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so someone who is considering building their own computer asked me recently to pick out a few parts for a hypothetical price points 

one at around £1000 and another at the £600/£700 mark. I've put together two systems at each of these prices and am looking for feedback for everyone.

a few caveats first though:

im an intel and nvidia guy i just am, don't want to start a debate, but i wouldn't know where to start with amd so my choices are intel/nvidia nothing against them but i haven't included them. you are more than welcome to recommend them.

it's a first build and i've recommended that they buy from scan for the benefit of scansure their insurance scheme that covers the first 28 days for any damage during installation i didn't have to use it but it was great knowing that if i pooped the build up i wouldn't be out of pocket.

 

okay first up the £1000 build:

http://www.scan.co.u...b801a183aa12a5b

 

 

First prices are ex VAT (uk sales tax)

Noctua NH-U9B SE2 Dual Fan Quiet CPU Cooler, Intel and AMD S1366/1156/775/AM2/AM2+/AM3 HTPC Ready £36.65 £43.98

 

8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black Low Profile, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.5V £49.80 £59.76

 

650W Corsair Enthusiast Series TX650M, Modular, 85% Eff' , 80 PLUS Bronze, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX PSU £69.65 £83.58

 

Fractal Design Define R3 USB 3.0 Black Pearl, Mid Tower Performance Case NEW Cable Routing Noise Absorbing w/o PSU £50.98 £61.18

 

2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracuda 7200.14 SATA 3 6GB/s 7200rpm 64MB Cache 8ms OEM NCQ £57.20 £68.64

 

2GB MSI GTX 670 Power Edition OC, 28nm, PCIe 3.0 (x16), 6008MHz GDDR5, GPU 1019MHz, Boost 1079MHz +Free Game £166.67 £200.00

 

256GB SanDisk Pulse, 2.5" SSD 7mm Slim SATA III - 6Gb/s, Flash Storage, Read 490MB/s, Write 350MB/s, 7300 IOPS Max. £104.25 £125.10

 

Intel Core i7 4770, 1150, Haswell, Quad Core, 3.4GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo, 1200MHz GPU, 34x Ratio, 84W, Retail £205.17 £246.20

 

MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate, Intel Z87, S 1150, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, PCIe 3.0 (x16), D-Sub (VGA) DVI-D HDMI, ATX £67.87 £81.44
 

Net Total  Carriage  VAT           Scansure Inc IPT

£808.24   £9.15   £163.47           £29.12

Total
£1,009.98
 
this pretty much is a balling machine that runs 4 gen intel cpu and a stunning gpu great cooling with the quiet case and ssd for boot and hdd for storage 
 
next up is the £6/700 model where i did have to take a shortcut or two 
 

 

 

 

 

8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black Low Profile, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.5V £49.80 £59.76

 

550W ThermalTake SP-550M SMART 80 Plus Bronze PSU with ATX 12V V2.3/EPS 12V, 140mm Fan with Auto Control, PSU £48.50 £58.20

 

Intel Core i5 3570K,1155, Ivy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.4GHz, 5 GT/s DMI, 650MHz GPU, 6MB Smart Cache, 34x Ratio, 77W, Retail £149.15 £178.98

 

Corsair Carbide Series 200R Compact ATX Case Black w/o PSU - With Solid Side Panel £41.20 £49.44 

 

2TB Toshiba DT01ACA200, 3.5" HDD, SATA III - 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 64MB Cache 8ms NCQ £56.65 £67.98

 

Thermalright Macho 120 inc 120mm 600~1300RPM PWM-Fan (56.2CFM MAX) For Socket 2011/1366/1156/1155/775 & AM2/AM3 £24.68 £29.62

 

1GB EVGA GTX 650 Ti Boost, 28nm, PCIe 3.0 (x16), 5012MHz GDDR5, GPU 980MHz, Cores 768, DP/ 2x DL DVI/ HDMI+Free to Play* £103.65 £124.38

 

MSI Z77A-G41 Plus, Intel Z77, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, RAID, PCIe 3.0 (x16), D-Sub/DVI-D/HDMI, ATX £63.41 £76.09
 

Net Total    Carriage      VAT      Scansure      Inc IPT

£537.04      £9.15     £109.24     £19.33

Total
£674.76
 
so we've dropped haswell for ivy bridge and the gpu has been taken down a notch as well as i've dropped the ssd from the squad. case cooler and psu i've gone from my first choice to something more affordable while still being fairly good.
this system is far from a budget piece of poo but i would really recommend that a ssd be added maybe even only a 120gb one for windows so boot speed is increased. 
 

so what you all think?

these again are just my suggestions and are not set in stone also i realise that im missing out a huge segment by ignoring amd but i simply wouldn't feel comfortable including them as i don't know them well enough.

 

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yeah i spotted that i've editted one of them and asked the thread to be deleted sorry again

NP, :)

Error 709: Walrus on the road!

My build log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/131216-the-small-white-p-node-304-build http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/190057-build-the-large-p/

 

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so someone who is considering building their own computer asked me recently to pick out a few parts for a hypothetical price points 

one at around £1000 and another at the £600/£700 mark. I've put together two systems at each of these prices and am looking for feedback for everyone.

a few caveats first though:

im an intel and nvidia guy i just am, don't want to start a debate, but i wouldn't know where to start with amd so my choices are intel/nvidia nothing against them but i haven't included them. you are more than welcome to recommend them.

it's a first build and i've recommended that they buy from scan for the benefit of scansure their insurance scheme that covers the first 28 days for any damage during installation i didn't have to use it but it was great knowing that if i pooped the build up i wouldn't be out of pocket.

 

okay first up the £1000 build:

http://www.scan.co.u...b801a183aa12a5b

 

 

First prices are ex VAT (uk sales tax)

Noctua NH-U9B SE2 Dual Fan Quiet CPU Cooler, Intel and AMD S1366/1156/775/AM2/AM2+/AM3 HTPC Ready £36.65 £43.98

 

8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black Low Profile, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.5V £49.80 £59.76

 

650W Corsair Enthusiast Series TX650M, Modular, 85% Eff' , 80 PLUS Bronze, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX PSU £69.65 £83.58

 

Fractal Design Define R3 USB 3.0 Black Pearl, Mid Tower Performance Case NEW Cable Routing Noise Absorbing w/o PSU £50.98 £61.18

 

2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracuda 7200.14 SATA 3 6GB/s 7200rpm 64MB Cache 8ms OEM NCQ £57.20 £68.64

 

2GB MSI GTX 670 Power Edition OC, 28nm, PCIe 3.0 (x16), 6008MHz GDDR5, GPU 1019MHz, Boost 1079MHz +Free Game £166.67 £200.00

 

256GB SanDisk Pulse, 2.5" SSD 7mm Slim SATA III - 6Gb/s, Flash Storage, Read 490MB/s, Write 350MB/s, 7300 IOPS Max. £104.25 £125.10

 

Intel Core i7 4770, 1150, Haswell, Quad Core, 3.4GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo, 1200MHz GPU, 34x Ratio, 84W, Retail £205.17 £246.20

 

MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate, Intel Z87, S 1150, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, PCIe 3.0 (x16), D-Sub (VGA) DVI-D HDMI, ATX £67.87 £81.44
 

Net Total  Carriage  VAT           Scansure Inc IPT

£808.24   £9.15   £163.47           £29.12

Total
£1,009.98
 
this pretty much is a balling machine that runs 4 gen intel cpu and a stunning gpu great cooling with the quiet case and ssd for boot and hdd for storage 
 
next up is the £6/700 model where i did have to take a shortcut or two 
 

 

 

 

 

8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black Low Profile, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.5V £49.80 £59.76

 

550W ThermalTake SP-550M SMART 80 Plus Bronze PSU with ATX 12V V2.3/EPS 12V, 140mm Fan with Auto Control, PSU £48.50 £58.20

 

Intel Core i5 3570K,1155, Ivy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.4GHz, 5 GT/s DMI, 650MHz GPU, 6MB Smart Cache, 34x Ratio, 77W, Retail £149.15 £178.98

 

Corsair Carbide Series 200R Compact ATX Case Black w/o PSU - With Solid Side Panel £41.20 £49.44 

 

2TB Toshiba DT01ACA200, 3.5" HDD, SATA III - 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 64MB Cache 8ms NCQ £56.65 £67.98

 

Thermalright Macho 120 inc 120mm 600~1300RPM PWM-Fan (56.2CFM MAX) For Socket 2011/1366/1156/1155/775 & AM2/AM3 £24.68 £29.62

 

1GB EVGA GTX 650 Ti Boost, 28nm, PCIe 3.0 (x16), 5012MHz GDDR5, GPU 980MHz, Cores 768, DP/ 2x DL DVI/ HDMI+Free to Play* £103.65 £124.38

 

MSI Z77A-G41 Plus, Intel Z77, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, RAID, PCIe 3.0 (x16), D-Sub/DVI-D/HDMI, ATX £63.41 £76.09
 

Net Total    Carriage      VAT      Scansure      Inc IPT

£537.04      £9.15     £109.24     £19.33

Total
£674.76
 
so we've dropped haswell for ivy bridge and the gpu has been taken down a notch as well as i've dropped the ssd from the squad. case cooler and psu i've gone from my first choice to something more affordable while still being fairly good.
this system is far from a budget piece of poo but i would really recommend that a ssd be added maybe even only a 120gb one for windows so boot speed is increased. 
 

so what you all think?

these again are just my suggestions and are not set in stone also i realise that im missing out a huge segment by ignoring amd but i simply wouldn't feel comfortable including them as i don't know them well enough.

 

why previous gen graphics cards?

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About the first build:

I would get a smaller ssd (128 gb samsung 840 pro)

and this GPU

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-asus-gtx-760-directcu-ii-oc-28nm-pcie-30-(x16)-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-1006mhz-boost-1072mhz-cores-115

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cost

then the builds look fine. aside from the fact that you went with the 1 GB 650 Ti boost instead of the 2 GB one. rather reduce the cost of smth else than cut the Boost down in size

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CPU: R5 1600 @ 4.2 GHz; GPU: Asus STRIX & Gigabyte g1 GTX 1070 SLI; RAM: 16 GB Corsair vengeance 3200 MHz ; Mobo: Asrock Taichi x470; SSD: 512 gb Samsung 950 Pro Storage: 5x Seagate 2TB drives; 1x 2TB WD PurplePSU: 700 Watt Huntkey; Peripherals: Acer S277HK 4K Monitor; Logitech G502 gaming mouse; Corsair K95 Mechanical keyboard; 5.1 Logitech x530 sound system

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What are the systems going to be used for?

If you ever need help with a build, read the following before posting: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/
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