good solid build for price? (revised)

murm

murm

murm

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hi guys will be buying in 1 weeks time.
was wondering if this a good build to keep me going for a few years.
no plans to overclock soon but might give it a go in future if i feel its getting a bit slugish.
not really interested in xfire/sli.
my original budget was £600 so if you could advise me on cost cutting areas (besides case) would be great.
plan to buy new monitor after xmas currently using 1024 x 768.

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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £157.99
(£131.66) £157.99
(£131.66)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Antec TruePower New Modular 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £567.74
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £116.30
Total : £697.79
 
I've got no complaints :)

Edit: you could go with a 6870 gpu and drop the cooler if your not overclocking yet.
 
Looks pretty solid. But if you have no plans to clock it anytime soon then just stick with the cooler that comes with your 2500k and save yourself £24?
 
RJC said:
I've got no complaints :)

Edit: you could go with a 6870 gpu and drop the cooler if your not overclocking yet.
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is that gpu just as good also which one so many makes ect.

i am first time builder picked psu so i have an easier time cable managing.
 
I'd go with RJC's recommendation and drop the Gelid Tranquilo. Together that should save you ~£50.
 
thanks for suggestions. only reason im sticking with the case is because of recommendations (i am open for alternatives) so my re re build:)



Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £136.99
(£114.16) £136.99
(£114.16)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £30.98
(£25.82) £30.98
(£25.82)
Antec TruePower New Modular 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £530.25
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £108.80
Total : £652.80
 
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