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[CM-Sniper]

I built a PC at the start of this year and posted a lot asking for advice which was all really helpful so thanks to everyone who helped out

That PC has since been sold and Im looking to build a new high end rig ready for my Games Design course at Uni. Got a budget of £800-£1000 and this is what I quickly put together this morning:

-Corsair PC Starter Bundle 1000c - 600TM Case / TX 650W V2 PSU / H60 CPU Cooler (Cooler Half Price) £208.16
-Gainward GeForce GTX 560Ti "Phantom" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
-Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £161.99
-Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
-Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £49.99
-Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
-Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £25.99

Total: £849.60

 

[CM-Sniper]

Im gonna be doing the art and design side of things. Level design, Character modelling, animations etc.

Thanks for the suggestions so far. Didnt realise that board was m-ATX.

 

[CM-Sniper]

Ok, thanks for the advice mate

 

[CM-Sniper]

Gonna go i7 and also get an ATX mobo. Spoke to a tutor at uni today and he recommended get the best I could ready for the modelling side of things.