£800 gaming rig

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Okay so I've run into some issues with my build (I cant choose between parts, to me this is a huge dilemma ) and I wanted to start fresh and see what you guys would recommend for an £800 gaming build.

I don't need peripherals or an OS.

Please help and yet again I'm sorry for posting again but £800 is a lot for me (I work 8:30-5:30 doing physical labour for £40 a day) so it is a massive investment and I really want to get it right. Much love to those who have helped me before and have not complained at my tendency to post a lot; but I'm sure you can all appreciate the situation. Just to let you know I'm 17 so I'm at college the majority of the time restricting when I can work which means it takes even longer to get the money.

 

[RJC]

The build in my post in your thread will be what I would do here again so I might as well link to the thread.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18502574

The board chosen gets good reviews and I currently use Kingston ram in my system (16gb)

Edit, ram has gone up in price and changed the case.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £40
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £796.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

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I'm not too sure on the case, I do really like the Corsair Carbide 200R; Would you highly recommend this Zalman one over the Corsair? If so, why?

 

[RJC]

I'm not too sure on the case, I do really like the Corsair Carbide 200R; Would you highly recommend this Zalman one over the Corsair? If so, why?

I prefer the Corsair but its out of stock, I went the Zalman which gets reasonable reviews.

 

[Idleman]

I'm not too sure on the case, I do really like the Corsair Carbide 200R; Would you highly recommend this Zalman one over the Corsair? If so, why?

Get the case you like the most, we only spec what we consider is a decent case to fit your budget. I personally prefer the 200R out of the two, but if budget allowed would op for the 300R. I just don`t like cases like the Zalman, regardless.

 

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The Zalman has good extras for the price but I dont know, I'll see whether the 200r is in stock when I buy it all.

I have a free shipping code, would it be worth buying the RAM while its on offer? Or do you think in 3 months or so when I probably have enough to buy all the parts it'll be cheaper?

 

[honosuseri]

The Zalman has good extras for the price but I dont know, I'll see whether the 200r is in stock when I buy it all.

I have a free shipping code, would it be worth buying the RAM while its on offer? Or do you think in 3 months or so when I probably have enough to buy all the parts it'll be cheaper?

I own the Z9 plus. It's a fine starters case and you get a lot of kit for the price. The Z9 U3 is better as it's the improved version with USB3 ports. You still get 3 fans (two LED blue), fan controller, digital temp display and a proper side window (the Plus has mostly mesh on the side panel). They also throw in an extension for the P4/8 aux mobo power to help route the cables round the back of the mobo.

Downside for the U3 is that ideally you want an adapter to internalise the front USB3 port cables. In turn this makes the case £60, if you aren't fussed about having a side window then Corsairs 200R is a good shout and doesn't "need" an adapter for the USB3 ports.

I am a fan of the Zalman chassis and I do like RJCs spec but I would personally have the U3. I look forward to seeing what you settle on in the end