EDIT: PC has been made. may post images of it when I get home.


So my PC is about 3 years old, So I think it is time for a new PC. Here is a list of what think I am going to get. I would like some feed back on what I have picked and if there is anything I should go for. I have been building PC for years I just always like to ask people what I should be putting in my PC in case I missed something in a moment of madness. Or if there is a better component that I don't know of.

CPU: Intel CPU Core i7 2600K http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i7-2600k-340-ghz-sandy-bridge1155-qd-core-gpu-850mhz-8mb-cache-95w-retail £239.00

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Pro Rev3 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-p8p67-pro-rev3-intel-p67-s1155-pci-e-20-x16-ddr3-2200%28oc%29-sata-6gb-s-sata-raid  £148.40

RAM: Corsair Memory Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600 MHz http://www.scan.co.uk/products/16gb-%284x4gb%29-corsair-vengeance-ddr3-pc3-12800-%281600%29-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-150v £166.99
or
RAM:
GFX: Asus 1536MB GeForce GTX 580 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1536mb-asus-gtx-580-directcu-ii-40nm-4008mhz-gddr5-gpu-782mhz-shader-1544mhz-512-cores-hdmi-dp £395.50

HDD: Western Digital 2TB Caviar Black http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2tb-western-digital-wd2001fass-caviar-black-sata-3gb-s-7200rpm-64mb-cache £122.98

Optical: N/A  Using my old BD/HDDVD burner.

PSU: Corsair CMPSU-850HXUK HX 850W Modular Power Supply http://www.scan.co.uk/products/850w-corsair-hx-series-modular-80-plus-silver-90-eff-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-7-year-warranty £125.82

Case: Coolermaster HAF X Black Tower http://www.scan.co.uk/products/coolermaster-haf-x-black-full-gaming-tower-case-inc-side-window-usb3-w-o-psu  £124.19

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit http://www.scan.co.uk/products/microsoft-windows-7-ultimate-64-bit-operating-system-single-oem £138.08

Total = £1460 about.

Now I would like to keep it under £2000. But anyway there we go. Any and all help would be useful, anyway what do you think.

Edit updated list.

  CPU: Intel CPU Core i7 2600K http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i7-2600k-340-ghz-sandy-bridge1155-qd-core-gpu-850mhz-8mb-cache-95w-retail £239.00

Cooler: Noctua NH-D14  http://www.scan.co.uk/products/noctua-nh-d14-dual-radiator-and-fan-quiet-cpu-cooler £61.55

Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth P67 Rev3 Intel P67 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-sabertooth-p67-rev3-intel-p67-s1155-pci-e-20-ddr3-1866-sata-6gb-s-sata-raid-atx £155.60

RAM: Corsair Memory Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600 MHz http://www.scan.co.uk/products/16gb-%284x4gb%29-corsair-vengeance-ddr3-pc3-12800-%281600%29-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-150v £166.99
or
RAM:
Corsair Memory Dominator 16GB DDR3 1333 Mhz http://www.scan.co.uk/products/16gb-%284x4gb%29-corsair-dominator-ddr3-pc3-10600-%281333%29-non-ecc-cas-9-9-9-24-dhx-xmp-df-160v  £198.16
or
RAM: G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX x2 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/264750?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products £137.9

GFX: EVGA GeForce GTX 570 x2 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1280mb-evga-gtx-570hd-40nm-3800mhz-gddr5-gpu-732mhz-shader-1464mhz-480-cores-dl-dvi-mhdmi £526.96

HDD: Western Digital 2TB Caviar Black http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2tb-western-digital-wd2001fass-caviar-black-sata-3gb-s-7200rpm-64mb-cache £122.98

Optical: N/A  Using my old BD/HDDVD burner.

PSU: Coolermaster RSC00-80GAD3-UK Silent Pro Gold 1200W Modular Power Supplyhttp://www.scan.co.uk/products/1200w-coolermaster-silent-pro-gold-modular-80-plus-gold-90-eff-sli-crossfire-eps-12v £166

Case: Coolermaster HAF X Black Tower http://www.scan.co.uk/products/coolermaster-haf-x-black-full-gaming-tower-case-inc-side-window-usb3-w-o-psu  £124.19

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit http://www.scan.co.uk/products/microsoft-windows-7-ultimate-64-bit-operating-system-single-oem £138.08

Screen: 30" Dell Ultrasharp U3011
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/30-dell-ultrasharp-u3011-widescreen-hdmidvi-d-vga-displayport-370cd-m2-2560x1600-plus-more £1,199.94

Still not sure what RAM to get.

What do you need 16gb for? 8gb is more than you would need for a gaming rig, get this instead.

Apart from that it is a really well spec'd rig. I like it.

Besides the ram, you can get away with less, everything looks quite good. The pc will last you.

I wish I had 2 grand to piss away on a PC :(

I  think that 2x 570's would do more for video editing than a single 580. 2x 570's would give you 960 CUDA cores while the 580 on its own only has 512. It would rock for gaming too!

There are PCIe based SSDs that would be a really good option, it is actually 2 SSDs in a RAID 0 configuration and these

are bootable as well whic make them ideal as they don't need cables to attatch the drives to your mobo, take a loot at this, but we warned performance like this is not cheap. There's a review here.

Some of that stuff is slightly cheaper on OverClockers UK. A lot of money to spend.

I got the impression he wanted to buy everything in 1 place, he didn't say that but all his links are for Scan.I use both Overclockers and Scan, they both tend to be very close in price.

" I wish I had 2 grand to piss away on a PC :(

Tbf I wish I had 2 grand to piss away on anything.

"

I wish I had money for a new PC. Mines been going through its death throws for a year or so now. I hate being unemployed.

When Starcraft 2, Knights of the Old Republic in September, and Elder Scrolls V November it will be time for me to replace my 5 year old rig from Dell (which was high-end at the time). It has served me well and I have some great gaming memories with the machine. I'm trying to decide if I should build my own or just pussy out and order a pre-built rig from Dell (since I have an account with them) or a site like ibuypower.com. I've never built a PC before because of the intimidation involved and am afraid I'll screw something up royally.

" Oh PC so much fun...picking parts and all. "

" I wish I had money for a new PC. Mines been going through its death throws for a year or so now. I hate being unemployed."

The last (and most important) parts for my new PC should be arriving today, I'm pretty excited to assemble it on sunday.

Updated the list if people still want to comment on it. Still not sure about an SSD yet.

That is an awesome choice of video card. Go for it!

Oh right something you should know, if you overclock the gtx 570, it actually fries very easily. I honestly was thinking about sli that, but something to do with the vrm which has less than the gtx 580. That's probally a safer card to get, it can't hand a overclock due to the design. It's something to keep in mind.
 http://www.overclock.net/nvidia/929152-have-you-killed-570-a.html

I use an SSD for my operating system drive, but for games I use a seperate 1tb wd drive. Install the operating system in the SSD and other stuff in the second hardrive if you are going that route.

I'd probably get two 560's instead considering how well SLI/Crossfire seems to scale these days.