£700 Gaming Build

Glen_W

Glen_W

Glen_W

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Hey Guys,

I've put together this parts list and I'd like to know what your thoughts are on it. Budget is flexible to £750 though.

Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus £62.99

Power Supply: OCZ ZS Series 750W £72.98

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 £144.98

Processor: Intel i5 2500k £159.98

CPU Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 £23.51

RAM: Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) £29.99

Hard Drive: Samsung SpinPoint F3 £31.99

Optical Disc Drive: LiteOn IHAS224-19 £18.98

Graphics Card: MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II 1GB GDDR5 £149.99

Total: £698.38
 
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Agree with Moothead2 on the above two points.

Good price on the GTX560Ti. Including VAT? Reputable seller?

Given the motherboard will do SLI I think a 650W is cutting it too close for SLI GTX560Ti's. For a single card setup you could save money be getting a smaller PSU/non-SLI compatible board.

The onboard audio is very good these days, unless you have expensive speakers/headset or are an audiophile it isn't worth it.
 
sound should already built into the board mate

use the money to get a 750w PSU instead like this OCZ for £72.98

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-057-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Would give you more options down the road :)

By the way you do know that the processor that you chose is oem so it does not have a fan with it.
So you either need to pay the extra £2 for the retail or add a cooler to your shopping list (I'd do the latter)

Hope this helps
 
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Wow, Thanks all of you for your extremely quick response times.

The parts site was recommended to me from an IT manager I know. Changed the HDD, Memory, Removed the soundcard and changed the mobo.

Also how about the CPU Cooler located here?

Thanks again,
Glen_W
 
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Are you thinking of overclocking the cpu? If not then get the retail (I got retail for cheapness and am gonna upgrade later). TBH I never tried that Cooler but seems to have good reviews. By the way take down your links mate no outside links allowed.
 
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chrisarm said:
Are you thinking of overclocking the cpu? If not then get the retail. TBH I never tried that Cooler but seems to have good reviews. By the way take down your links mate no outside links allowed.
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I might OC it, It's alway a nice option to have since I hear you can OC these quite far.

Edit: Sorry, Link removed.
 
Glen_W said:
Wow, Thanks all of you for your extremely quick response times.

Prices are from ********. It was recommended to get parts from there from an IT manager I know. Changed the HDD, Memory, Removed the soundcard and changed the mobo.

Also how about the CPU Cooler located here?

Thanks again,
Glen_W
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It's quite big, so you need a big case. Or at least with good clearance.
 
then go for it bud, might need summit better than that cooler for higher OCing though. I'm waiting for one of the watercooling units to comes back on special, they were only about £40 the other week but I hadn't been paid.


Glen_W said:
Any recommendations?, This is my first build.
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The haf cases are quite big so I'd be suprised if it didn't fit but if it is too small there is always this cooler for £19.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-075-AK&tool=3

It's a nano one so it should fit
 
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