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JCX50

JCX50

JCX50

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Hello all,

If you have been following me (Doubt it), you will know I am building a Gaming PC. I already know how to build one, and have checked all the parts so they match and fit but I really would like for someone to double check to make sure when the parts arrive, it haven't wasted time and money. Here is the list:

Case:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-023-LN&groupid=2362&catid=2297&subcat=

CPU:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-403-IN

Mobo:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-513-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

PSU:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-001-EA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2390

RAM:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-166-CR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=2427
(RAM is slightly different but same speed, GB and make).

Storage:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-248-SE&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1952

AND

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-153-SA&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427

Graphics Card:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-095-GI

Optical Drive:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-106-LG&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=314

Lighting:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CM-032-AK&groupid=701&catid=1428&subcat=1430

Liquid Cooling:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-002-IN&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2345

I will keep everything at stock speeds, in my eyes there is no point overclocking, but it is always nice to know you can!

Any Suggestion would be amazing and just to clear stuff up, I don't want to go down the AMD path, its personal choice. Oh and please don't say anything about the specs I already have, I won't be taking anything out, i'm going to give it to my family because i'm nice :P

Thanks

JCX50
 
his spec in shopping basket

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V PRO Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLT2CP8G3D1608DT2TXOBCEU) (Orange & Blue Activity LEDs) **WORLD FIRST** £119.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs - Lancool K62 Midi-Tower Case - Noise Dampened £94.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £89.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova NEX 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £84.98
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (OEM) £74.99
2 x Intel Liquid Cooling Solution CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011) £73.98 (£147.96)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £61.99
1 x Akasa "Vegas" White LED strip light - 60cm

 £8.99
Total : £1,453.33 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 
SSD: larger SSD
PSU: would allow SLI in future should you go that route with larger PSU and better rated and quality PSU
RAM: RAM you picked is seriously overpriced you will get exact same performance out of ones in below

:MBOARD: motherboard again, the z77x-d3h is all you will need and more and is 45 quid cheaper on sale

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £143.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs - Lancool K62 Midi-Tower Case - Noise Dampened £94.98
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (OEM) £74.99
2 x Intel Liquid Cooling Solution CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011) £73.98 (£147.96)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £61.99
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £31.99 (£63.98)
1 x Akasa "Vegas" White LED strip light - 60cm

 £8.99
Total : £1,401.34 (includes shipping : £11.25).



you could also drop to an I5 if this is purely for gaming as an i5 would be more than sufficient

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £143.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs - Lancool K62 Midi-Tower Case - Noise Dampened £94.98
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (OEM) £74.99
2 x Intel Liquid Cooling Solution CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011) £73.98 (£147.96)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £61.99
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £31.99 (£63.98)
1 x Akasa "Vegas" White LED strip light - 60cm

 £8.99
Total : £1,321.33 (includes shipping : £11.25).



if you have no intention of ever going SLI then larger PSU isnt needed can get lower , better quaslity one, like so

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £143.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x OcUK Tech Labs - Lancool K62 Midi-Tower Case - Noise Dampened £94.98
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (OEM) £74.99
2 x Intel Liquid Cooling Solution CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011) £73.98 (£147.96)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £61.99
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £31.99 (£63.98)
1 x Akasa "Vegas" White LED strip light - 60cm

 £8.99
Total : £1,303.33 (includes shipping : £11.25).



and you can mix and match as you like could get i7 with gold seasonic psu or i7 with xfx 850 etc



Also as a side note if you have no intention of overclocking the cpu paying for liquid cooling seems abiit much, there are plenty good quiet air coolers for 20-40 quid.





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One more option is, if your just gaming 16 gb is not needed now or for a long while so if you wanna spend that little bit extra could get some faster 8gb ram (the faster ram dosent give a huge boost in performance however if budget is there, then why not? )

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £143.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x OcUK Tech Labs - Lancool K62 Midi-Tower Case - Noise Dampened £94.98
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (OEM) £74.99
2 x Intel Liquid Cooling Solution CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011) £73.98 (£147.96)
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB2400C11ADC) £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £61.99
1 x Akasa "Vegas" White LED strip light - 60cm

 £8.99
Total : £1,309.30 (includes shipping : £11.25).





Just something for you to thinka bout :)






EDIT:!!! ALSO on all my builds for some reason i have 2 liquid cooling units. so -£70 off all those builds :D
 
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This machine will also be used for Video Rendering, running servers, gaming and owning noobs on the battlefield. The ram I have chosen is £60 and I won't be running SLI ATM. Might get a higher PSU and I want the water cooling because it looks awesome and I can overclock in the future! Thanks for the advice
 
What's wrong with your current system? a graphics card upgrade would make it play games just as well as the system you're thinking about spending £1.5k on
 
I have always wanted to build my own machine, its just something I can personally be please of and I can put it on my Personal statement and It is a Unit in my IT Coursework AND a family PC is in need of a replace.
 
I dont understand why you cant buy 7950 and maybe a PSU to add to your rig and be done with it.

Build a PC for your family for like 300-400 quid with amd trinity setup, put that on your PS.

Done.
 
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