First time building a machine

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-119-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

If you don't mind ATI this 6950 is a revision 1 card which can be flashed to make it a 6970 (got one myself and it is awesome) plus it is about £25 less than the 570

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-004-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=29

Also this case and power supply is a good deal if your not bothered about crossfire or SLI (The other power supply you have is a bit overkill if you are not bothered about two graphics cards) I will also save you another £70

Could use the money saved to get a nice 60gb SSD drive :D
 
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chrisarm said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-119-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

If you don't mind ATI this 6950 is a revision 1 card which can be flashed to make it a 6970 (got one myself and it is awesome) plus it is about £25 less than the 570
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I would be wary as there are some threads from people in the GPU section who have bought 'revision 1' cards which are advertised as flashable and have been sent later versions. If you do go for this option then make sure you do have a revision 1 card BEFORE any attempts of flashing as this can potentially damage the card and voids warranty.
 
sk82jack said:
Yeah any SATA drive will be compatible.

The RAM is compatible but I would advise against it as firstly you won't see any gaming performance increase from 8GB, secondly that particular RAM has very tall heatsinks which may conflict with the CPU cooler.

If you must get 8GB just go for the cheapest 1600MHz - the Corsair which I linked too earlier are very good and very cheap.

What card do you have now? You could always grab a second one of them and run them in CF/SLI
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-290-CS is this the RAM you are referring to?

I might go for 1x4GB stick if possible, the P67 has 4 DIMM-240 if i remember correctly, just planning for the future i want to be able to expand as high as possible, although it supports up to 32GB max 16GB should always be enough.

The PC primarily wont be a gaming PC although i do like the occasional shoot 'em' up. its mainly a media pc. would you suggest any alterations as this is the case. apologies i should have made the systems purpose clear in the original post.

in an earlier post SSD was mentioned as well, would this be beneficial?
 
Depending on how much editing you do, it may be worth going down the i7-2600K route and down the graphics card to a 5850 or something similar if you don't game as much. Also an SSD sounds like a good idea with 8GB RAM and perhaps a Z68 board to make use of Quick Sync Video, although this feature is limited to certain apps.


Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £254.99

Asus P67 Sabertooth Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £149.98

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £114.95

OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £94.99

Cooler Master Storm Enforcer Gaming Case - Black £75.98

Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99

Antec High Current Gamer 620W Power Supply £49.99

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £34.99

Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £28.99

Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98

Total : £903.34 (includes shipping : £13.75)

 
 
 
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