jonnytruckfest
Enthusiast
Hello folks,
As I have just wrote half of the thread out to find the site logged me out and didn't save what I wrote I shall have to start from scratch! Doh! But I thought this would be of interest to some people!
So anyway, I've not posted on here for a while the last time being asking about specs for a 3k computer as I am looking for a new system, I shall be getting it ordered ASAP but as no one probably knows (or cares
) But I started a new job at the start of this month on a months trial as I work in a transport office on a nice little cushy £18k a year. Last year I was on a mission to get everything from my computer (which I got!) and to make my room into a man cave, but sadly I didn't even get off of first base with this due to things getting in the way both financially and personally but now thankfully I do not have this problem anymore and can get back on track with creating the 'ultimate' man cave....or at least what I believe to be the ultimate in man caves!
I shall be keeping a picture diary of the progress as I know how you all love pictures of both computers and setups! Well my control centre/room will be my setup! So in total I have calculated the costs for doing up my room to between £2-3000 but as we all know budgets can go flying out of the window and impulse buying can be a pain should you end up doing this! So I shall list everything that shall be done to my room so you all can somewhat know what will be happening and 2 so I can keep a track myself of what the progress is like, after all I'm the sort of person to not notice something until I've told someone!
So of course this is all the basic stuff and probably all thinking 'Well that's okay but what about the technology....that's what we're here for dude!!' So I thought I would add the things I will be getting over the time for my room to make it a little bit more 'comfortable' to me! After all it will be like my 'headquaters' which of course is always cool! Some of this stuff may obviously not be necessary but to me it'll make that little difference.
So here you have it guys and gals, my plan for the next coming months over the next year and I can probably assume some of it is maybe overkill but having no ties or financial issues to worry about I just have to say 'why not!?' and as I live with my parents the rents not too expensive either...although I sense it may go up along with the electricity bill lol But I'm in a job I love, earning money which is rightfully my own and well it'll be cool to have a place I can relax chill out and do my thing....Plus I'll hope to be the envy of all my friends I can hope at least!
Stay tuned for the updates! I get paid in 2 weeks so gutting out of the room will commence in about a week or so!
Cheers
Jonny :rockon:
As I have just wrote half of the thread out to find the site logged me out and didn't save what I wrote I shall have to start from scratch! Doh! But I thought this would be of interest to some people!
So anyway, I've not posted on here for a while the last time being asking about specs for a 3k computer as I am looking for a new system, I shall be getting it ordered ASAP but as no one probably knows (or cares
) But I started a new job at the start of this month on a months trial as I work in a transport office on a nice little cushy £18k a year. Last year I was on a mission to get everything from my computer (which I got!) and to make my room into a man cave, but sadly I didn't even get off of first base with this due to things getting in the way both financially and personally but now thankfully I do not have this problem anymore and can get back on track with creating the 'ultimate' man cave....or at least what I believe to be the ultimate in man caves! I shall be keeping a picture diary of the progress as I know how you all love pictures of both computers and setups! Well my control centre/room will be my setup! So in total I have calculated the costs for doing up my room to between £2-3000 but as we all know budgets can go flying out of the window and impulse buying can be a pain should you end up doing this! So I shall list everything that shall be done to my room so you all can somewhat know what will be happening and 2 so I can keep a track myself of what the progress is like, after all I'm the sort of person to not notice something until I've told someone!
- So I'll start with the decorating as this is either for some the best or worst part of doing up a room. I'm going with a black and white 'theme' as I like colour but I like to be basic and don't like to overdo things with colour...does that make me weird? I hope not ! So decorating regarding the paint for the walls and skirting boards is costing in the region of £80-120 As I want the walls/ceiling to be a bright white whilst the skirting boards shall be getting painted black.
- The next thing to be done is changing the infamous 50's style carpet that I've been ribbed to shreds on here for on numerous occasions for this I will be going to United Carpets & Beds for as their prices seemed to have beaten everyone else's along with them being more than helpful in my questions. This shall be either a dark red or a dark blue carpet which is of quite high quality including fitting & underlay around £150-200
- Once decorating and carpet has been fitted, done and completed my furniture shall be ordered from Ikea, being my bed, wardrobe, office chair, desk (Which I already have...but to add anyway) And maybe some drawers for someone to sit on or a tv to sit on. The bed shall also be a loft bed as my room is tiny and a loft bed would create around 40% more space so it works. Not sure why but I love the products from ikea and it seems everything I've bought from there has lasted so, I reckon to just stick with what you know This ranging from £800 - £1000
So of course this is all the basic stuff and probably all thinking 'Well that's okay but what about the technology....that's what we're here for dude!!' So I thought I would add the things I will be getting over the time for my room to make it a little bit more 'comfortable' to me! After all it will be like my 'headquaters' which of course is always cool! Some of this stuff may obviously not be necessary but to me it'll make that little difference.
- The TV being one of the most important decisions as I don't want something too big nor too little, so the tv should be between 32 - 42 inches which I'm looking between £3-500 for. Whether I have it fitted to the wall is another question, but I don't think I will though. As it'll probably go on the drawers or something!
- The games console being the big decider as much as I love pc gaming, I've always been a console gamer and probably always will be. And with the next gen consoles being released I shall be buying the Playstation 4! As with the release of watch dogs I reckon the PS4 will be the best console to play it on and also I've always been more into the Gran Turismo games over the Forza series! And with the release price being at £300....I reckon it will go up £100...so am preparing for the sudden hike in the price.
- A mini fridge is a must for any man cave, a cold beer whilst killing zombies on dead rising 2 with a mate of mine was perhaps the best time of my life. Or one of the best times! Funniest at least! Picking one up with a lock (So nobody can take what's mine!) for around £150-200 as it's always handy to have!!
- A lock safe is perhaps something not needed, but as I live in a pretty rubbish town filled with criminals it's always best to have a place to store extra valuables away so they don't get nicked! This being around £130
- The game peripherals of course such as the steering wheel for the truck sims (I have the logitech gt force pro...great wheel for £100 a bargain at least!) It's just nice to have this as I do tend to use controllers when playing some games such as bully scholarship edition and sleeping dogs!
- Last but not least the computer which will be my piece of resistance of course! I can't give an exact spec but I'll copy a rough idea of what I shall be getting! As it shall be for photography, gaming, video editing/publishing so I reckon this would be a beast of a machine for me to have going!
Case
CORSAIR GRAPHITE SERIES™ 600T WHITE MID-TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® MAXIMUS VI HERO: PCI-e 3.0, SATA 3.0, USB3.0
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 8GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 770 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2nd Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 770 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
240GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
4TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD4001FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
3rd Hard Disk
4TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD4001FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
4th Hard Disk
4TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD4001FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR (£159)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 2 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
AOC 21.5" WIDESCREEN LED TFT - 1920 x 1080, 5MS, D-Sub, DVI-D (£89)
2nd Monitor
AOC 21.5" WIDESCREEN LED TFT - 1920 x 1080, 5MS, D-Sub, DVI-D (£89)
Keyboard & Mouse
Razer® Anansi Expert MMO Wired Gaming Keyboard (£84)
Mouse
Razer® Naga 2012 Expert Edition MMO Gaming Mouse (£65)
Speakers
Creative Inspire A550 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System (£56)
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£69)
Delivery
PCS EXTRA-CARE DIAMOND DELIVERY - MON-FRI, PRE-NOON (£9)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1
Price: £2,980.00 including VAT and delivery.
Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-haswell-pc/VB_gE4TK5d/
So here you have it guys and gals, my plan for the next coming months over the next year and I can probably assume some of it is maybe overkill but having no ties or financial issues to worry about I just have to say 'why not!?' and as I live with my parents the rents not too expensive either...although I sense it may go up along with the electricity bill lol
But I'm in a job I love, earning money which is rightfully my own and well it'll be cool to have a place I can relax chill out and do my thing....Plus I'll hope to be the envy of all my friends I can hope at least! Stay tuned for the updates! I get paid in 2 weeks so gutting out of the room will commence in about a week or so!
Cheers
Jonny :rockon:
