Final Spec Check

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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.
 
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.
 
stulid said:
Black, everything is black, dark, Grey.

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Ohh, thank you so much! Is that SSD okay? I remember a few people always talking about problems with SSD's in threads when people asked to be spec'd.
 
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
 
stulid said:
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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Well as you say, shouldn't be too much of a problem to attach a Red LED thing. Money well spent is what I want more than the colour of my computer case!
 
fowler002 said:
well other than the CPU returning to £180(~£22 more) the rest wouldn't change much(the ssd will go up by £4 and ram may go up by a few quid also but there'll be another ram to take it's place).

might have something good which may overcome the £22 hit on the CPU, as long as you buy by the 21st you'll be able to claim the cashback on the msi board.
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Hopefully should go in tomorrow anyway. Poor new Apprentice entered my details wrong. I quite like the idea of 2 weeks pay in 1 though :)
 
Looks like I'll be back again tomorrow or Thursday... Not going to be getting it till tomorrow, so going to miss out on all the deals...

But I'm sure there will be better ones right?! :(
 
Glad to say, all my pay is finally sorted. Thankfully had a little bit of back up money to pay out my car insurance!

Back to my computer! Understand that most, if not all of the offers have now stopped. So could I please get a respec from you wonderful guys? :)

I also have a bit more money to spend £875 max and also free shipping, which is nice :)

- Would like a sort of constant colour co-ordination (pref red. but not top of the list)
- An nVidia Graphics Card, unless someone can change me!
- A nice looking case, with plenty of room and good cable management :)
- DON'T need a HDD, got 2x 500GB HDD's to see me over. But do want an SSD :)
- If possible, a free version of BF3! :)

Thank you :)
 
Thanks beejjacobs :) I've always had a wonder about that Antec Kuhler, do I need to put water in to it? Sorry if it's a bit of a dumb question! Also, about the case, if you happen to know another nice looking case, with the attributes of what I said - then I'll look at it. I'm open to any information at the minute :)
 
stulid said:
Bitfenix Shinobi with or without a window.

You did say you are trying to save money, not spend more;)
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This is true :( I always have them moment's where it's like... I really want to save money, but at the same time, moments where it's like I wonder how much better it would be with a few extra quid...

inb4 a few quid better.

Would you pretty much agree with that spec above then stulid?
 
I was looking at that 570, I don't plan on SLI'ing anytime soon. Infact, probably not for a couple of years. It'll only realistically be playing sort of BF3, WoW and a couple of other games my friends want me to get/waiting to download in steam.

Thinking about it, it's actually a bit stupid putting the inside of the top sort of on top of my priorities! I'd rather have much better performance than the same colours inside. The only thing I want really is a low red glow from the case that I can maybe turn off. :p

Isn't there a £124.99 MSI board that gets good reviews? edit: THIS
 
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