any cheaper alternatives

vengeance32

vengeance32

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Hi, im building a gaming PC and i have a list of my system below, bought the case already.
But now that i look at it, some of these parts are really expensive and I wont be doing much overclocking anyway. Any changes you can make to the system ill be buying next week?


[ ] Case: nzxt phantom USB 3.0 BIG TOWER CHASSIS
[ ] PSU: corsair ax750 750w high performance
[ ] MB: asus sabertooth z77 mobo
[ ] Cpu: intel core i5 3570k 3.4ghz socket 1155
[ ] Cooling: corsair h60 watercooler
[ ] Ram: corsair vengeance 8gb (2x4gb)
[ ] Ssd: corsair force series 60gb
[ ] Hdd: seagate 1tb barracuda 7200rpm 32mb buffer
[ ] Window 7 home premium
[ ] Graphics card: asus geforce gtx 660ti 2gb gddr5
 
I find it hard to answer your question "any cheaper alternatives" when you have not listed the prices you have spec'd your parts at already mate.

Regardless id change the cooler, the H60 ain't all that.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Sleeping Dogs, Nexuiz, Dirt Showdown & CODMW2 PC Games £224.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x NZXT Hale82 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1866C10DC) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
Total : £821.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).



• Motherboard still supports SLI+Crossfire
• PSU is fully modular and made by Seasonic

Use the Win8 preview as the OS.

Pick which ever case you want that fits the board etc.
 
nick.lidgett said:
I find it hard to answer your question "any cheaper alternatives" when you have not listed the prices you have spec'd your parts at already mate.

Regardless id change the cooler, the H60 ain't all that.
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Sorry about that, i was researching and just roughly listed out what ones i wanted.
Ill get the prices up when i get home to a pc.
 
stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x NZXT Hale82 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1866C10DC) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99

• Motherboard still supports SLI+Crossfire
• PSU is fully modular and made by Seasonic

Use the Win8 preview as the OS.

Pick which ever case you want that fits the board etc.
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Thanks dude., all these are looking good,. But would the cpu cooler be a bit loud cause of the fans? Should i invest more on the cpu cooler or will i be fine with what you listed above?
 
ASUS GeForce GTX 660TI Direct CU II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics £263.99
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
OcUK Tech Labs - NZXT Phantom USB3.0 Big-TowerCase - White - Noise Dampened £144.98
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
NZXT Hale82 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £99.98
Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £83.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £63.98
GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1866C10DC) £35.99
Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99


Heres what i got at the moment., is that alright?
 
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