I'm buying a new pc in the next week

[Guest barackobama]

no point getting that at the moment garf unless you have a budget of £3k+

 

Okay, make it 3 k..

[tinkerbell]

Okay, make it 3 k..

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/40bbfbec670941c895a64c385281098d

 

i would advice getting that water cooled especially the gfx cards they become really hot close together. so add another £300-400 on top of that.

[Zaraki]

Garfh should give away this pc in a SG contest :]

Nice material though...

I know somebody with that i7 core, he said it's not used that much because there is no need to except you use it as a server.

 

And that could be it's only purpose atm :s

[Lux]

Ok well I've spoken to my mate who's going to help me build the PC and based on that I'm going to wait a few weeks as there will be some new graphics cards coming out worth waiting for (AMD radeon 6000 series)......but I've already bought all the other parts which are...

 

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Intel+Core+i5+760+2.8GHz+(Lynnfield)+(Socket+LGA1156)+Processor+-+Retail+?productId=40924

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GA-P55A-UD3-Motherboard/dp/B002V03Y3W/

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173107

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ss1TB-Samsung-HD103SJ-Spinpoint-F3-SATA-3Gb-s-7200rpm-32MB-Cache-89-ms-NCQ-OEM

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151999

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/160256

 

That all comes to £492 and the new graphics cards are probably going to be between £100-£200 and I guess I can stretch my limit.

[trakaill]

Ok well I've spoken to my mate who's going to help me build the PC and based on that I'm going to wait a few weeks as there will be some new graphics cards coming out worth waiting for (AMD radeon 6000 series)......but I've already bought all the other parts which are...

 

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Intel+Core+i5+760+2.8GHz+(Lynnfield)+(Socket+LGA1156)+Processor+-+Retail+?productId=40924

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GA-P55A-UD3-Motherboard/dp/B002V03Y3W/

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173107

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ss1TB-Samsung-HD103SJ-Spinpoint-F3-SATA-3Gb-s-7200rpm-32MB-Cache-89-ms-NCQ-OEM

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151999

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/160256

 

That all comes to £492 and the new graphics cards are probably going to be between £100-£200 and I guess I can stretch my limit.

 

That was great until I clicked the last link.. I guess you dont hang out in here enough but if he picked out a corsair PSU its for a very good reason!!! And that is that it is the only thing in there than can burn everything in your PC maybe even your house... so yeah coolmaster GL!!

 

And garf save yourself the money by not buying a useless unrestricted multiplier CPU because I doubt youd ever OC over 4 Ghz, which the 930 does beautifully right up to and a little over 4!!!

Needless to say to get it to 3,3 would be a joke...

[Lux]

That was great until I clicked the last link.. I guess you dont hang out in here enough but if he picked out a corsair PSU its for a very good reason!!! And that is that it is the only thing in there than can burn everything in your PC maybe even your house... so yeah coolmaster GL!!

 

I wouldn't know, but I doubt having a coolermaster over a Cosair when the pricing is so alike is going to be the difference between my house burning or not......

[James]

I wouldn't know, but I doubt having a coolermaster over a Cosair when the pricing is so alike is going to be the difference between my house burning or not......

 

Corsair is probably one of the best brands that you can go with for power supplies, as is OCZ to an extent. Lux trust me on this one I have had nothing but bad luck with coolermaster PSU's - i'm sure there are others here who have had similar experiences.. Good choice on a modular PSU though.

[PotshotPolka]

I wouldn't know, but I doubt having a coolermaster over a Cosair when the pricing is so alike is going to be the difference between my house burning or not......

 

Rule number one, never buy products for their brand name.

Rule number two, disregard rule number one and always buy Corsair PSUs. Call me a fanboy, and I know there are a handful of similarly priced PSU manufacturers that have a record about the same, but Corsair PSUs are competitive in pricing and have yet to meltdown in my case.

 

 

I like the rest of your selections, but prices won't dip until 3-4 months after the new cards roll out. Just don't skimp and buy a cheapy, you'll regret not buying a decent card just save a few bucks.

[Lux]

Corsair is probably one of the best brands that you can go with for power supplies, as is OCZ to an extent. Lux trust me on this one I have had nothing but bad luck with coolermaster PSU's - i'm sure there are others here who have had similar experiences.. Good choice on a modular PSU though.

 

Well I spoke to my friend about it and he said he and his brother have the same PSU and it's more efficient (for the price), cheaper and silent......

 

I guess if it's known by some to have problems I'm taking a risk but I've bought it already now so I'll just hope that it doesn't fuck up....

 

I like the rest of your selections, but prices won't dip until 3-4 months after the new cards roll out. Just don't skimp and buy a cheapy, you'll regret not buying a decent card just save a few bucks.

 

I'm just going to buy a new one. I've not got any major money constraints I just didn't want to go overboard...but I've got a good amount left to spend a new card.

 

But despite all that thanks for all the suggestions guys.

[Zealot]

I've heard bad things about OCZ Psu's IF you have a big case (the lengths of the cords are short). As for Psu noise/efficiency, you can't go wrong with corsair or seasonic. Newegg has a tiered list of their top Psu's in terms of efficiency, failure rate, quality, etc.

 

I bought an XFX because it's basically a remodelled seasonic M12 I believe, plus the green looks fucking cool. Most Psu's are silent anywhozzle.