My High End Performance Budget PC

[(SS)Stu]

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This is were i am at with my rig at the moment. I would just like to give everybody a look at my high performance budget PC that i have been adding to for about a year now.
I think it is good idea for me to include the age and price of the components so you get a idea of price and what i have kept for a while and what i have replaced in the rig. So here is a list of my stuff:

Case: NZXT Tempest 410 Elite Black Case (1 year) (£48).

Fans: Corsair SP120, 120mm High Pressure Fan for Radiators & Heatsinks, 3 pin, Dual Pack (1 month) (£17).
3 x Standard NZXT 120mm Fans (1 year) (Free with case).

Lighting: Xenta 12" Blue Dual Cold Cathode Kit (4+ years) (£2.50).

PSU: Coolermaster 1000W RealPower Modular PSU (4+ years) (Price £115).

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO Socket 2011 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard (1 year) (£158).

CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20GHz Socket 2011 12MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor (1 year) (£393).

CPU Cooler: Corsair Memory Cooling Hydro Series H100 High-Performance CPU Cooler (1 year) (£90).

Thermal Paste: Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (1 month) (£3).

DDR Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz CL9 1.5V Non-ECC Unbuffered (1 year) (£58).

Graphics Cards: Zotac GTX 480 AMP 2 Edition 1536MB DDR5 Dual DVI Mini HDMI Out PCI-E Graphics Card (2+ years) (£335).

Stroage Devices:

HDD's: 2 x Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM Caviar Blue (5 years) (£53).
WD Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB SATA 10KRPM 16MB Cache - OEM (5+ years) (£112).

SSD's: OCZ 120GB RevoDrive 3 PCI-E SSD - Read 975MB/s Write 875MB/s 120,000 IOPS (1 year) (£235).

External Drives: Western Digital 500GB External Hard Drive Hi Speed USB 16MB Cache - My Book Essential Edition (4+ years) (£51).
Buffalo 2TB DriveStation External Hard Drive - USB 2.0 (11 months) (£81).

Flash Drives: Corsair Voyager 16GB USB Flash Drive - NOH (11 months) (£8).

Optical Drives: Samsung SH-S223 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive (2+ years) (£13).

Monitor: Samsung Pebble SM2232BW 22" TFT Monitor Widescreen 1680x1050 3000:1 300cd/m2 2ms VGA/DVI Gloss Black (5+ years) (£179).

Keyboard and Mouse: Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3000 - BlueTrack (11 months) (£25).

Audio/Speakers: Harman Kardon Soundsticks II (5+ years) (£85).

Modem: Virgin Media SuperHub 100MB/s

O/S: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (2+ years) (£67).

As you can see from the list of stuff in my rig some of my components are getting very dated but they still do the job as i have updated all the important bits over the years.
I have built quite a few rigs before this one, and have just implemented some of my components that i know are reliable and do the job into my newer rigs. Like my "WD Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB SATA 10KRPM 16MB Cache - OEM" for example, i have used it for over 5 year now and still find a use for it as a back-up drive in my PC and a show piece because i love the look of the mechanical drive through the clear plastic top. I think i would still find a place for it in a future build even if it was to go kaputt!

Having seen my rig i would appreciated any suggestions people have of any upgrades that i could add to my rig. I'm not looking to do a full overhaul just yet! I like my 2011skt set-up too much to change just yet. And i feel the newer 1155skt set-ups are just not good enough to change. So hopefully i can get some new ideas to improve my build. Thanks

 

[Ov3erclock3R]

Thats still have powerfull pc you got there mate reguardless of how old some bits are!

If i was to suggest upgrades they would be, your gfx card and your Kb&m to wired gaming ones.

 

[(SS)Stu]

Yes thanks. I am so glad when i decided to invest in the 2011Skt system last year to find still to this day it is the most powerful and overclock-able system.
I would like to update my graphics card but i think i may wait until the Nvidia GTX 700 Series come along! Which i think will make use of the PCI-E 3.0 Slots to give some impressive figures.

 

[TAWN]

Not bad at all. Personally i would get a decent looking case. But that's just me

 

[(SS)Stu]

I like the look of the case! Its got a Military Reinforced type of look which i like. Also i like the fact that the case has a blooming great nice bit of see-through plastic so i can see all the great things inside. I must admit this case is a bit to small i need a tower case next time!
Appreciate your opinion non the less.

 

[SimonB]

m8 =-D budget with OCZ 120GB RevoDrive 3 ? =DD well most of cumon ussers say budget pc is around 500-800 pounds i counted just a bit off your rig price it was over 1200 pounds =D your pc issint budget in my opinion it is high end pc revo it self costs more then my cpu+mobo =D i did budget performance build payed around 600-700 pounds used parts only case and cpu cooler case i got for free and cpu cooler i got for 13pounds while new costs 80-90 pounds anyway wery nice rig

 

[CPMFW]

thats a pretty nice rig you got there

 

[(SS)Stu]

thats a pretty nice rig you got there

Cheers, i'm hoping to build a new custom watercooling rig soon. I will be keeping this as my main rig until i have built the new one!

 

[deadloss]

Very nice build my friend, really good to see it's all neat and tidy and clean!

 

[Overclocker55]

Nice Build

 

[SnW]

Nice rig mate, but a bit of a shame about those stickers

Ray...

 

[BlueGlue]

Nice rig. im kinda the same about those stickers

 

[(SS)Stu]

bit of a shame about those stickers

im kinda the same about those stickers

^_^ lol i just have a thing for decals and logos. I can easily take them off no prob :lol:

 

[Recon-UK]

Great build!

A good upgrade would be GPU...

But i really doubt there is anything you can not play at max settings with playable FPS?

 

[Gamepro105]

When you built this it was future proofed !

 

[(SS)Stu]

Great build!

A good upgrade would be GPU...

But i really doubt there is anything you can not play at max settings with playable FPS?

Thanks. Yes my system runs pretty much every game on ultra at a playable fps!
My 480 has the most recent drivers and i use Afterburner to overclock the core to 850Mhz and memory to 2100Mhz with only 40% fan speed. I can get clocks of 912Mhz core and 2200Mhz but i have to run 100% fan speed and is too loud!
I'm using a overclock of 4.2Ghz on my 3930k. I can go higher but i like it at this level.
These overclock's give me 27-50 fps on Far Cry 3 on Ultra setting's so it's not bad.

I just wondering do you think i should buy a 660ti or wait for the 700 series which i think is to be realised at the end of this year?

 

[Recon-UK]

Thanks. Yes my system runs pretty much every game on ultra at a playable fps!
My 480 has the most recent drivers and i use Afterburner to overclock the core to 850Mhz and memory to 2100Mhz with only 40% fan speed. I can get clocks of 912Mhz core and 2200Mhz but i have to run 100% fan speed and is too loud!
I'm using a overclock of 4.2Ghz on my 3930k. I can go higher but i like it at this level.
These overclock's give me 27-50 fps on Far Cry 3 on Ultra setting's so it's not bad.

I just wondering do you think i should buy a 660ti or wait for the 700 series which i think is to be realised at the end of this year?

I would tell you to wait for 700 series, it is exactly what i am doing mate.

480 is still a very fast card...

 

[BPRSM]

Cool rig! Even though you were on a budget