£700-£800 Full pc spec

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One of my regular customers at work (mot testing) has asked me to build a PC for him. He just needs a new PC and will re-use his Monitor/KB/Mouse/Speakers etc, and I have a budget of between 700 and 800 to play with.
The only thing he does is browse the internet really, and watch some films online so it won't be used for any gaming. His budget is overkill really but he's the kind of guy that likes to have good stuff and ever since he saw my watercooled pc he now desperately ones one too.
Must haves..

Case must be the Coolermaster HAF-X as he's been on OCUK site and has told me he loves it. He wants to watercool the CPU only, but will probably have to be custom kit as he wants to show off the watercooling to his brother and make him jealous. (dont ask) Red fluid too please.
The only other must is an SSD, and I don't even know if it'd be worth getting a regular hard drive for him as he doesn't really download anything.

I'll be ordering everything from OCUK and assembling it once it comes for him.

What would you do?!
:D
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x intel core i5-2500k 3.30ghz (sandybridge) socket lga1155 processor - retail £167.99
1 x ek h3o watercooling kit - supreme lt 120 **2011 compatible** £122.99
1 x cooler master haf x gaming tower case - black (rc-942) £119.99
1 x gigabyte z68ap-d3 intel z68 (socket 1155) ddr3 motherboard £84.98
1 x crucial realssd m4 64gb 2.5" sata 6gb/s solid state hard drive (ct064m4ssd2) £79.98
1 x bequiet pure power l8 530w '80 plus bronze' modular power supply - with 120mm silent wing fan built in £59.99
1 x seagate barracuda 7200.12 500gb sata 6gb/s 16mb cache - oem (st500dm002) £58.99
1 x corsair xms3 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-12800c9 1600mhz dual channel kit (cmx8gx3m2a1600c9) £35.99
1 x sony optiarc ad-7280s 24x dvd±rw sata rewriter (black) - oem £16.98
total : £764.38 (includes shipping : £13.75).




the motherboard is good and overclocks well, but has only a hdmi input for the built in hd3000 gfx core.

reviews,
http://www.kitguru.net/components/m...-z68ap-d3-z68-review-bargain-buy-of-the-year/
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/gigabyte_ga_z68ap_d3_review,1.html
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc...herboards/gigabyte-ga-z68ap-d3-1026263/review
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2011/10/11/gigabyte-ga-z68ap-d3-review/1

Or he may want a cheap ATI card for extra display connections, or use a different board altogether, like this,
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-483-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

Which has DVI/HDMI/VGA
 
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would it be possible to do the spec using only red and black components? His monitor is DVI, just a 22inch samsung LCD. Scrap the 500gb hdd and upgrade to 128gb ssd also?
 
If he wants watercooling with coloured liquid which can be seen, heres another spec

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x EK H3O Watercooling Kit - Supreme LT 120 **2011 Compatible** £122.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £119.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £58.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £52.99
1 x G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £39.95
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.98
Total : £807.54 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
As you said there was no rhyme or reason for your friends choice of case and components, so I have ignored them (at my pearl obviously)

If your friend is after 'looks' then I suggest a windowed case. You could then suggest the addition of some LED coloured fans.

A Blu-Ray Optical Drive has been added to enable viewing of Blu-Ray Movies.

A cool feature of the CM690 is the addition of an External Sata Dock on top of the case, simply means that you can take a HDD and just plug it in.

System should be good for a 4.4GHz overclock.

With an air cooler there are no worries about water leaks or pump failure.

Gamer ready - Just add graphics card and some storage, nothing needs to be exchanged or thrown away.

Anyway, just offered as an alternative and to give your mate something to think about.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £139.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Advanced USB3.0 Windowed Gaming Tower Case - Black £104.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 630W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £69.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £49.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
Total : £794.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
Well i've printed out all your suggestions, and made up one of my own completely customising the watercooling and slightly over budget so we shall see what he ends up deciding.. Perhaps a little from each, who knows. This morning he wanted a blue theme, this afternoon a red.
 
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