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Crash Override

Hi all, This computer is not actually for me but I know all the requirements etc so ask me anything if I have not provided it below. Any and all help with this is most appreciated. I will be posting another one of these too but I'll just do one at a time.

1. What is your budget? [600Euro - would go 100-200 in either direction of that price if necessary)]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? [Gaming/ 3D Graphic design. Games including World of Warcraft, Call of duty etc. Programs such as Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Also use of FRAPS (or similar) programs to record gameplay. Some video editing too.

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? [No]

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? [No]

5. Do you need a monitor? [No]

5a. If yes, what size do you need. [N.A.]

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? [/No]

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? [Wireless Card}

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? [No]

8. How can you pay? [Laser/02 Money Card (credit card)]

9. When are you purchasing? [Within the next week would be ideal]

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? [No help needed]

Serephucus

What version of Windows do you have, and what resolution is your existing monitor?

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Serephucus wrote: »

What version of Windows do you have, and what resolution is your existing monitor?

It's Windows 7 and the resolution is 1920x1080

Serephucus

64-bit I hope?

Item|Price
Total build cost: €713.96 + €30 shipping
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 - Pro PWM Rev.2|€14.65
Samsung SH-222AB bare schwarz SATA|€15.58
Intel Core i5-2500K Tray, LGA1155|€195.56
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 550W|€53.01
Seagate Barracuda 7200 500GB SATA 6GB's|€75.00
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€33.65
BitFenix Merc Beta|€31.61
Palit Geforce GTX 560 Ti, 1024MB, PCI-Express|€201.91
Crucial M4 64GB SSD 6,4cm (2,5")|€92.99


This comes with an i5 2500K that can be overclocked to 4.5GHz at least in the future if you need extra power. On the CPU-side, you should be good for at least three years here.

I've thrown in a 560 Ti to take advantage of Photoshop and Illustrator's GPU acceleration, as as well as 8GB of RAM.

There's a 64GB SSD to make all your most used applications load instantly, as well as a 500GB drive for storage (you can remove this if you have something similar of your own).

As well as all the usual extras - decent case and PSU, optical drive etc. As well as a third-party CPU cooler to keep things quiet now, and to handle any overclocking in the future. (I know you said no to this, but I'd seriously consider it down the line. It's criminally easy).

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Serephucus wrote: »

64-bit I hope?

Item|Price
Total build cost: €713.96 + €30 shipping
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 - Pro PWM Rev.2|€14.65
Samsung SH-222AB bare schwarz SATA|€15.58
Intel Core i5-2500K Tray, LGA1155|€195.56
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 550W|€53.01
Seagate Barracuda 7200 500GB SATA 6GB's|€75.00
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€33.65
BitFenix Merc Beta|€31.61
Palit Geforce GTX 560 Ti, 1024MB, PCI-Express|€201.91
Crucial M4 64GB SSD 6,4cm (2,5")|€92.99

This comes with an i5 2500K that can be overclocked to 4.5GHz at least in the future if you need extra power. On the CPU-side, you should be good for at least three years here.

I've thrown in a 560 Ti to take advantage of Photoshop and Illustrator's GPU acceleration, as as well as 8GB of RAM.

There's a 64GB SSD to make all your most used applications load instantly, as well as a 500GB drive for storage (you can remove this if you have something similar of your own).

As well as all the usual extras - decent case and PSU, optical drive etc. As well as a third-party CPU cooler to keep things quiet now, and to handle any overclocking in the future. (I know you said no to this, but I'd seriously consider it down the line. It's criminally easy).

Hey thanks for the reply and the effort! Much appreciated! Just one thing, is there a motherboard listed there? or am i just blind? ha Also any good wireless cards you can reccommend?

Cheers.

Serephucus

Oh my gaaaawwwwwd.

http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=50899&agid=1603

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Serephucus wrote: »

Oh my gaaaawwwwwd.

http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=50899&agid=1603

I assume the oh my gaaaawwwd was due to me not trying to get a motherboard myself haha in which case, yes, I'm a tad lazy!

One last question, the Arctic Cooling Freezer says it supports a 1156 socket not a 1155 so I'll have to find a different one, but besides that its great! Thanks a a lot!

Serephucus

No, the "Oh my gaaawwwd" was me realising I made such a stupid mistake. :P

The cooler will work. 1155 and 1156 CPUs share the same mounting holes.

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Serephucus wrote: »

No, the "Oh my gaaawwwd" was me realising I made such a stupid mistake. :P

The cooler will work. 1155 and 1156 CPUs share the same mounting holes.

Awesome man, thanks a lot! But again I have one last question. The description on the motherboard says it can hold 16GB memory but it only has 2 DDR3 slots so unless I've been living under a rock for the last while, pretty sure that the highest you can get on one stick is 4GB. I know more than 8Gigs will prob be horribly unnecessary but it's nice to know if i have the option to add more if I ever had spare sticks etc. Any ideas on that? Also is there a spare PCI slot for an internal wireless card? It looks like there is but just wanna make sure haha.

Otherwise thanks again!

Serephucus

8GB DIMMs do exist, but at the moment they're still expensive. And yeah, the board has a PCI slot, and two PCI-E x1 slots.

If you want, you can just get this.

http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=46922&agid=1601

It'll give you your four RAM slots, and a couple of other expansion slots too.

Crash Override

Serephucus wrote: »

8GB DIMMs do exist, but at the moment they're still expensive. And yeah, the board has a PCI slot, and two PCI-E x1 slots.

If you want, you can just get this.

http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=46922&agid=1601

It'll give you your four RAM slots, and a couple of other expansion slots too.

That looks pretty good actually might go for that! Cheers again for the help!