Building a new PC

evilazza

evilazza

evilazza

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So hey guys,
First real post here, building a new PC since my current one has lasted 8 years which was also custom built. I just would like a few suggestions and to know if everything would fit as it should.
The parts im looking at is:

Case:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-034-NX

Mobo:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-057-AK

CPU:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-391-IN

RAM:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-309-CS

Now for the graphics cards im looking at either a GTX 670 or GTX 680, but im not sure which to get, would i be able to fully utilize a 680 with my CPU on games such as BF3? The cards im looking at are (Feel free to suggest others):

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-210-EA

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-177-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2255

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-176-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2255

And for water cooling either not to sure if i would need the h100i, but i would like to overclock the CPU to around 4.2-4.6Ghz:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-009-CS

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-015-CS

Im open to suggestions on all parts, but mainly would like to know what graphics card, and what water cooling to choose, and if everything would fit and work all good (maybe any huge problems that i could run into with parts). I have around £1100 max budget, and i already have a 850w PSU and a HDD.

Also would i need an antistatic band?
Cheers!

Arron
 
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You should go with samsung green ram instead of the corsair vengeance as it so much easier to overclock to higher speeds, I think the vengeance looks so much better but it you want a similar looking one with also high speeds you should check out the Kingston hyper x
 
Forgot to say, you should go with either then and 7950 or 7970 as they're better for value, the 7950 is about £80 cheaper than the 670 but about the same speed so you should go with amd instead
 
I had so many problems with my ati cards in the past that i genuinely never want to touch them again, therefore has made me into a nvidia fanboy haha. As for the RAM is it at better timings and at the same speed?
 
 
 
I agree with the build honosuseri came up with for you - those are some good specs for just under £1100. However, you need a monitor, keyboard and mouse I guess? So, you'll inevitably have to downgrade those specs to get these into your budget.

You should swap the i7-3820 to something like the i5-3570K and maybe just have 8GB of RAM (a perfectly good amount for modern gaming) instead of the 16GB that honosuseri suggested.
 
I have a 32 inch monitor and a razer manba and razer lycosa so no need to get them along with other parts I haven't said. Back to the graphics cards, I take it a 680 wouldn't be fully utilized by my CPU on games such as battlefield 3 then? Cheers for the help so far guys
 
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