1st build and £1000

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i have got a £1000 and this will be my 1st build i need some HELP !!!
i was thinking of this, if you think i should change any think or even the hole build please say
but 3 things, i do realy like the case, i need to keep the BluRay-RW and im thinking of over clocking

OcUK Value GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 OcUK Value GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £223.24

Intel Core i5 650 3.20GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail Intel Core i5 650 3.20GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £139.99

Asus P7P55D Evo Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard Asus P7P55D Evo Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £137.99

Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 10666C9 1333MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1333C9) Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 10666C9 1333MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1333C9) £105.74

LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £89.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.06

Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £62.99

Kingston SSDNow V-Series 30GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SNV125-S2/30GB) Kingston SSDNow V-Series 30GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SNV125-S2/30GB) £58.74

Cooler Master GX 550W Power Supply Cooler Master GX 550W Power Supply £50.98

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB
SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.98

Sub Total : £884.85
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 : £157.04
Total : £1,054.39

any help would be great ta
 
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ive clicked on those links, some good items, some bad, some go nowwhere but just a standard catalogue of parts.
 
From what i can gather...

Dual core i5 - I'd want better than that in a £1000 budget!

2 x-fire 5750s in a 4x 16x mobo - slightly bizarre choice.

Rubish SSD.

We can do better
 
any reason u want to go with crossfire ?
and a bad crossfire at that.

a single more powerful gpu is always preferable really.

what monitor do u have, and what res do u plan to run it at ?

with that budget, i would be lookign at the i5 760 with a GTX470
 
How about this. Quad-core, better graphics solution, proper SSD...

EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £172.71
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £146.86
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £111.99
Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £89.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.06
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £76.36
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £62.99
OCZ StealthXStream 2 500W Power Supply £45.99
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.98
Sub Total : £835.68
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 17.50% VAT : £148.65
Total : £998.08

There are plenty of tweaks you could consider - I kept the H50 because you specced it and I do like it myself, but swap it for an air cooler and you could work in a 5850. There are better/cheaper cases than the slightly overrated Antec 300. A squeeze there and maybe a 500GB HDD and you could work in a 470.
 
try something like this

MSI GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £234.99
(£199.99) £234.99
(£199.99)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £146.86
(£124.99) £146.86
(£124.99)
Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
(£89.35) £104.99
(£89.35)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.06
(£68.99) £81.06
(£68.99)
Intel X25-V Value 40GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MP040G2R5) with FREE EZ Upgrade Kit - Retail £79.99
(£68.08) £79.99
(£68.08)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £76.36
(£64.99) £76.36
(£64.99)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.98
(£37.43) £43.98
(£37.43)
Samsung SH-B083L/RSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Sub Total : £838.47
Shipping cost based on delivery to Credit/debit card billing address, CV32 7HN with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £146.73
Total : £985.20
Click to expand...

if u really want the LG BluRay RW, u can adjust a few things to get it within budget
 
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^^^ He's lost his Bluray-RW there. He can have a 470 and keep his Bluray-RW and better SSD if he goes air cooling...

OcUK Value GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £223.24
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £146.86
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £111.99
Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £89.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.06
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £76.36
Antec Basiq Plus 550W Modular Power Supply £44.99
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.98
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £32.99
Akasa AK-CC017V2 Freedom Tower CPU Cooler (Socket AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366) £28.99
Sub Total : £838.68
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 : £148.96
Total : £1,000.14
 
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To be fair two HD5750's aren't that bad they should be faster then a single HD5850 but at £94 each I don't think that fantastic value.

If your considering overclocking don't bother with a dual core i5 get the dual core i3 or better yet get a quad core and are sure you don't need a copy of Windows 7 in that budget?
 
for the sake of fairness, heres AMD

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £223.24
(£189.99) £223.24
(£189.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £111.99
(£95.31) £111.99
(£95.31)
LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.06
(£68.99) £81.06
(£68.99)
MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £77.98
(£66.37) £77.98
(£66.37)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £76.36
(£64.99) £76.36
(£64.99)
Antec Basiq Plus 550W Modular Power Supply £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.98
(£37.43) £43.98
(£37.43)
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £35.99
(£30.63) £35.99
(£30.63)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £32.99
(£28.08) £32.99
(£28.08)
Sub Total : £796.66
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 : £141.60
Total : £950.76
 
what do people think of this set ???
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 OcUK Value GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £223.24

Intel Core i5 650 3.20GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail Intel Core i5 650 3.20GHz (Clarkdale) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £139.99

Asus P7P55D Evo Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard Asus P7P55D Evo Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £137.99

Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 10666C9 1333MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1333C9) Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 10666C9 1333MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1333C9) £105.74

LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £89.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.06

Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £62.99

Kingston SSDNow V-Series 30GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SNV125-S2/30GB) Kingston SSDNow V-Series 30GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SNV125-S2/30GB) £58.74

Cooler Master GX 550W Power Supply Cooler Master GX 550W Power Supply £50.98

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB
SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.98

Sub Total : £884.85
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 : £157.04
Total : £1,054.39
 
1st time build and £1000 to spend (changed a few things from last time)

OcUK Value GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £223.24

Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £217.36

Asus P7P55D Evo Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard Asus P7P55D Evo Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £137.99

LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £89.99

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £76.36

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.06

Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £62.99

Cooler Master GX 550W Power Supply Cooler Master GX 550W Power Supply £50.98

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.98

Sub Total : £880.71
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 : £156.31
Total : £1,049.52
 
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u have triple channel ram for a dual channel board, i would change that.

also, the 760 a much better cpu for onyl a small amount more.

also, the motherboard is abit of an odd choise, do u really need an SLI board, do u plan to go SLI at some point ?

coz if you do, your PSU is also well under par.

whats wrong with the specs that everyone else has posted ?
 
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 OcUK Value GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £223.24

Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £146.86

Asus P7P55D Evo Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard Asus P7P55D Evo Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £137.99

LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £89.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.06

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £76.36

Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £62.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99

Antec Basiq Plus 550W Modular Power Supply Antec Basiq Plus 550W Modular Power Supply £44.99

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.98

Creative Fatal1ty HS-800 Gaming Headset (51MZ0310AA001) Creative Fatal1ty HS-800 Gaming Headset (51MZ0310AA001) £35.99

Akasa AK-FN059 120mm Ultra Quiet Viper Cool Fan - 3/4 Pin Akasa AK-FN059 120mm Ultra Quiet Viper Cool Fan - 3/4 Pin £14.99 x 2 = £10.53

Fractal Design 140mm Silent Cooling Fan Fractal Design 140mm Silent Cooling Fan £11.99

Akasa AK FC-06BK Fan Controller Junior - Black Akasa AK FC-06BK Fan Controller Junior - Black £9.39

Akasa Fan Filter - 120mm Akasa Fan Filter - 120mm £3.51 X 3 = £10.53

Akasa AK-TK-02 Cable Tidy Kit Akasa AK-TK-02 Cable Tidy Kit £3.06

Sub Total : £896.52
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 17.50% VAT : £159.30
Total : £1,069.57
 
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