~£800 Gaming Rig

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Hey guys, I thought this would be the best place to ask about building a new PC.
I have around £800 to spend, and since building my last pc I haven't paid much attention to what has come out recently. Currently I'm running a core 2 duo E7500, with a 9800GT, but I want a completely new machine as this isn't worth upgrading.

I was thinking a Core i5 2500k, Gtx560 ti twin frozer 2, and I wanted a 128 gb SSD, also maybe a corsair H60 for cooling as well, because I will be over clocking it sometime, Case wise I was thinking cm690 but im not too sure, if there any other alternatives for around the same price, please show me.
I have looked at motherboards but there are so many different choices its unreal, I would prefer Sata 3 and USB 3 support, and I would also like to have the option for SLI in the future.

I have everything else, like keyboard, mouse, speakers, headset, although I am running 2 screens at the moment, which are both VGA so I was thinking of upgrading one of my 22" samsungs for a 24" HD samsung or the best I can get within that budget.

Thank you for your help :)
 
Came up with this as I didn't want to go too much over your £800 budget and it's tricky fitting the 120GB SSD as well as everything else you wanted in there:

MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £131.99
(£109.99) £131.99
(£109.99)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £85.99
(£71.66) £85.99
(£71.66)
OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £82.99
(£69.16) £82.99
(£69.16)
Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1155/1156/775/AM2/AM3) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)

Sub Total : £684.91
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 20.00% VAT : £139.48
Total : £836.89

I'm sure someone else will give you an idea of where you can cut some corners if you really want the bigger SSD.

Just to note the motherboard and PSU should both be fine for SLI.
 
Thanks guys, I guess I can get rid of the SSD all together, I dont have a real need for it, I can just use the 1TB as a boot drive. which gives me more money to spend elsewhere.
Is the antec kuhler pretty much equivalent to the H60 performance wise?
 
Think the reviews show the H60 to be better by a few degrees C however there's very little in it. :) Even if you're going for a 4.8GHz overclock either cooler should be fine.

If you feel the need you can always upgrade to the SSD later on when you've had a chance to save up a bit more, means you don't have to cut out other things now to squeeze a bigger SSD into the build.
 
Redmint said:
Think the reviews show the H60 to be better by a few degrees C however there's very little in it. :) Even if you're going for a 4.8GHz overclock either cooler should be fine.

If you feel the need you can always upgrade to the SSD later on when you've had a chance to save up a bit more, means you don't have to cut out other things now to squeeze a bigger SSD into the build.
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i agree with this, if you can do without an SSD you will get a better overall components as you dont have to skimp on anything.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 "Dual Fan Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 Game £199.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £45.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.98
1 x LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £806.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).




case choice is really up to you.
 
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