How's this setup?

I wouldn't buy 1.65v ram, it's not too good for Sandy Bridge.

To be honest, for a gaming PC a 2500K is all you need. The extra cores/memory bandwidth is wasted on games and will not give you any additional performance.

And unless you are planning on adding another 680 in the future, a 1kW PSU is massive overkill. A good quality 650W will be absolutely fine.
 
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Mahn said:
Also, is it worth buying liquid cooling?
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Depends on what you want out of it compared to what your willing to spend ;)

My system was a fair bit more due to water cooling, but she is so very quiet, that alone was worth it for me.
 
Here is a spec of a gaming system that would be really good for the money.


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £439.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) £139.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £126.98
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Black £114.98
1 x Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £102.00
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH80) £69.98
1 x Kingston HyperX RED Limited Edition 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1RK2/8GX) £44.99
Total : £1,315.40 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
You don't need an i7 for gaming for starters.

and that PSU is overkill unless you intend to sli or something.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2680-KR) £429.95
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) £139.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £126.98
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Black £114.98
1 x Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £102.00
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £37.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £21.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,240.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
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