HELP! Need help with building a PC!

thank you, i shouldn't need to OC this right? If not then the updated list is this:

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor £173.94

Case: Corsair 650D ATX Mid Tower Case £136.38

PSU: XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £80.63

CPU Cooler: Alpenföhn Matterhorn Shamrock Edition CPU Cooler £49.99

RAM: Kingston HyperX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory £64.53

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard £119.98

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £340 im getting it as a present, might have to pay a bit though. :(

Total: £718.42(£1.99 shipping)

I would just like now any recommendations on what lights i should buy, i have been informed the cold cathodes arent that good so any suggestions? I wan green lighting.
 
I'm thinking on the 60 cm, i want the whole case to be lit, left right top and bottom so will that be enough?
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actually ive seen a RGB LED 1M and that looks smexy 1M 5050 SMD RGB 60LED/m LED Strip Light+IR Remote. 16 colours and a remote. Im just wondering how i would install it into my case, would i have to cut it or just bend it?
 
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I've decided to go with the GTX 670 and i'm not going to SLI and i dont think i will add anything else on in the future would i still need to 850w PSU or can I get a 600-700w PSU?
 
CPU Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor £175.99
CPU Cooler Corsair H100 92.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler £82.56
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard £149.98
Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory £78.19
Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £79.99
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card £339.20
Case Corsair 650D ATX Mid Tower Case £136.38
Power Supply XFX 850W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply £99.99
Lights 1M 5050 SMD RGB 60LED/m LED Strip Light+IR Remote £9.99
Keyboard Xebec Stream-Line Keyboard - Black £14.99
WIFI Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £29.99

Total:£1197.25

Can anyone help me to reduce this price to hopefully around £1000
 
Obviously going to have to compromise to get closed to £1000, this includes an SSD though too:


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX-PM2D2GD5/OC) £311.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Sandisk Ultra SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA II Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDH-120G-G25) £71.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £44.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £38.39
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Logitech MK120 Desktop Set (920-002552) £15.98
1 x Edimax EW-7612PINV2 300Mbps Wireless-N Network Adapter - PCI Express £15.84
Total : £1,020.58 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 
sorry i should have said that the 650D case if a definite and i will not change that, sorry. Also I think I want the UD5H instead of the UD3H also if i get the UD3H what will i lose from its successor? I am getting a SSD as a gift for my birthday from a friend so i do not need that and i am keeping the 16GB ram i chose sorry. I already have a mouse a good enough one for gaming but im going to buy a new one with my birthday money very soon. Also I want the H100 corsair cpu cooler, sorry for being so picky. I also think i will pay an extra £30 for my GigaByte GTX 670. Also would a 700 or 750 w psu be good as i highly doubt i will be upgrading anything big like the GPU? Thanks beejjacobs for the reply.
TBH all i think that could be changed is the network adapter and the psu.
 
Fair enough :) everyone has particular things they like!

750W is enough for SLI, only 550W is needed for one GPU:
Here is Guru3D's power supply recommendation:

GeForce GTX 670 - On your average system the card requires you to have a 550 Watt power supply unit.
GeForce GTX 670 SLI - On your average system the cards require you to have a 750 Watt power supply unit as minimum.
Click to expand...
http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-670-review/8

Comparison of the two boards here:
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/comparison/list.aspx?ck=2&pids=4139,4153

Based on what you said you want to keep in your list, theres not a lot of room to save money ;)
It's all good stuff though, and if you can afford it a very nice build indeed.

Based on current prices, I'd get tis KFA2 GTX670 if you can afford it:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-018-KF&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294
 
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OOOOOOO the KFA2 seems really good also any idea if the cooling is as good as the gigabyte same goes with sound? But thanks for the suggestions and thanks for the comparison i would have never of found that lol. I now think i will buy the UD5H board. Also any suggestions for a decent PSU that wont burn out in a year? I will be using my PC quite a lot, but mainly just downloading n watching films and surfing the net but occasionally gaming like maybe each week as I have A-Levels next year and have to work my arse off :( . Also i extremely doubt i will SLI them and i will stick with the single GPU.
Also i've heard that the Gigabyte version is better than the KFA2
 
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My friend said I should buy the AsRock Z77 extreme4 instead of mine. Good suggestion? What are the differences between the gigabyte one and this, if some could find a site which says this it will be very helpful i cant find one. Also if I buy this should I buy the extreme 4 or extreme 6.
 
Gigabyte,

3 year warranty, UK based RMA center, better customer support and a forum rep on this forum.
 
OMG thats the thing which dissapointed me about the trooper but now there is one i really want to buy it. Thank you sooo much for that!
 
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