< £1000 AMD Build?

Once again thanks for the quick and helpful replies.
Been busy scowering the net and scoping prices for the aforementioned components.

Should I go for the OCZ agility 3 series?
www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-076-OC

It seems to be 30 pound cheaper with the deal going on this week. Although I've read reviews and there seems to be a lot of problems regarding installation and such. Is it worth the risk or should I stick with Crucial?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-009-CR

Also the Case I'm deciding on is between the Coolermaster 912 and the Silverstone Razer 3

Another point I embarrassingly failed to mention is I need an OS. which I believe is around £70.

Lastly between the 3 suggested builds, there is a variation between the 850w XFX Pro
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-XF

And the Antec 750w Modular
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-116-AN

Basically even though I have a £1000 budget I'd like to save where I can for the OS.

1) Is it worth taking the risk of an OCZ Agility 3 series over the Crucial?
2) Is it worth choosing the Silverstone Raven 3 over the Coolermaster 912?
3) What are the drawbacks of choosing a non-modular PSU, and howcome (ignoring the "This week only" deal) the 750w and 850w both originally cost the same?
4) I really don't feel all too comfortable forking out 70-80 quid on a HDD. Would it be wise to buy an older gen HDD for storage? I really don't need that much storage anyway.


Once again I'm open to any suggestions, and am really appreciative of any feedback :D
 
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the the chosen 6970 is 310mm so you to check that the case you choose can fit it, the cm 912 doesn't fit the card.

My old gen hard disks do you mean IDE? new mb don't have the connector and require a add on card. due to the floods you can't get cheaper than £70 currently on ocuk as even the 250gb drives cost £70+, only way to save money is if you have an old sata drive from an old pc

the 'this week only' offers are changing in the afternoon so prices quoted in previous posts will change for the CPU, hard disk etc. Will post an updated spec later to reflect the changes.
 
Are you sure that the cm 912 won't house it?

By old gen I just meant anything that doesn't require me to fork out 70-100 quid for a HDD. But oh well I think it's unavoidable.

I guess I'll have to reconsider my case choice then.

Any insight as to the PSU issue?
 
olivier renault said:
The 912+ has removable hard drive cage, for long GPUs. You will probably meed to remove the top one to fit the card.
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but that's almost £20 more than the 912 which the discussion is about.
is the drivebay in the non + removable? seem to show it on the cm website that it is, tho at the bottom it says

VGA Card length :270.0mm but is that with the drive cage fitted?

http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=6673

if the cage can be removed then the 912 will be fine I guess.

if you don't plan on going xfire in the future

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Twin Frozr III GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with Dirt 3 & Deus Ex PC Games** £267.95
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £149.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF 912 Case - Black £52.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £26.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £1,040.32 (includes shipping : £11.25).



use the voucher code cmdouble to get £20 off making it £1020

you can reduce the ssd down to 64gb(£83) and save £67

if you want xfire option

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Twin Frozr III GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with Dirt 3 & Deus Ex PC Games** £267.95
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £82.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £76.98
1 x Cooler Master HAF 912 Case - Black £52.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £1,003.42 (includes shipping : £10.50).




the motherboard is out of stock tho so got a few of options(all a bit more expensive)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-493-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-458-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-360-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-192-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-191-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990
 
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