edited) No I'm not. Bit i think its worth to spend 40$ more and get bigger SSD. I did quick assessment of my Hdd space and W7 + basic apps+ arma is over 60gb. Buying ssd and not be able to benefit from it except booting up system is kind of pointless. Edited August 29, 2011 by peter~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batwing~SPARTA~ Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 I do agree, If you really wanna go SSD need to be not less than 120GB to have any sense. 120GB will give you OS + a few major Apps and the hassle to install / unistall any game you are playing, because you will not have the luxury to have more than 3 or 4 (if lucky) games at once (at least on modern game engaging an average of ~10GB) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726 $195 and free shipping. OR 2 of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136794 7200RPM, 64MB Cache, RAID 0 for a total of 1.5TB.... at$130.... Fuck the SSD... excuse my French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skaz~SPARTA~ Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Technology-Vertex-2-5-Inch-OCZSSD2-2VTXE240G/dp/B003NE5JCY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314585059&sr=8-1 I went with this one and I was not dissapointed. I think newegg has them for 300 i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter~SPARTA~ Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Yea, nice but it's 170$ over budget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted August 29, 2011 http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Technology-Vertex-2-5-Inch-OCZSSD2-2VTXE240G/dp/B003NE5JCY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314585059&sr=8-1 I went with this one and I was not dissapointed. I think newegg has them for 300 i think Sustained Sequential Read: up to 285MB/s Sustained Sequential Write: up to 275MB/s $330.99 OCZ Technology 240 GB Vertex 2 nice but why did you not buy: Vertex 3 120Gb @ 500MB/s $219.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227706 For another $60 USD - 2x the speed. Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F240GB3-BK 2.5" 240GB SATA III @ 500MB/s $394.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233182 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skaz~SPARTA~ Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 my laptop only supports sata 2, so i'd be kinda getting a ssd that would be bottlenecked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krambo Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Very useful topic End of September or October will defo be making a purchase. The Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor Retail is less than £160 (inc VAT) on OCUK right now, thats £80 cheaper than the i7 just incase anyone didn't need the unique power of the i7! its no slouch! http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1275 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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