Final Spec Check

joemc

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Thanks to stulid and all those who have helped so far, going to be ordering this today. Can anyone see any problems with it, or where I could save a few £££?


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £149.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £135.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Cooler Master HAF 912 Case - Black £52.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £45.59
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £24.98
Total : £660.11 (includes shipping : £10.50).



The last thing I need is a graphics card. Thinking of getting: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-267-AS so again, will it all be fine? Is the motherboard also a bit over kill? A lot of spec's seem to get ones around the £100 mark, but I thought with this one coming down from £200 to £135, it would be good.

Cheers!
 
Ahh you're treating me now! :) thanks for all your help pal!

*edit, yeah I saw that other graphics card and wondered is it worth upgrading to it? Will look a bit out of place in the case though!! Was also hoping to get something with a slight red on the case. Unfortunately the case that I picked in red, isn't in stock I don't think.
 
The HAF912 in Red is also more dollars.

The extra games has to swing the gfx decision for me.
 
stulid said:
The HAF912 in Red is also more dollars.

The extra games has to swing the gfx decision for me.
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Yeah, gutted :( can I put red leds or anything in this case though? would have thought it isn't too hard?

Yeah, as I allowed to sell the games that come with it? I'd play Battlefield, but not Batman.
 
You can sell the voucher code for the game on (dont use it;))

And theres nothing stopping you from buying a Red LED 120mm fan or Red Cathode/LED strip.
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Cooler Master HAF 912 Case - Black £52.99
(£44.16) £52.99
(£44.16)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £45.59
(£37.99) £45.59
(£37.99)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
Sub Total : £530.43
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £108.19
Total : £649.12


You get the VAT back on the board, its got Blue flashes of colour so the XMS3 will match it ok.
 
There is the gigabyte ud5

Scrap that went up from its £119 price also.
 
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Black, everything is black, dark, Grey.

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It is ok, there use to be issues with OCZ a lot, but firmware updates have fixed those, the Corsair had a few people report issues but again that was a frimware revision ago or two.

With the water cooler you can fit the Vengeance ram.
 
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I'm not actually that bothered about colours, just would have liked the red HAF case :p no one is going to see the inside of it anyway except me! haha
 
joemc said:
Gutted. That board just went up to £160 :( can you help me with another?
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count yourself lucky you're not getting ;)

if you plan on sli in the future maybe worth upping the psu to 750w, 650w hould be enough but might want the extra 'headroom'

if you want to stick to the black/modular http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-047-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

or if you don't mind grey with bits of toxic green http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-001-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

stulid I'm pretty certain the ud5 was £150 a few days back(and no not on offer), guess ocuk have taken the z68 blowout offer as the chance to put the price of it up
 
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joemc said:
I'm not actually that bothered about colours, just would have liked the red HAF case :p no one is going to see the inside of it anyway except me! haha
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Depends, if I cant suggest a case with a window and Red fans;)

Nope, The one I was thinking of is out of stock.
 
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