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System Name | Alienware m15 |
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Processor | Intel® Core i7 8750H |
Memory | Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB |
Video Card(s) | NVIDIA GTX 1060 |
Storage | Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB |
Case | Space black anodized aluminum |
Software | Windows 8.1 Pro x64 |
...but its big spending for me, so I need to make sure I get this right
Hi all, I came across this site looking for OC guides to begin with and I found more than I has asked for! For informative info, and right now I'm ready (I think :s) to buy and build my first ever PC!
At first I didn't come with the intention to overclock. Just to build a powerful enough PC to play the latest and most hardware demanding of games, without hopefully struggling at stock clocks. But I wouldn't mind trying some very minor OC'n to start things off.
Please give me your thoughts and advice. Criticize anything you think I might be buying that's not right, or just won't go together etc. Thank you
Cooling wise I'm going along with fans. I don't want to touch water cooling, not anytime soon anyways.
I'm from the UK, unlike the many lucky buyers outside who usually buy their components a lot cheaper, I end up having to pay a hefty price on some components in comparison regardless of shopping online in the UK
I have tried hard to find the cheapest I can, but only from reputable and reliable sites that I know of. If anyone thinks I'm missing on a good deal that I've not happen to come across by all means give me a shout!
I really would like to buy this all by the end of the weekend at the very latest. I was going to just press the buy button right now, but I'm sure it will pay off to be a little more patient.
Anyhow here is my shopping list as follows (prices given in '£' GBP and links given to the actual purchase location):
Motherboard:
Asus MAXIMUS IV EXTREME-Z S1155 Intel Z68 DDR3 mATX
= £279.99 @ DABS
PSU:
Corsair 850 Watt Pro Series Gold AX850
= £139.99 @ EBUYER
CPU:
Intel Core i7 2600k 3.4GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
= £237.27 @ EBUYER
BX80623I72600K
CPU Cooler:
Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator and Fan Quiet CPU Cooler
=£65.39 @ SCAN
NH-D14
Graphics:
EVGA 2.5GB GeForce GTX 570 HD NVIDIA Graphics Card
= £299.40 @ SCAN
025-P3-1579-KR
I don't intend to go SLI either, and I don't really think I need to. When this card drops down a lot cheaper perhaps then, because I think this card is waay too expensive as it is. On another note there is THIS Point of View 'ultra charged' version as well. Is it worth the extra money?? I'm also thinking on reliability and customer service as well.
Memory:
Corsair Memory Vengeance Black 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz CAS 9 XMP Dual Channel Desktop
= £48.96 @ scan
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9
SSD:
120GB SSD Corsair Force Series 3 Series SATA III - 6Gb/s Solid State Drive
= £142.94 @ SCAN
CSSD-F120GB3-BK
On paper I think this is ALMOST as good as OCZ Vertex 3 SSD, and it's cheaper which is always good for me.
DVD Drive:
LG Electronics 22x DVDRW L/S Bare Black + SW - OEM Black - GH22LS50.AUAU
= £16.82 @ dabs
Simple and cheap DVD drive, I don't need anything fancy here. No need for Blu-Ray; I have a completely separate setup for that.
Chassis:
Silverstone Raven SST-RV03B-W USB 3.0 Chassis
Silverstone Raven SST-RV03B-W USB 3.0 with Window Kit, no PSU
= £107.93 @ SCAN
I hoping I've made the right choice here and that everything fits with no trouble. I was originally going to go for a Coolermaster HAF X Black Tower Computer Case, but got diverted to Silverstone Raven rv3 instead. Again any thoughts on this would be great.
Monitor:
Asus VE278Q 27" LED Monitor
27" Asus VE278Q LED, 1920 x 1080, 2ms, 300 cd/m, HDMI/D-Sub/DVI-D/DisplayPort
= £283.52 @ SCAN
Now this monitor I had no objections to buying at first. But the only thing that's holding me back is 'lack' of video connectivity for my intended use. Not only did I want to use this for my PC, but I also had older generation games consoles on mind. For example my Playstation 2 has Component. I don't know if you can somehow get converters for these to be DVI and/or HDMI compatible, and wouldn't know how well they would work either. No major deal if nothing can be done here.
Alternatively if someone can suggest a better monitor for the price I am paying I would be grateful. I don't really want to compromise screen size, and I really don't want to be paying more either.
However if there's a monitor worth having more than the above, at a slightly higher price (say $50 max) then please tell me your recommendation. After all I'm paying all this money for 'top' hardware, I'd like to see the best of what it can produce on the lovely screen!
Also I intend to view and play games up to 1980x1080p.
Peripherals/ Extras:
2nd HDD:
1TB Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drive - HDD
1TB Western Digital WD10EARX Caviar Green, SATA 6Gb/s, IntelliPower, 64MB Cache, 8ms, Quiet
= £43.16 @ scan
WD10EARX
With the intention to have a second drive just to store crap on. Not to run games off, or anything heavy demanding. Power efficient, cool, and silent. If anyone wants to suggest an alternative please advise thanks.
Keyboard:
Logitech G19 Keyboard with Colour LCD Display - USB UK Layout
920-000978
= £119.99 @ ebuyer
I'm sorry I'm a total sucker for this I couldn't help myself! Even though the price is ridiculous IMO, I just need to have it!!
Mouse:
Still deciding!
Game controller:
Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller For Windows / Black (PC / Xbox 360)
= £30.99 @ PLay.com
JUST BOUGHT. I don't think I can really go wrong with this.
OS:
Windows 7 64-bit, Ultimate
= Already have.
Surge Protection:
Belkin 8-Way Max Series SurgeMaster with Tel 2m
= Already have.
GRAND TOTAL
= £1,816.35 GBP / $2,955.67 USD (with more to add).......= OUCH!!!
If there's anything else you think I should add, or somehow completely missed off please let me know also.
Again thanks for reading my PC shopping list, and will be very grateful for any help and suggestions etc given
Moyt
Hi all, I came across this site looking for OC guides to begin with and I found more than I has asked for! For informative info, and right now I'm ready (I think :s) to buy and build my first ever PC!
At first I didn't come with the intention to overclock. Just to build a powerful enough PC to play the latest and most hardware demanding of games, without hopefully struggling at stock clocks. But I wouldn't mind trying some very minor OC'n to start things off.
Please give me your thoughts and advice. Criticize anything you think I might be buying that's not right, or just won't go together etc. Thank you
Cooling wise I'm going along with fans. I don't want to touch water cooling, not anytime soon anyways.
I'm from the UK, unlike the many lucky buyers outside who usually buy their components a lot cheaper, I end up having to pay a hefty price on some components in comparison regardless of shopping online in the UK
I have tried hard to find the cheapest I can, but only from reputable and reliable sites that I know of. If anyone thinks I'm missing on a good deal that I've not happen to come across by all means give me a shout!
I really would like to buy this all by the end of the weekend at the very latest. I was going to just press the buy button right now, but I'm sure it will pay off to be a little more patient.
Anyhow here is my shopping list as follows (prices given in '£' GBP and links given to the actual purchase location):
Motherboard:
Asus MAXIMUS IV EXTREME-Z S1155 Intel Z68 DDR3 mATX
= £279.99 @ DABS
PSU:
Corsair 850 Watt Pro Series Gold AX850
= £139.99 @ EBUYER
CPU:
Intel Core i7 2600k 3.4GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
= £237.27 @ EBUYER
BX80623I72600K
CPU Cooler:
Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator and Fan Quiet CPU Cooler
=£65.39 @ SCAN
NH-D14
Graphics:
EVGA 2.5GB GeForce GTX 570 HD NVIDIA Graphics Card
= £299.40 @ SCAN
025-P3-1579-KR
I don't intend to go SLI either, and I don't really think I need to. When this card drops down a lot cheaper perhaps then, because I think this card is waay too expensive as it is. On another note there is THIS Point of View 'ultra charged' version as well. Is it worth the extra money?? I'm also thinking on reliability and customer service as well.
Memory:
Corsair Memory Vengeance Black 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz CAS 9 XMP Dual Channel Desktop
= £48.96 @ scan
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9
SSD:
120GB SSD Corsair Force Series 3 Series SATA III - 6Gb/s Solid State Drive
= £142.94 @ SCAN
CSSD-F120GB3-BK
On paper I think this is ALMOST as good as OCZ Vertex 3 SSD, and it's cheaper which is always good for me.
DVD Drive:
LG Electronics 22x DVDRW L/S Bare Black + SW - OEM Black - GH22LS50.AUAU
= £16.82 @ dabs
Simple and cheap DVD drive, I don't need anything fancy here. No need for Blu-Ray; I have a completely separate setup for that.
Chassis:
Silverstone Raven SST-RV03B-W USB 3.0 Chassis
Silverstone Raven SST-RV03B-W USB 3.0 with Window Kit, no PSU
= £107.93 @ SCAN
I hoping I've made the right choice here and that everything fits with no trouble. I was originally going to go for a Coolermaster HAF X Black Tower Computer Case, but got diverted to Silverstone Raven rv3 instead. Again any thoughts on this would be great.
Monitor:
Asus VE278Q 27" LED Monitor
27" Asus VE278Q LED, 1920 x 1080, 2ms, 300 cd/m, HDMI/D-Sub/DVI-D/DisplayPort
= £283.52 @ SCAN
Now this monitor I had no objections to buying at first. But the only thing that's holding me back is 'lack' of video connectivity for my intended use. Not only did I want to use this for my PC, but I also had older generation games consoles on mind. For example my Playstation 2 has Component. I don't know if you can somehow get converters for these to be DVI and/or HDMI compatible, and wouldn't know how well they would work either. No major deal if nothing can be done here.
Alternatively if someone can suggest a better monitor for the price I am paying I would be grateful. I don't really want to compromise screen size, and I really don't want to be paying more either.
However if there's a monitor worth having more than the above, at a slightly higher price (say $50 max) then please tell me your recommendation. After all I'm paying all this money for 'top' hardware, I'd like to see the best of what it can produce on the lovely screen!
Also I intend to view and play games up to 1980x1080p.
Peripherals/ Extras:
2nd HDD:
1TB Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drive - HDD
1TB Western Digital WD10EARX Caviar Green, SATA 6Gb/s, IntelliPower, 64MB Cache, 8ms, Quiet
= £43.16 @ scan
WD10EARX
With the intention to have a second drive just to store crap on. Not to run games off, or anything heavy demanding. Power efficient, cool, and silent. If anyone wants to suggest an alternative please advise thanks.
Keyboard:
Logitech G19 Keyboard with Colour LCD Display - USB UK Layout
920-000978
= £119.99 @ ebuyer
I'm sorry I'm a total sucker for this I couldn't help myself! Even though the price is ridiculous IMO, I just need to have it!!
Mouse:
Still deciding!
Game controller:
Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller For Windows / Black (PC / Xbox 360)
= £30.99 @ PLay.com
JUST BOUGHT. I don't think I can really go wrong with this.
OS:
Windows 7 64-bit, Ultimate
= Already have.
Surge Protection:
Belkin 8-Way Max Series SurgeMaster with Tel 2m
= Already have.
GRAND TOTAL
= £1,816.35 GBP / $2,955.67 USD (with more to add).......= OUCH!!!
If there's anything else you think I should add, or somehow completely missed off please let me know also.
Again thanks for reading my PC shopping list, and will be very grateful for any help and suggestions etc given
Moyt