Hi there I would like to build a new computer as mine is reaching the 4 year mark, plays your steam games and wow absolutely fine but I cant push it and record things very well either. I am aspiring to make my own youtube series and would like the firepower under the bonnet to do so, I understand that the best processor available for gaming is the i5 2500k? However I have no idea how good that will be for processing videos as the i7 has hyper threading or something, is this a better all round option? I have no idea, do I wait for the ivybridge ones and if so what am I gaining?
I will need all the components and I would like a HHD and a SSD (preferably 2 HDD's if available in the price range) I will not need a case, OS, mouse or anything like that. Any help and advice would be great as I have absolutely no idea what is good any more. Going £100-200 over is okay if its worth the money, I just want to see what's available.
An i7 build with 2 HDDs and an SSD for £500? You're going to need to be more realistic with what you want in this build, or you need a bigger budget.
[QUOTE=garrynohome;35399920]An i7 build with 2 HDDs and an SSD for £500? You're going to need to be more realistic with what you want in this build, or you need a bigger budget.[/QUOTE]
Im just saying what I would like, the possibility's and such who knows I might come into an extra 100-200 quid.
[QUOTE=Flem;35400018]Im just saying what I would like, the possibility's and such who knows I might come into an extra 100-200 quid.[/QUOTE]
The i5 is perfectly capable of video processing. The i7 may do it faster, but I wouldn't spend the extra on it. If you want a really good all round card for video processing and gaming, the 2500k is more than enough. Whether you wait for the Ivy Bridges to be released is up to you, I think i'm right in thinking they'll be in a similar price bracket to their Sandy Bridge counterparts. But I'd still go with the i5 Ivy Bridge in that case. Gives you a better chance of keeping the build under budget, though I'd limit it to one HDD and a 90GB SSD. I tried to price up a system with most things you asked for and I couldn't keep it under £700. Only way you'll manage it is if you get a bigger budget or get lower quality parts.
Well I've come up with this so far, Im happy to use my HDD till I can afford to buy that stuff. I also have a 700w gaming supply on my current computer but it is around 3 years old, is it worth using or buying a new one which I have selected.
I'm not really sure what GPU to go for, thinking of the 560 ti not sure what AMD cards are good any more.
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LOL don't get an OCZ. I swear those things are designed to fail just weeks after your warranty expires.
I would reccomend a GTX 460.
[QUOTE=garrynohome;35415049]LOL don't get an OCZ. I swear those things are designed to fail just weeks after your warranty expires.[/QUOTE]
before this PC i had a OCZ, worked for ~6-7 years and was still going strong until i changed it
I'm trying to make a build in the same price range, I'm going to be using it to play Arma2 and do some 3d rendering.
This is what I have so far, is there anything that doesn't fit with anything else?
I was hoping to get a cooling system and overclock the cpu, but I'm already at my price cap.
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I already have a mouse, keyboard, monitor (crt unfortunatly), and I was hoping to repurpose my external hdd as
the secondary drive. Its one of these: [URL="http://go.iomega.com/en-us/products/external-hard-drive-desktop/prestige-desktop-series/prestige-esata/?partner=4760"]http://go.iomega.com/en-us/products/external-hard-drive-desktop/prestige-desktop-series/prestige-esata/?partner=4760[/URL]
I was also hoping I could not get an optical drive and just usb install the os.
Does this look ok, and did I miss anything?
That external HDD is going to be slow as hell compared to a normal internal one at 7200rpm. There's a reason those are marketed for storing media files y'know.
I guess I should get an internal hdd then, as there probably won't be enough room on the ssd for all my programs. Other than cutting the ram amount down from 8 gigs to 4, where else could I shave off some money to make room for one?
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Or might it be cheaper to just get a bigger ssd?
If I bump the ram down to 4 gigs I can get a 128 gig ssd, and still be within my price range.
I'm thinking I could do that and then just use my external drive for extra stuff I access infrequently.
Forgot to mention. That PSU is overpriced. For that price you could get a fully modular one with the exact same internals from Seasonic.
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087[/url]
Or if you don't care about modularity you could get one from Antec that again has the same Seasonic internals but for $60 less.
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371049[/url]
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Or hell. For $120 you can get a 900W HCG.
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371049[/url]
Cool, thanks. I decided to reduce the ram to 4 gigs and get a bigger ssd,
and decided to choose the non-modular PSU to save some dosh.
I'll probably order it sometime before this weekend. Here's my final build, if anyone is interested.
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Looking quite nice, I will have to play around on uk sites.
OCZ ssds caused me so much pain until I configured it properly, now it runs rock solid and my computer never crashes, next time I'm getting an SSD I will stay clear from OCZ and I suggest you do as well if you're looking into getting an SSD.
I can sell you an XFX Reference 6870 for £110 shipped in the UK from Cambridge.
Parts got here, got it all set up.
Here's some pictures:
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Motherboard looks like poo. Oh well, hope it runs good?
Yeah, it runs pretty well. I'm happy with it.
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