My new PC...

[nathanjrb]

Ok, so not really. BUT. I was wondering what spec I could get for the same amount of money that I spent on my original rig (about £2300 in total).

I didn't know as much about PCs as I do now - there is plenty I would have done differently!

Anyway, slightly over £2300, and intended use is video editing with some gaming, but here it is:

Case
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ AIR 540 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-4930K (3.4GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P9X79 WS - SOCKET 2011, QUAD DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s
Memory (RAM)
32GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P (4 x 8GB KIT)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980 - 1 DVI, 1 HDMI, 3 DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
16x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES™ PLATINUM AX1200i DIGITAL MODULAR PSU (£239)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Sound Card
ASUS Xonar D2X - Masterpiece Audio Card for Home Theater (£86)
Wireless/Wired Networking
2 x ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORTS
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Firewire
1 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORT ONBOARD
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £2,388.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-2011-workstation/n5B0fvmdaa/


I added quite a large PSU, possibly overkill. It was with the intention of adding another GPU in the future, plus an array of HDDs over time. I've left the CPU cooler as it is, as I'd probably add my own.

As I say, purely hypothetical build, but it's fun to do from time to time

 

[DeadEyeDuk]

£2388 and you couldn't stretch beyond the Silver warranty?

I too use the site to make builds every so often, just to see what I could get for similar money to my current PC. Quite shocking the difference in power in only a few years.

 

[SmokeDarKnight]

Sounds like such a bad idea similar to looking at all your past lottery numbers to see if you would have ever won with your used combinations.

 

[nathanjrb]

Sounds like such a bad idea similar to looking at all your past lottery numbers to see if you would have ever won with your used combinations.

Hahahaha, I actually did that THIS MORNING! Luckily I would have only won £3 - PHEW!

 

[nathanjrb]

£2388 and you couldn't stretch beyond the Silver warranty?

I too use the site to make builds every so often, just to see what I could get for similar money to my current PC. Quite shocking the difference in power in only a few years.

But silver warranty is such good value Plus going off the performance of my current PC, I'm sure silver is more than adequate

 

[SlimCini]

Not even tempted by X99??

 

[A314159]

You could reuse the sound card and GPU from you current rig, and possibly the RAM too.... (order 2gb then pull it out and put the old stuff in?)

That would allow x99