Soldato
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No worries fella.
The refurb'd H100 offers very decent cooling for the price. I added it partly because of that but also to show the cases I picked can mount these coolers, the cheaper cases don't really allow this is an option. The CLCs are sealed units so aren't true watercooling it just gives the look whilst offering good thermal properties.
SSDs offer amazing boot times and reduce the load times of games installed to them. They are a bit of luxury item but we will try to fit them in if the budget allows it.
You seem dead set against windows 8 but I will point out there is a trial you can use for free for 3 months. Knocks £80 off the budget whilst you make up your mind over it should you choose to do so.
Recently the prices of the 7950 and 670s have been slashed. The minimum GPU I would recommend is a 7870LE. These GPUs are closely related to 7950s (being Tahiti cored too) so OC'ing them allows them to trade blows with a stock 7950. With the 7950 price drop they aren't the bargain they once were.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x IIyama Prolite E2273HDS 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9K) £65.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £47.95
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.95
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A (BW) Performance CPU Cooler £24.98
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,019.28 (includes shipping : £13.75).
Still a respectable gaming build which alllows OC'ing of the CPU and GPU to improve performance. Of course you can tweak as you see fit. I've used a decent keyboard and mouse but this is chipping into the budget some what.
It might be best to pick a case you like and work from there. For a single 1080P 60Hz panel running dual GPUs is overkill really so a 500W PSU is ample and saves cash on the mobo too.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x IIyama Prolite E2273HDS 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9K) £65.99
1 x Antec GX 700 Rugged Gaming Case £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £41.99
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.95
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £977.17 (includes shipping : £24.45).
This rugged Antec can still mount 240mm rads and has a green military theme. I've ditched the OS as I mentioned the Windows 8 trial.
I wish you all the best with the build. You can use THIS to post a basket of what you think you might like to buy
EDIT
I stupidly used the 1866Mhz kit when the 2133Mhz is priced the same, I clicked on the wrong kit. Obviously change that I'm not going to edit the baskets now to include it.
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