~£650 pc

quotidian · 25 Aug 2012 at 19:10

I managed to get a bit more money scraped together for my build and I'm looking at about £650'ish inc. postage.

Only need case and its contents as I have a tv and monitor for screens and all the other things, mouse keyboard etc..

Don't think I'll get an os at this point as I'll just use the previews and then get Win8 when its released.

Thanks
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quotidian · 25 Aug 2012 at 19:42

Thanks for the spec.

Just wondering about a few points,

I'm going to need a decent bit of case cooling as the case is stuck under a desk so I was looking at either the Zalman Z11 case or the Xigmatek Parthenon(?) case?

Does the latency of the ram make much of a difference as theres C9 ram for about £5 more?

Does that cpu cooler come with a second bracket so I could add another fan for a push pull arrangment so I could keep the fan speeds down abit?

quotidian · 25 Aug 2012 at 20:21

honosuseri said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £64.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £54.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £694.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

You are better off with the Z9 than the 11. There is a new Z9 that has front USB3 ports OCuk dont stock it yet though The shinobi case is nice and on offer though

The 612S is out of stock but its a good quiet cooler that can take 2 fans and includes the adapters to do so.....no crap wire clips

Thanks.

Why do you say the Z9 is better as I'm more tempted by the funky look of the z11, also it has 2x usb3 ports?

quotidian · 25 Aug 2012 at 21:00

Thanks, I took a look at the Zalman Z11 review and didn't like the fan arrangement at the front, I'll probably go for the Pantheon one then.

Although the bit fenix looks good and I could afford a few extra fans for it.

quotidian · 25 Aug 2012 at 23:52

Yeah I'm going to overclock this setup.

What fans should I look to get to add to the bit fenix case and the heatsink?

quotidian · 26 Aug 2012 at 16:01

Is this here all ok before I go and order it.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz & Dirt Showdown PC Games £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £57.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Xigmatek Pantheon Mid Tower Case - Black £35.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £29.99
1 x Xigmatek Achilles II SD1284 CPU-Cooler - 120mm (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366 AMD AM2/AM3/FM1) £23.98
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £648.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

I don't need anything else like thermal paste or cables?