best spec for a grand??

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mattbell

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Would you say this is the best poss £1k build?

ANTEC 900 BLACK GAMING CASE
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
ASUS® M4A79XTD EVO: DUAL DDR3, S-ATA II, 2 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI
4GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 2GB KIT)
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
640GB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD6400AARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
640GB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD6400AARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
RAID 0 (STRIPE)
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
WIRELESS N 300Mbps PCI CARD
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Logitech® Wireless Desktop® MK250 Keyboard and Mouse Combo
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, Lifetime Tech Support)
£999.00 inc vat and delivery
 
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Sweeney47

Well-known member
for an extra £5 you can get 1 year collect and return (instead of 1 month) which personally I think is a great investment, just something to consider, appart from that setup looks very good for the price
 
Meds

Meds

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Hi & welcome to the forums.

As the guys above say, the specification looks great! However, is there are specific requirement for the two HDDs in RAID? Also, the Corsair TX650 is the minimum PSU I would recommend for the 5870, if possible I would try to upgrade to the Corsair TX850, this will also be a bonus to have should you decide to add an extra Graphics Card in the future!
 
LDUK

LDUK

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Sweeney47 said:
for an extra £5 you can get 1 year collect and return (instead of 1 month) which personally I think is a great investment, just something to consider, appart from that setup looks very good for the price
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Oh I didn't notice that lol. Erm, hell yeah it's worth it lol. 5 BILLYS! Jeez. When I ordered mine, I got 2 years though lol.
 
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mattbell

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Good point on the collect and return - I too hadnt spotted that option!
Defo swap power supply to an 850 if the 650 is min spec - good pointer there.
Theres no specific requirement for 2 HDD in raid other speed i.e. 2 in raid will im guessing be faster data transfer than a single (I dont have the pennies for a SSD before you say!). Will a single (non raptor) HDD bottleneck this kind of spec at all? If not I'll ditch the twinn hdd in raid and go for a big single.

ANTEC 900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£79)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
ASUS® M4A79XTD EVO: DUAL DDR3, S-ATA II, 2 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI
4GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 2GB KIT)
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
CORSAIR 850W PSU (TX850) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£100)
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
WIRELESS N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Logitech® Wireless Desktop® MK250 Keyboard and Mouse Combo (£19)
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, Lifetime Tech Support) (£5)
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
New Total Price £979.00

Still under a grand :D
 
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PCS

PCS

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mattbell said:
Theres no specific requirement for 2 HDD in raid other speed i.e. 2 in raid will im guessing be faster data transfer than a single (I dont have the pennies for a SSD before you say!). Will a single (non raptor) HDD bottleneck this kind of spec at all? If not I'll ditch the twinn hdd in raid and go for a big single.
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No, it won't cause a bottle neck, and RAID 0 doesn't add significant performance. If you're after an OS that boots up and runs super fast, a 40GB Intel SSD will only add around £36 to the cost (in exchange for RAID + 1TB Green) and for performance this will be worth it. :)
 
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mattbell

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PCS said:
No, it won't cause a bottle neck, and RAID 0 doesn't add significant performance. If you're after an OS that boots up and runs super fast, a 40GB Intel SSD will only add around £36 to the cost (in exchange for RAID + 1TB Green) and for performance this will be worth it. :)
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Think I've missed summat here :s Adding the SSD is over an extra £100...

ANTEC 900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£79)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
ASUS® M4A79XTD EVO: DUAL DDR3, S-ATA II, 2 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI
4GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 2GB KIT)
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
40GB Intel® X25-V 2.5" SSD (34nm / upto 170MB/sR | 35MB/sW)
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
CORSAIR 850W PSU (TX850) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£100)
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
WIRELESS N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Logitech® Wireless Desktop® MK250 Keyboard and Mouse Combo (£19)
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, Lifetime Tech Support) (£5)
£1,090.00
 
PCS

PCS

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Staff member
To have RAID you need 2 x 1TB hard drive and the cost of the RAID configuration. By removing 1 x 1TB hard drive and the cost of the RAID configuration, the cost should only increase by around £36 to have 1 x 40GB SSD and 1 x 1TB hard drive.
 
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mattbell

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The £999 quote I had in raid was 2 x 640, not the 1tb green. Think I'll ditch the SSD idea as it busts the magic grand figure. My current desktop is a 5 year old P4 3.2ghz so this thing should blind that for boot speed anyway lol
Think I'll go with the £979 quote ;)
 
PCS

PCS

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Staff member
Sounds great!

The SSD idea is quite expensive but does decrease OS loading times, etc, but due to the price most customers are sticking to standard HDD's at present.
 
LDUK

LDUK

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A lot of people are turned off by the SSD idea, because of the cost. You set up looks pretty sweet though. Lol, burst the magic grand figure. I was first going to spend £1000 on a new PC. Some how it shot to £2122. All because of my "If your gonna do it, do it properly" motto lol.
 
HMFC_Riley

HMFC_Riley

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LDUK said:
A lot of people are turned off by the SSD idea, because of the cost. You set up looks pretty sweet though. Lol, burst the magic grand figure. I was first going to spend £1000 on a new PC. Some how it shot to £2122. All because of my "If your gonna do it, do it properly" motto lol.
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I'm the exact same. I was looking at a AMD X4 Phenom II and an ATI 5770... Now I'm up to an i7 930, SSD and a 5970... A mere £1200-£1300 increase :confused:
 
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