Help with spec for my budget

Leigno

Leigno

Leigno

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Good evening my fellow OcUK forum users :) hope your all getting into the xmas spirit. I certainly am this week now I can give OC lots of my not so hard earned compensation monies this week.

My problem is that when I spec'ed my build prices were different and now what I want is ever so slightly over budget and I dont know whats what.

So far I have this:
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7970 IceQ X² GHz Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H797QMC3G2M) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £339.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £99.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML16GX3M2A1600C10) £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £71.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Plantronics GameCom 780 7.1 Surround Sound USB Gaming Headset £39.98
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.98
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £24.98
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x OcUK Professional Cat6 RJ45 5m Network Cable - Grey (B6-505) £3.98
Total : £1,348.26 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Which as you can see is a nice little selection of parts, basically I want that build but for £1300 can one of you lovely people please let me know of any cheaper alternatives for what I can use, I was thinking shave a few pennies off going for different RAM, PSU and Cooler perhaps?? And going with the OEM i5 rather than retail? Dont forget I get free shipping too so knock that off the final price :) need to save roughly £30.

But obviously I dont want to lose performance, and I'm going to be ordering either on thursday or friday :D excited much!!!

Also one minor detail, can some one clarify how many SATA connectors that mobo comes with as I require 3 in total and I know some Gigabyte MOBO's come with 2x SATA connectors included.

thanks in advance :)
 
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Last time I checked the i5 was the same price OEM.
You can save money on the RAM by going with this, gives off very similar performance too:
YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £44.99
Total : £44.99 (includes shipping : FREE).



You could also drop the mouse to the G400 if you wanted, and get this graphics card instead:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 7970 DirectCU II 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £319.99
Total : £319.99 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Mobo's usually only come with 2 sata cables, you could perhaps drop the psu down to a xfx core 550w they're still made by seasonic. Also, the P280 is the same price as a fractal design define R4. So you could take a look at that if you wanted, it's a great case. You could also change the Corsair Vengeance to some TeamGroup elite 16gb. Which is another £30 off
 
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