Base Unit for up to £ 2000 ?

myxbox

Hi there

my friend is wanting a new pc base unit , it must be i5 or i7 , 8gb minimum of ram (ideally 16gb) a 512mb triple display graphics card ( use with 3 monitors) , and be quite , 4 to 6 tb hardrive .

where is the best place to start , many thanks

Cycrow

£2000 is alot to spend on a pc, what is it they want it for ?

debitcardmayhem

myxbox wrote: »

Hi there

my friend is wanting a new pc base unit , it must be i5 or i7 , 8gb minimum of ram (ideally 16gb) a 512mb triple display graphics card ( use with 3 monitors) , and be quite , 4 to 6 tb hardrive .

where is the best place to start , many thanks

PC World springs to mind, then look at the net and find the same(or better) for about 1500

paddyrg

I'm guessing it's for top-end games playing? As opposed to a shrinkwrapped system, can they spec something up from novatech or similar?

eg http://www.novatech.co.uk/pc/range/novatechblacknti46.html

[strike]and add in an extra video card/similar for the extra monitors?[/strike]

I see that video card supports 4 monitors already

Cisco001

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-371-OE

Contact them for changing/ Adding Video card and adding HDD

Elliott_Fox

Overclockers is the place to go if you dont feel happy building your own system. I have 2 x 7950 graphics cards and they are awesome, run anything. Go for the latest i7 also if you have that budget to play with.

myxbox

many thanks for everyones help so far?

Has anyone dealt with Pcspecialist before?if so are they any good, here is a quote i have from them , is it good at £1,139.00?

Case COOLERMASTER SILENCIO 550 QUIET MID TOWER CASE

Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache

Motherboard ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX

Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 760 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk 2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE

2nd Hard Disk 2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£79)

Processor Cooling INTEL SOCKET LGA1155 STANDARD CPU COOLER

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

Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Power Cable 1 x 2 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£109)

Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Warranty 3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour)
(£135)

Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days

Price Ex VAT £949.17
Price £1,139.00
Quantity 1
Total Order Price EX VAT £949.17
Total VAT Amount £189.83
Total Order Price £1,139.00

somethingcorporate

Give these guys a call, I used the to build a custom PC a few years ago and they were excellent: http://www.chillblast.com/

Cycrow

The spec doesn't look too bad, but if i was gonna spend that much on a pc i would want to get a current generation cpu.

from OCUK you can get a system for a simlar price but with the latest haswell i5/i7.

for £1200, you can get the Titan 445i Scythe, with GTX770 and has well i5 and includes an SSD.


But its difficult to suggest anything properly without knowing what its going to be used for.

You mention it being quiet, but any high powered PC is not going to be quiet

myxbox

Hi my friend will be using it for all ms office programs, web , adobe pro, he says he needs a high spec machine, as he may have like 10 pdfs open and 20 - 30 browser tabs open at once.

personally i think its a bit over kill myself

StumpyPumpy

Cycrow wrote: »

You mention it being quiet, but any high powered PC is not going to be quiet

Not at all. Water cooled systems can be virtually silent.