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Turner555

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Sorry about the terrible format, i couldnt find the plugin to make the basket work. (link would be great)

Would this spec work well, anything you would change particularly and why?

HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £239.99

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99

MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £134.99

NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal £89.99

Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £83.99

Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £74.99

XFX Pro Series 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply XFX Pro Series 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98

Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99

Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £49.99

OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99

Thanks for the help.
 
All looks good to me , the only thing i would change is the seagate drive to a western digital as the seagates seem to be getting a lot of bad press .
 
mickyflinn said:
All looks good to me , the only thing i would change is the seagate drive to a western digital as the seagates seem to be getting a lot of bad press .
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i buy the ones which have the largest ie 3 year warranty etc for a good price, then if it does break at least i get another one, 1 year stuff is a no no for me, but also like WD, had raptors for years more than 5 for most which is what there warranty was
 
zakblood said:
no problem your welcome, let us know how you get on, what o/s you installing it with? win7 or 8?
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Think im gonna dive in with win8 which i'll buy locally rather than online.

mickyflinn said:
All looks good to me , the only thing i would change is the seagate drive to a western digital as the seagates seem to be getting a lot of bad press .
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i was going to swap it for a WD cavier green 2tb, best option?

edit: although just checked and the 3tb has a 3 year warranty would this be a better option just for extra space and the warranty?
 
for me yes, and when you have more money, put it in a caddy and use it for storage only then get yourself another sdd, you wont regret it, and your games won't either.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal £89.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD20EFRX - OEM £89.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £89.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,023.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).


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Cheaper mobo, however the MPower is epic. Depends on what colour scheme you like :p
As said by others, the Seagate drives have had some bad press recently. However I've heard nothing bad about the WD Red drives yet.
Samsung Green is great stuff, however unless you're going to OC the life out of it, you might as well stick with normal stuff :)
Also with the money saved you could bump the SSD up to 250GB :D

Oh, and the link to the basket post - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18371076
 
Because im going for a black internal theme (or as black as i can) i have stuck with the mpower.

Just ordered the first bit of the build. Hopefully have the rest ordered on payday at end of the week then the build can start!

These are the ordered parts so far..

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £239.99
1 x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £134.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £76.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £49.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £528.35 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 
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