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Infam0us

Infam0us

Infam0us

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Hi guys, I've more or less decided on the case to build my new PC up from, the Fractal R4. My aims are to have a powerful gaming PC that can also be fairly quiet and unintrusive to look at.

My budget is £800/900 I've already got a Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Windows 7.

My current Rig is as follows.

AMD FX-4100
8GB Kingston Hyper X DDR3
M5A78L Asus Mobo
GTX570 PNY
128GB Kingston SSD
Asus DX2 Sound
3 Storage HDD
Corsair CX 600W Non Modular PSU
Lancool K58 Case

I'll be looking to reuse the SSD, the RAM and the Soundcard. But I'll be after a new Mobo, CPU, CPU Cooler, Graphics and Modular PSU, and a 2T Storage drive. I may also consider a extra SSD ontop of the current one for storage.

Currently I've got as far as this ...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-065-HS - HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-374-WD - Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-004-BQ - CPU Cooler

I'm fairly easy in terms of going down either the Intel or AMD route, but I would like the motherboard to be a dark one so it matches the inside of the case and also a full ATX size so that it will look neater as cables will have less distance to travel and more space.

So can anyone help me complete this spec please :)
 
 
Incrauze said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £73.99
1 x Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black £54.98
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x BitFenix Internal USB 3.0 Adapter £7.99
Total : £803.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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Thanks but I've already chosen what case I'd like :) I'd like it to if the heatsink was black too!
 
What do you need the soundcard for?

On-board sound is better these days and will live up to your expectations for sure, no need for a soundcard.
 
snips86x said:
What do you need the soundcard for?

On-board sound is better these days and will live up to your expectations for sure, no need for a soundcard.
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Onboard sound is better than my current Asus DX2? Have you got any reviews that show this as I'm not convinced :)
 
snips86x said:
What do you need the soundcard for?

On-board sound is better these days and will live up to your expectations for sure, no need for a soundcard.
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I've heard contrasting opinions - a fair few people say that the difference when installing a high performance sound card is phenomenal.
 
Infam0us said:
Anyone else got any advice?
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Was this what you were thinking?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £67.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £45
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £40
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £836.63 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
snips86x said:
Was this what you were thinking?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £67.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £45
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £40
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £836.63 (includes shipping : £14.75).

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Hi,

I was actually looking at that case as an alternative to the one I chose but in the end decided with the Fractal as per my original post. I've already got RAM so no need to add that to the spec either would you recommend the other parts though? :)
 
 
Thanks for the that,

I know OCUK stopped stocking them. But I am buying it from somewhere else :)

Edit - Would you recommend this case over the Fractal? I just had a quick look at the reviews and it looks good!
 
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Infam0us said:
Thanks for the that,

I know OCUK stopped stocking them. But I am buying it from somewhere else :)

Edit - Would you recommend this case over the Fractal? I just had a quick look at the reviews and it looks good!
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Well the R4 is a nice case but they were turning up damaged, you can take your chances with it from somewhere else.

The Shibobi XL is nice, stulid has a review on here somewhere (I'm too lazy to search). Big fans in it too so they will be quiet. Nice to have the window as you seem to be styling the build and it makes sense to show it off ;)

I can tweak it though still.......

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with FREE F1 RC Car & MSI HDD Enclosure £149.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £99.95
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £73.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
Total : £914.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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