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I would disregard the psu suggested by rey even if the case/cpu bundle is good, as already mentioned its not the best of psus the antec is much better. the antec one would be just about enough for sli of 560ti/6950 but you miight want a bit of extra 'headroom' with a 700/750w psu.

either way with the new graphics cards so close its pointless bickering over 560/560ti/6950, if you're not in a hurry to buy/build now it maybe worth holding on for a few week to see what the new cards are like/price and if/how they effect the prices of the current cards.

unless I'm mistaken the cmdouble voucher code seems to only be for the 500 and 600w of the silent pro psu.

anyway going away from what I've said here's my spec

EVGA GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
(£179.99) £215.99
(£179.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Cooler Master HAF 912 Case - Black Cooler Master HAF 912 Case - Black £52.99
(£44.16) £52.99
(£44.16)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £26.99
(£22.49) £26.99
(£22.49)
Sub Total : £547.43
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £111.59
Total : £669.52

use the cmdouble code and it'll be ~£650

if you play bf3 then it need 2gb vram from what its been said on here in the graphics card section.

jpod you may want to re-read the first post, you're £100 overbudget.
 
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another option is something like

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.98
(£79.15) £94.98
(£79.15)
Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black £92.99
(£77.49) £92.99
(£77.49)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Sub Total : £528.26
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £108.15
Total : £648.91

psu and motherboard are bot sli/xfire capable, gone for a all black/grey colour.

add a third party cpu cooler in the future to allow you to overclock the cpu, the intel stock cooler does allow some overclocking but the temps/noise are high.

upgrade the graphics card in the future to one of the new ati/amd 7xxx series or nvidia 6xx series.


bobbyspangles said:
Does BF3 need 2GB or does it just need more than 1GB?

For slightly more (£12) there's the GTX 560 TI '448' edition with 1280MB VRAM on offer that seems to perform very close to the GTX 570 in some of the reviews I've seen. I wonder if it might be worth the stretch.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-043-ZT&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341
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I'm no expert, ask in the graphics card section.
 
fowler002 said:
if you play bf3 then it need 2gb vram from what its been said on here in the graphics card section.

jpod you may want to re-read the first post, you're £100 overbudget.
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I read £650 to £700, let me clarify my recommendation.

If the OP plans to purchase Battlefield 3 (£27) and possibly Deus Ex (£20) they are included in my rig with a superb gfx card.

Alternatively they could ebay the games for £45 if the OP already owns them.

My view is that it is £750 better spent.
 
Definitely don't go with a 1GB card, 1.5GB minimum, but 2GB would be much nicer/better for maxing out settings. No point spending all that money and then putting a card in it that is going to hurt performance in games, Considering it's a gaming rig.

Post #21 is a good spec.
 
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