[HELP!] Computer purchases!

[Daxel]

Okay, so here is my last thread; http://www.sythe.org/technology/1513622-i-have-few-questions-about-what-computer-get-next.html where I decided wether do buy an iMac or build a custom computer, I've decided to go with the better and cheaper option to build my own custom computer.

I was advised to make a new thread by FailedPure so nothing gets complicated!

So basically, I need EVERYTHING.

I have a budget of around £600-700. Which in USD is; $962-1100

Blow me away with what you have!

 

[risk it nerd]

I really want to help you but I don't have enough time to get prices from UK sites so here is a great $1050 build prices are from Newegg and Amazon (most used sites for PC building):
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wFr7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wFr7/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wFr7/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.14 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($369.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $986.05
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-09 06:48 EST-0500)

 

[Daxel]

Thanks for the feedback, and it is also in my price range, can anyone confirm this is good? All I know is that case looks bad-ass!

Also, would this monitor be any good? http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-2311x-23-full-hd-led-backlit-monitor-11261932-pdt.html

 

[risk it nerd]

Thanks for the feedback, and it is also in my price range, can anyone confirm this is good? All I know is that case looks bad-ass!

Also, would this monitor be any good? http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-2311x-23-full-hd-led-backlit-monitor-11261932-pdt.html

Nice monitor, anyways, nevermind about the case I suggested change it with this one http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-case-rc431pkwn2 for $35 since the HAF 912 is used to be cheaper..
edit: I'm sure what I suggested is pretty good, well, the best Radeon single-GPU, a beast CPU..
Well you can upgrade these:
i5 3570k-i7 3770k, Hyper threading allows windows to see the 4 core i7 as an 8 core CPU
Z77-D3H -> Z77X-D3H/UD3H, for SLI ability to futureproof more incase you get a nVidia GPU and better OC abilities etc..
7970-> GTX 670/680, for CUDA since it really helps with adobe so if you video edit/3D render get the GTX 670 4GB/GTX 680
Hyper 212 Plus-> any better CPU cooler, if you want to highly overclock, you can try the new NZXT Kraken Series
Corsair PSU-> any 750W+ PSU to future proof CFX and such..
Memory doesn't need to be upgraded unless you edit and crap get 16-32 GB of RAM, BTW I picked 2133 RAM which is fast.
Add an SSD... Samsung/OCZ/Crucial/Corsair would work
You can change the HDD for a WD Caviar Black/Blue
Well, that's what I can think of!
Hope I helped.

 

[ivyfpop]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...la-_-NA-_-NA&gclid=CMuJqpDR27QCFck7Mgod0AEA1w This is the best case for cheap, it has other "Siblings" that are amazing but range from $90-$180 if your interested. This is the most expensive one, and the best case I can think about getting. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...la-_-NA-_-NA&gclid=CJjni6rR27QCFao7MgodxzwAAA

 

[Daxel]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...la-_-NA-_-NA&gclid=CMuJqpDR27QCFck7Mgod0AEA1w This is the best case for cheap, it has other "Siblings" that are amazing but range from $90-$180 if your interested. This is the most expensive one, and the best case I can think about getting. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...la-_-NA-_-NA&gclid=CJjni6rR27QCFao7MgodxzwAAA

Not the nicest of looking though

 

[The Black Tux]

My best recommendation is to get SSD, wether you put it in JBOD, as cache disk or boot drive, it'll speedup things.

 

[Zuzel111]

I got SynMaster SA300 '23.6 black screen, it's very good costed me 785PLN, overpaid shitton, could easily buy for 500
If I find some time I'll note down what I got , I paid for my computer 2856 PLN which is less than $1000
CPU : Intel core I5-2500 3,30Ghz , at turbo 3.7Ghz - 775 PLN
Motherboard: Asus p8h67 REV 3.0 - 353 PLN
RAM: 2X4GB Kingston 1600Mhz HyperX genesis 184PLN
Graphic card: Gigabyte GTX560 1024MB - 689PLN
Disc: WD Caviar 500GB 7200 16MB, but it was broken and I got today seagate one, have to check which - 350PLN is seagate one I think, 320PLN Caviar
DVD : Liteon iAS124-19 SATA black OEM - 74PLN
Case: CoolerMaster Elite 430 with window - 167PLN
AC: Ocz ModXStream PRO 600W sli80 plus - 264PLN

$1 = 3.14 PLN at the moment

 

[Raptor lx]

I really want to help you but I don't have enough time to get prices from UK sites so here is a great $1050 build prices are from Newegg and Amazon (most used sites for PC building):
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wFr7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wFr7/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wFr7/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.14 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($369.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $986.05
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-09 06:48 EST-0500)

This is a brilliant build, you could downgrade the GPU to an EVGA GTX 660ti/650 and pick up a monitor alongside it.

 

[FailedPure]

Nerd's build is pretty good but if you want to spend $100 more dollars and a get a ssd that would be great. If you don't know what a ssd is, its a storage drive like a hdd but much faster. Anyways the monitor you picked out looks good but I don't know what quality hp is. Plus that seems a bit over priced but I'm not sure exactly. Not to forgot the fact that the screen on the imac is 2560 x 1440 and that is 1920x1080.

 

[SASRT8]

yes, I would highly recommend Risk it's build. VERY SOLID BUILD. Raptor does have some good advice. Whilst it would be a dowgrade by dropping the 7970 in favor of the 660ti, It's not going to hinder your performance drastically. You'll still have extremely good framerates at high settings, but you'll also be gaining CUDA capabilities.

Also, my advice to anybody would definitely be to pick up a SSD, but I can't say I would really recommend dumping a lot of money towards one. A simple 64 gig SSD is perfect as a boot disk. Then just use a mechanical HDD for all of your files/games/programs. Heavy programs like Photoshop can go on the SSD for the benefit of program loading times...but in most applications the difference is not that heavily appreciated. For soemthing that is averaging around 70-80 cents per GB, it's not worth it to spend huge money on a huge SSD. I'm not 100% certain about regular 2.5" SSD's, but I do know that in MSATA SSD's -the higher the storage capacity, the higher the latency.

 

[I Have Needz]

Thanks for the feedback, and it is also in my price range, can anyone confirm this is good? All I know is that case looks bad-ass!

Also, would this monitor be any good? http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-2311x-23-full-hd-led-backlit-monitor-11261932-pdt.html

not too too sure about everyones specs, but that monitor is hella overpriced. $100 at my local store in USA....

 

[risk it nerd]

Updated build inculdes 24" 1080p monitor
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wQqp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wQqp/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wQqp/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.98 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($127.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($369.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer P246HL Abd 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1166.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-10 09:15 EST-0500)
Still rocks for the price, had to downgrade alil bit of thing like 2133MHz RAM to 1600, really not a big difference because I chose CL9 and 2133MHz comes at CL11 and got ya a nice 24" full HD Acer monitor, AsRock Z77 Extreme4, if you don't like AsRock, go with Gigabyte Z77X UD3H or Z77X D3H, but the AsRock accepts 2800 memory along with CFX/SLI it's bad-ass for the price!
Added a 120GB SSD, it's fast and good (not as fast as a new Samsung 840 Pro or 840) a 1TB HDD, it's a good choice you won't regret!

 

[ivyfpop]

Not the nicest of looking though

Looks aren't everything, I've seen some nice towers that are horrid for for computer builds. Check out http://www.nzxt.com/new/product_all.php for some nice cases, most of them are good for the money you put into them.