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Looking to build a gaming pc with a £800 budget at most, would like it be around £700, but if the extra cost is worth it then sure.

Thanks for the help in advance.

Edit: Budget doesn't moniter, keyboard and mouse ect. Just the Tower
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7870 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £189.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £88.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ / ST1000DM005) £67.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £48.98
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £26.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/AM2/AM3/FM1) £24.98
Total : £795.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).


I personally like to spend slightly more on parts with longer warranties, if you want to save money you could get shorter warranty parts.
 
tjlld said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7870 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £189.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £88.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ / ST1000DM005) £67.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £48.98
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £26.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/AM2/AM3/FM1) £24.98
Total : £795.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).


I personally like to spend slightly more on parts with longer warranties, if you want to save money you could get shorter warranty parts.
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+1 for this build

what do you want out of your system? would you want to look at Sli / Xfire later on? or do you just want a pc you can build today and have for next 2-3 yeard solid?

If your looking at upgrading your system as you go you could get the below. then save your pennys for a SSD.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/853/build3b.png/
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cooler comes with thermal paste and i wouldnt trust that psu.
 
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Right now on to some options to save money:
Could get this Graphics card instead to save £28:
Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X
7850 vs 7870

OEM CPU saves £5 but only 1 year warranty (retail is 3). I personally think CPU warranty is the least important as they rarely fail.
Also comes with retail heatsink which probably gives it better resale value.

For the power supplies:
Xigmatek Centauro 600W Shorter 3 year warranty (others are 5) and noisier fan but saves £7.
OCZ ZT 550W I think the fan is slightly louder on load and is 50W smaller, but 550W will power every graphics card I think and its £2 cheaper.

HDD:
Toshiba 1TB/URL] £8 cheaper but 2 year warranty instead of 3. HDDs have quite a high failure rate so I think this extra year is worth the extra cost, but its up to you to make your own decision.
 
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Stinger53 said:
+1 for this build


cooler comes with thermal paste and i wouldnt trust that psu.
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That thermal paste is better, i have the 750 watt version of that PSU and i can vouch for its reliability. Plus if its anything like its 750 watt brother, its nice looking, deadly quiet and all wires have great length.
 
Sigh. Again with the RAM.
OcUK RAM is branded, its just whatever they have overstocked in!

Im goanna contact them tonight and ask what the ram currently is
 
dunn2010 said:
That thermal paste is better, i have the 750 watt version of that PSU and i can vouch for its reliability. Plus if its anything like its 750 watt brother, its nice looking, deadly quiet and all wires have great length.
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the stock thermal paste will be fine tho and he can save the £8. i always use the stock. people get so worried about that its 1 degree or even .5 of a degree hotter.

but if you want paste take a look at: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18416535 aritic 5 comes out one of the best
 
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Bacon? said:
Sigh. Again with the RAM.
OcUK RAM is branded, its just whatever they have overstocked in!

Im goanna contact them tonight and ask what the ram currently is
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Yes I relised this last night and now have started specing it, but most people seem to keep clear of it.
 
Stinger53 said:
the stock thermal paste will be fine tho and he can save the £8. i always use the stock. people get so worried about that its 1 degree or even .5 of a degree hotter.

but if you want paste take a look at: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18416535 aritic 5 comes out one of the best
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Stock paste will be fine. can't deny that.

think thermal paste can make more of a difference that just .5 - 1 degrees. that review you posted shows that.

arctic 5 is equally good choice to be fair. both thermal paste would do a much better job than stock

is it the below one btw?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=AC-000-AC

I personally don't use the thermal paste you get with cpu coolers, dont know what im using. (i know that sounds daft as it will work, and do an ok job im not stupid just personally prefer to buy some)
 
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