£1200 Budget pc

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shocksalot

Bronze Level Poster
hey guys, as the title states my budget is £1200
Im a student in need a of a pc with a niffty CPU and tons of RAM to handle various 3D and motion graphic software.

heres what i came up with:
Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 PRO (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0/SATA 6Gb/s, CrossFireX™ & SLI
Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6950 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Free Item
FREE Total War Shogun™ 2 with any AMD® Radeon™ Graphics card!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TX SERIES (TX750) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£86)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£49)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Firewire & Video Editing
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,228.00 including VAT and delivery.

its £28 over budget but i think its worth it :)

(PS: im in love with that case! so dont bother suggesting to change it lol)
 
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RichH

Gold Level Poster
You could drop the k cpu as the k series is used for over-clocking, also you could get away without the liquid cooling and just go for the triple copper.

Apart from that, looks pretty good
 
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Teaz

Godlike
It good but the K isnt needed as the i72600 will have no problems with your requirments :) you could op for a nvidia gpu to help you with the performence with its cuda but thats if your softwares or programs support it, apart from that, the spec is good.
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
drop the K processor, id consider getting an SSD drive where things can easily be loaded from whilst being produced but whilst saved as a finished file move to a large 1TB HDD, consider a large SSD for Windows and files being produced or a small seconday drive where only them files will be stored. to save more money remove the memory card reader unless you need it, that saves a fiver. there is no need for the Pro version motherboard, the only advantage is Crossfire/SLI giving you two graphics cards, but i dont think you'll need that although the older it gets the more advanced video becomes so maybe you will eed it but thats up to you
 
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shocksalot

Bronze Level Poster
Was thinking the ECO would be great for times of harsh rendering or HD Zbrush sculpting, i chose the K series because im curious to learn about overclocking :) and i want to give a little try (nothing majour).

RE; Wozza: the SSD's cost too bloody much lol, however i like your idea about the motherboard.

Thanks for the comments all, ill give be giving a shiny +Rep for you all for your prompt responses =D
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
yep thats the problem quote; 'the SSD's cost too bloody much'

yep but well worth it, i like to 'streamline' my life saving a few seconds where i can and the SSD is a great idea if you are like me, especially as im currently in exam mode, it takes less time to log on, check emails etc giving me that extra minute of revision, which may prove vital daily, im just curious to see how fast the programs load as well, supposedly instantly :0
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
i might be getting one of those, but i dont think it would be far from instantly on the slower one, whether i get one or not will depend on the price when i purchase my system later this year, dont ask why im on here now failing my exams as we speak its just addictive, and im still getting told to change this and change that to benefit my build the most, i really need to get off this site, and get more revision done, its just so fun, and i like trying to help people, even if my help gets critisized by LinearHD, i still learn and its a fun way of learning.
 
LinearHD

LinearHD

Rising Star
Wozza365 said:
i might be getting one of those, but i dont think it would be far from instantly on the slower one, whether i get one or not will depend on the price when i purchase my system later this year, dont ask why im on here now failing my exams as we speak its just addictive, and im still getting told to change this and change that to benefit my build the most, i really need to get off this site, and get more revision done, its just so fun, and i like trying to help people, even if my help gets critisized by LinearHD, i still learn and its a fun way of learning.
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I'm on the same boat as you about the exams haha xD

And I can only critisize you because a few months back I would be making the same mistakes as you, and people had to criticise me aswell, it's just the way it works :D no hard feelings hahaha
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
none taken :) its helped, ive gotta know all this stuff because im the 'geek' of the house, everyone in my family struggles to load up IE let alone downloading Firefox or any other replacement for IE, god help them, and im being held back by this crappy laptop, although i cant complain, its better than most and has a reasonable performance i guess, just needs some sort of gfx card, i might get out my old PC and see what i can do :) although i took the RAM out for my grandads PC so gotta find it now cos it didnt work.. i would have so much fun fixing up computers if my parents didnt keep asking, why do you want that, whats that, stop being stupid

i might get it out, get a 1GB RAM, clear out all the junk so its fresh practically, work my magic and BAM, i might have something overclock the GPU if it has one :) its worthless so if it breaks, no biggy, hits own face, stop trolling on PCS and revise
 
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shocksalot

Bronze Level Poster
ok RE spec with all advise taken into account:

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6950 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Free Item
FREE Total War Shogun™ 2 with any AMD® Radeon™ Graphics card!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TX SERIES (TX750) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£86)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£49)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Firewire & Video Editing
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,232.00 including VAT and delivery.

This should allow me headroom for OC experimenting (again nothin extreme) but also cater for my primary needs :)
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
if you really want to go all out with the overclocking get the £99 liquid cooler, also ask PCS if they can add in some extra fans on every square inch of the case xD
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
going to criticise me for that comment LinearHD? lol jk xD, but you say anything and ima kick yo ass over to America
 
LinearHD

LinearHD

Rising Star
Wozza365 said:
going to criticise me for that comment LinearHD? lol jk xD, but you say anything and ima kick yo ass over to America
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YES LOL DON'T ASK THEM THAT because they will do it, and then when he boots up his PC the whole world will know xD Nah jk, you can ask for a few fans but don't max out, especially considering that the case can have 10 fans :D

Also, a bit more advice. You can up the main HDD to a 750GB for very little cost, and also get the 850W for future crossfire :D

Other than that, spot on.
 
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