Building PC Ideas V2

[BicycleMafioso]

Well it would be interesting to see 3 screens running on integrated graphics....

Not to mention beans on toast for the next 2 months...

That would be a problem, yea. But 240GB SSD for the price of 120GB? :x
Ooooh, luxuryfood! :'D I'm jelly.


Also, I know Albert Einstein said the former (it is a famous quotation afterall). But who said the latter? :P

[Djinni]

That would be a problem, yea. But 240GB SSD for the price of 120GB? :x
Ooooh, luxuryfood! :'D I'm jelly.


Also, I know Albert Einstein said the former (it is a famous quotation afterall). But who said the latter? :P

I did ;-)

It's actually a re-model from Aliens vs Predator to suit the tech world :-)

Alexa 'Lex' Woods: [Rousseau is loading a pistol] Seven seasons on the ice, and I've never seen a gun save someone's life.
Adele Rousseau: I don't plan on using it.
Alexa 'Lex' Woods: Then why bring it?
Adele Rousseau: Same principle as a condom. I'd rather have one and not need it, then need it and not have one.

[Djinni]

New build spec:

		Remove				Item Description		Quantity		Unit Price (ex vat)		Line Total (ex vat)
						LG E2350VR-SN 23" Full HD LED Monitor 28 in stock LG-E2350VR		1		£108.32		£108.32
						Thermaltake Chaser MK-I Tower Case - Black (No PSU) 6 in stock TT-CHASER1		1		£99.98		£99.98
						Corsair HX 850W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply 9 in stock CSR-HX850		1		£104.16		£104.16
						Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz (Sandy Bridge) Socket LGA1155 - Retail. 23 in stock IL-I52500K		1		£133.32		£133.32
						Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) Motherboard Out of stock: 5 Due Tomorrow ASU-Z68VP		1		£133.32		£133.32
						Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator and Fan CPU Cooler Out of stock: 5 Due Tomorrow NOC-NHD14		1		£56.66		£56.66
						G.Skill Ripjaws-X 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit Out of stock: 30 Due Today GSK-RJ8GC9		1		£54.16		£54.16
						Sapphire ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCIe - Dirt3 Edition Out of stock: 10 Due Tomorrow SAP-6950G		1		£183.32		£183.32
						Startech Mini DisplayPort to DVI-D (single link) Active Adapter Out of stock: 17 at Suppliers STA-MDPDVI		1		£20.83		£20.83
						LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD+/-RW SATA Black - OEM 25 in stock LIT-IHAS12		1		£14.16		£14.16
						Samsung Spin Point F3 SATAII 1TB 32MB Cache Hard Drive <8.9ms 7200rpm - OEM 50+ in stock SAM-F31TB		4		£34.15		£136.60
						Cooler Master Mega-Flow Blue LED Silent Fan - 200mm 3 in stock CM-MF200B		1		£8.33		£8.33
						Arctic Cooling F High Performance Case Fan - 120mm Out of stock: Awaiting Stock ARC-F12		1		£3.33		£3.33
						Saitek Cyborg V7 Gaming Keyboard 3 in stock SAI-V7CYBG		1		£47.47		£47.47
						Saitek Cyborg Rat7 Gaming Mouse 4 in stock SAI-RAT7		1		£63.82		£63.82
						Saitek Cyborg Glide 7 Gaming Surface Out of stock: SAI-GLIDE7		1		£12.49		£12.49
						Creative Inspire T3130 2.1 Speaker System 3 in stock CRE-T3130		1		£31.64		£31.64

If you have a Novatech Promotional Code please enter it below and press the submit button. Delivery Options: -- Collect from store -- Friday 22 July 2011 (Next Working Day Service) £9.09 Tuesday 26 July 2011 (Economy Service) £6.09 Thursday 28 July 2011 (Free 3-4 Day Service) £0.00 Friday 22 July 2011 (Pre-12 Next Working Day Service) £11.08 Saturday 23 July 2011 (Saturday Service) £18.09
	Total Basket Ex VAT: £1211.91 ex vat Delivery Charge: 0.00 ex vat Basket + Delivery Ex VAT: £1211.91 ex vat VAT @ 20%: £242.38 Total Basket Value: £1454.29 inc vat

[Drunkenvalley]

Give a yell how the Corsair HX is after you've used it. :P Curious how those hold up.

[Xuvial]

The RAT series mice are absolutely junk, I wouldn't recommend buying Saitek products and would stick to Logitech/Razor, or atleast Steelseries.

Also, with triple monitors I don't see a single HD6950 giving playable FPS in any gpu-heavy game (i.e Crysis or BF) at that resolution. GTX560 SLI, HD6950 Crossfire, GTX570 SLI or HD6970 Crossfire is something I would look at. Preferably the last two of those for futureproofing.

edit: /wave to Seph

[Sephiracle]

Speaking from experience, I'm not a fan of Saitek keyboards, I've had two, both had keys that went out fairly quickly.

edit: /wave to Xuvial

[BicycleMafioso]

The RAT series mouse are absolutely junk, I wouldn't recommend buying Saitek products and would stick to Logitech/Razor, or atleast Steelseries.

From experience, Razer-mouses and steelseries/Razer headsets are junk.

[Sephiracle]

From experience, Razer-mouses and steelseries/Razer headsets are junk.

I've had issues with Razer mice as well, I'm on my 2nd Naga, the mouse 4/5 buttons would constantly get stuck in the 'downpress' mode although physically they weren't. After sticking with it for a while the button worked itself out of that issue though.

[Drunkenvalley]

The RAT series mouse are absolutely junk, I wouldn't recommend buying Saitek products and would stick to Logitech/Razor, or atleast Steelseries.

That's a real random claim... Mind if I ask why? >>;

[georgevonfranken]

The RAT series mice are absolutely junk, I wouldn't recommend buying Saitek products and would stick to Logitech/Razor, or atleast Steelseries.

I disagree, except on logitech there good

[Djinni]

I've had a Razer mouse... I don't want another one... also from what I could tell he 6950 performed within a 5fps range of the 6970 is a decent amount less...

I would think twice about the Saitek keyboard though... it seems to have "macro" buttons I can actually use... the only reason for me to go back to a Logitech keyboard (other than the amazing build quality) is the lcd screen which I find extreamly useful... but that's part of the reason for switching to a 3 screen setup.... so I don't have to spend £120 on a keyboard, just because it has an LCD screen.

Reason I've gone for the Mouse... is becuase it fits very nicely in my hand, and I can actually use all of the extra buttons... as opposed to just one extra on most of the Razer Mice. (Which to be honest, I thought was pretty poor quality anyway.)

---------- Post added 2011-07-19 at 09:06 AM ----------

		Remove				Item Description		Quantity		Unit Price (ex vat)		Line Total (ex vat)
						LG E2350VR-SN 23" Full HD LED Monitor 27 in stock LG-E2350VR		1		£108.32		£108.32
						Thermaltake Chaser MK-I Tower Case - Black (No PSU) 6 in stock TT-CHASER1		1		£99.98		£99.98
						Novatech PowerStation Black Edition 1000W Silent ATX2 Modular Power Supply 50+ in stock NOV-PSB100		1		£83.32		£83.32
						Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz (Sandy Bridge) Socket LGA1155 - Retail. 19 in stock IL-I52500K		1		£133.32		£133.32
						Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) Motherboard Out of stock: 2 Due Today ASU-Z68VP		1		£133.32		£133.32
						Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator and Fan CPU Cooler Out of stock: 4 Due Today NOC-NHD14		1		£56.66		£56.66
						G.Skill Ripjaws-X 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit 29 in stock GSK-RJ8GC9		1		£54.16		£54.16
						MSI GeForce GTX 560TI Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCIe 16 in stock MSI-560TF		2		£149.99		£299.98
						LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD+/-RW SATA Black - OEM 23 in stock LIT-IHAS12		1		£14.16		£14.16
						Samsung Spin Point F3 SATAII 1TB 32MB Cache Hard Drive <8.9ms 7200rpm - OEM 50+ in stock SAM-F31TB		3		£34.15		£102.45
						Cooler Master Mega-Flow Blue LED Silent Fan - 200mm 3 in stock CM-MF200B		2		£8.33		£16.66
						Arctic Cooling F High Performance Case Fan - 120mm Out of stock: Awaiting Stock ARC-F12		1		£3.33		£3.33
						Saitek Cyborg V7 Gaming Keyboard 1 in stock SAI-V7CYBG		1		£47.47		£47.47
						Saitek Cyborg Rat7 Gaming Mouse 3 in stock SAI-RAT7		1		£63.82		£63.82
						Saitek Cyborg Glide 7 Gaming Surface Out of stock: 50+ at Suppliers SAI-GLIDE7		1		£12.49		£12.49
						Creative Inspire T3130 2.1 Speaker System 3 in stock CRE-T3130		1		£31.64		£31.64

If you have a Novatech Promotional Code please enter it below and press the submit button. Delivery Options: -- Collect from store -- Monday 25 July 2011 (Next Working Day Service) £8.79 Wednesday 27 July 2011 (Economy Service) £5.79 Friday 29 July 2011 (Free 3-4 Day Service) £0.00 Monday 25 July 2011 (Pre-12 Next Working Day Service) £10.78 Saturday 23 July 2011 (Saturday Service) £17.79
	Total Basket Ex VAT: £1261.08 ex vat Delivery Charge: 0.00 ex vat Basket + Delivery Ex VAT: £1261.08 ex vat VAT @ 20%: £252.22 Total Basket Value: £1513.30 inc vat

---------- Post added 2011-07-19 at 09:07 AM ----------

2x 560Ti 1gb over a 6970 2gb?

thoughts?