hi all, new to forum, coming back to building

The PSU is mediocre, there are better in that price range.

Gigabyte board suggested earlier is better built and has a much better warranty.

The Retail CPU is £5 more for a better 3 year warranty and free intel heatsink.
 
What psu would you recommend in that price range?

Id like to go Sli in the future and modular isnt an essential due to the case having good routing options.

I've looked at the MoBo over and over, but I've had AsRock before and really REALLY like them. Never had an issue.

Good call on the retail cpu tho.
 
Aye the RAM will fit, I watched a review online were they managed to cram some Corsair Vengeance in, the patriot is a lower profile.

That PSU IS lovely, but, it's pushing up my budget, which im trying to keep under control. Im happy with all the other bits, but the PSU needs to be £80 max.

Thanks again people.
 
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-013-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Ask customer services when thats in stock.

If you went for the better Gigabyte board then you could have the other PSU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Seasonic M12II 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £94.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Advanced USB3.0 Windowed Dominator Case - Black £84.98
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Dark Knight SD-1283 Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD FM1/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £31.20
Total : £982.13 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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That'll do nicely sir. Just checked and it's Sli ready. Looks like, Im all set. Just got to get things organised at my end and i'll be ordering (when all is in stock).

thanks everyone
 
ok everyrone, i've ordered this little lot.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £125.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £92.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Advanced USB3.0 Windowed Dominator Case - Black £84.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £43.99
1 x Xigmatek Dark Knight SD-1283 Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD FM1/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £34.99
1 x OcUK Mega Mat Medium Elite Tactical Gaming Surface ** IN STOCK ** £11.98
1 x Xigmatek Black Line 120mm White LED (XLF-F1254) £7.14
Total : £675.04 (includes shipping : £12.50).



I've dropped the GPU (Kfa2 670 oc) for now. I have a kfa2 560ti oc that can cope for the moment.
Placed the order at 2pm with next day delivery, so hopefully tomorrow will be full of fun and games. (my order stll says ' in warehouse que tho'. )

Think i'll start a thread in the projects section and take pics as I go along.

thanks for all your help.
 
Im a real fan of AsRock boards, had them in the past and never had an issue. On the other hand, i did have a bad experience with a giga board a few years ago and it put me off.

On the psu, it was on offer, good reviews and again, previous good experiences. And, it'll look cool!!. :D
 
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