New £1000ish first build advice

Hendar

Hendar

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Hi all,

I have been looking at getting a new PC for christmas. I have decided to try and build my own which is a first for me. I have had a look at the recommendations that have been given to others, so i have gone mainly by them with a few tweaks

Here are the specs. I know the new "Sandy Bridge" models are out soon but, you know what affect Christmas has on people.

As it is my fist build, I would appreciate any advice you may have e.g. incompatible components/advisable changes.

Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £234.99
(£199.99) £234.99
(£199.99)

HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £219.98
(£187.22) £219.98
(£187.22)

Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
(£153.18) £179.99
(£153.18)

OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £91.64
(£77.99)

Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9) £88.11
(£74.99)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £70.99
(£60.42) £70.99
(£60.42)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)

LG CH10LS20 10x BluRay-ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM 1yr Warranty (ST31500341AS) £46.40
(£39.49)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 High Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/939/AM2/AM2+)
£23.49
(£19.99)

Sub Total : £915.37
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £162.38
Total : £1,090.25

Thanks All:)

Edit; The computer will be mainly used for WoW:Cata/Black Ops
 
The first thing everyone is going to say, is wait for Sandy Bridge... so it depends if you want to wait or not, you know it's coming but it sounds like you don't wanna wait (I did the same :P)
 
Modular psu...
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply [76134]
£69.99 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-117-AN

Better, bigger case (imho)..

Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black [RC-692-KKN3]
£59.98 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-212-CM&tool=3&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

edit, or a tested Overclocked Bundle....

Radon Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz Overclocked Bundle - Gigabyte
£389.98 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-023-OB&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=

Krypton Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz @ 4.00GHz USB3/SATA 6Gb/s Overclocked Bundle - Gigabyte
This Week Only Offer
was £563.99 inc VAT
£553.99 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-029-OB&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=
 
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on a side note. they just updated the deals lol. Think I will go for the; Krypton Rampage Extreme Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz @ 4.20GHz Overclocked Bundle instead
 
Better order soon or santa wont have stress tested it in time for xmas delivery. Considering the snow ect.
 
Final build. Hope I didn't miss anything out :P.

Decided to opt for the better bundle since they updated the deals as I was adding to basket.


Krypton Rampage Extreme Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz @ 4.20GHz Overclocked Bundle £493.61 1 £493.61

HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £187.22

OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £89.35

Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply £59.57 1 £59.57

Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £51.05

LG CH10LS20 10x BluRay-ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £51.05

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM 1yr Warranty (ST31500341AS) £42.54

DPD Next Day Parcel: £11.25
VAT: £172.49
Order Total: £1158.13

Thanks
 
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