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Going to order all the parts for my gaming pc tonight, as its my first build i need someone with more knowledge to firstly check if everything is compatible?
Check whether that is a decent power supply and enough power, i will most likely over clock the pc in the future so it will need to withstand that.
Also i was wondering whether to drop the SSD and use a normal hard drive and get a 7950 or stick with what i have?
Any other things i have missed out i would be greatfull if you could add them in, i don't need a monitor, keyboard, mouse or os.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £23.99
Total : £643.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
All looks fine. Are you sure 128GB is going to be enough? I would atleast pick up a 500GB HDD if I were you as it looks like you will be gaming. The SSD will fill up quickly. Also noticed you don't have a DVD Drive, although you may have missed that out on purpose.
 
I am not in need of a big hard drive so i chose the SSD instead, sorry i should have included that at the top, i am not in need of a DVD drive.
thanks
 
Ok. I suppose if you ever need more room then it's more simple to buy and HDD and store more games on it than getting an SSD later (means reinstalling OS and other programs etc.)
 
 
Had another re-think about the components.
I quite like this case although i am not sure which of the 2 motherboards will fit?
I added these 2 motherboards as these are the ones i would chose depending on which would fit with the case in my price range.
Also if it has enough slots for everything to fit into? I would like to overclock everything at some point so i would like it to have an overclocking ability. If there is a better motherboard for £10 or £20 extra i am sure i can stretch.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White £89.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x ASRock Z77 Pro4-M Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £77.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £69.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £23.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x Asus PCE-N10 Network Adapter - PCI Express £14.99
Total : £790.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Bacon? said:
My choice would be this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Power Edition Twin Frozr IV OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £161.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black - with FREE Corsair Dual Pack AF120 Performance Fans £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £44.99
Total : £659.53 (includes shipping : £10.50).

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I recommend this. Definitely go with the Gigabyte board. You could opt for the 500w version if you plan on upgrading the GFX at a later date.
 
Thanks for your reply, although i would prefer to stick to the Phantom 410 case. You don't know if the gigabyte board would fit inside the case? Or is this case only made for the smaller boards?
 
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