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Over the past few weeks I've made a few threads, simply to find out what I can afford and what should be bought for the needs I have. I'm doing it via HItachi Finance. THe first question is mainly regarding what can be applied for. The deposit isn't an issue (10% and I doubt I'll need more then £130) But should I hold back what I apply for, of course credit history plays a part. However is there much difference on aplying for £600 and £900? Or should I just go for it.

Second part which is what most enjoy (and Stulid gains brownie points from :P ) the build itself. Need 2 specs done, one with OS and extra lighting etc, one just a tower and monitor.

I'm going to be gaming for the best part of a year, games like BF3, Skyrim, Guild Wars 2 etc, I play my games at the moment around 1600x1040 due to my monitor/tv going wild at any higher, plus I like having the effects on high and my GPU is limited above that. The monitor has to be 21"-24" max and have a good refresh rate and price.

I dont really NEED a cpu cooler as I can upgrade that later when I overclock.

If you have to push budget to £1000 you can, but remember this is going to be finance :P
 
With OS+ an extra Red led fan,


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
(£199.99) £239.99
(£199.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Cooler Master Storm Enforcer Gaming Case - Black £72.98
(£60.82) £72.98
(£60.82)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
BitFenix Spectre LED RED 120mm Fan £6.49
(£5.41) £6.49
(£5.41)
Sub Total : £761.49
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £155.25
Total : £931.49

The case already has a Red led fan, so the other just adds more bling.

A Gen3 motherboard so its as future proof as it can be.


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Without OS, with monitor,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £191.99
(£159.99) £191.99
(£159.99)
LG W2363D 23" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £85.99
(£71.66) £85.99
(£71.66)
BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £778.25
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £19.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £159.47
Total : £956.82
 
Stulid, forgot to mention I dont need a PSU as I bought that OCZ one last week you suggested :) and I have blu ray drives. Does the case have a side window and room to manage my cables behind the MOBO???
 
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With OS+ Bling case,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
(£199.99) £239.99
(£199.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower - Red Dragon Windowed Edition £86.78
(£72.32) £86.78
(£72.32)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £705.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £143.93
Total : £863.60

This is the case - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-LN

Red interior and Red led fans as standard.
 
Without OS, with monitor

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £191.99
(£159.99) £191.99
(£159.99)
LG W2363D 23" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £708.25
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £19.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £145.47
Total : £872.82
 
Stulid, forgot to mention I dont need a PSU as I bought that OCZ one last week you suggested :) and I have blu ray drives. Does the case have a side window and room to manage my cables behind the MOBO???

Which PSU is it?

To find out about any of the cases here, just look them up on the Internet or youtube.

Coolermaster storm enforcer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9ptsoFE7ds

Lancool - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4XCT9yibwQ

Bitfenix - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7xHMSywhbc
 
Is the samsung 7200.12 as good as the F3?

Could you also build a £1000 rig without Optical drive and OS but with WIFI (having to use my Galaxy S2 as a modem)
 
I ordered the OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply last week

Excellent.

Without OS/optical drive and monitor. but with a wireless n adapter.



Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
(£199.99) £239.99
(£199.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £156.98
(£130.82) £156.98
(£130.82)
Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower - Red Dragon Windowed Edition £86.78
(£72.32) £86.78
(£72.32)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £45.98
(£38.32) £45.98
(£38.32)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless-N PCI Adapter (TL-WN851N) £17.98
(£14.98) £17.98
(£14.98)
Sub Total : £804.72
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 20.00% VAT : £163.44
Total : £980.66
 
Before you order anything you may want to check on the finance option.

There have been a couple of threads stating that you can't select the finance option if ordering anything on special offer such as Today Only or This Week Only.

I haven't checked everything but at least the HDD and GPU in stulid's last build are on This Week Only.

Things might have changed but you need to look into this.
 
This is my list, trying to compare to others, though mine is probably the worst of the bunch

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Bare OEM OcUK GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Bare OEM £209.99
(£174.99) £209.99
(£174.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower - Red Dragon Windowed Edition Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower - Red Dragon Windowed Edition £86.78
(£72.32) £173.56
(£144.64)
OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £82.99
(£69.16) £82.99
(£69.16)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.98
(£33.32) £79.96
(£66.64)
Sub Total : £770.40
Total : £947.40
 
ok how about Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £254.99
(£212.49) £254.99
(£212.49)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower - Red Dragon Windowed Edition Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower - Red Dragon Windowed Edition £86.78
(£72.32) £86.78
(£72.32)
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £82.99
(£69.16) £82.99
(£69.16)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.98
(£33.32) £79.96
(£66.64)
Sub Total : £735.58

Total : £897.70
 
Better:)

Are you happy to use the stock Intel heatsink? or are you going to put an aftermarket item on the finance too?
 
I just noticed I didn't put a monitor on the shopping list, so Ill take one F3 drive away. I recently bought a Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM3/775/1155/1156) for my X2. Would that not be enough for the i5?
 
I recently bought a Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM3/775/1155/1156) for my X2. Would that not be enough for the i5?

Its ok for what it is:)

You will be wanting at least a 500gb harddrive as a 64gb SSD wont last long.
 
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