Need help building gaming PC

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Hi, I need some help building gaming pc but I don't wanna spend a lot. I'm fairly new to this so I was reading forums and guides for last 3 days and came up with this build.

Case - xcase defender gaming case 48GBP
Power Supply - corsair tx850 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-054-CS 115GBP
Motherboard - asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 120GBP
Processor - intel i5 2500k http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN 168GBP
Heatsink - Cooler master hyper 212 plus http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-029-CM 27GBP
Memory - ripjaw 2x4gb http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-060-GS 40GBP
Hard Drive - 50GB SSD http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-040-OC 65GBP
Video Card - amd radeon 6850 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-041-HS 120GBP


Monitor - acer 18.5" widescreen http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-059-AC&groupid=17&catid=276&subcat= 80GBP

TOTAL: 783 GBP

Can any1 give me some advice on compability of this setup? And how good is this setup? I'm planning to try some OC and xfire-ing in future also thinking of adding 1 or 2 more monitor.
 
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Hi and welcome to forums, as hibernate has alluded to, it is against forum rules to post links/names of competitors, so please remove them
Theres a few things can be tweaked on your build, whats your overall budget? And what is that to include? E/G do you need windows? mouse/kb etc
Re buying from multiple places, whilst you may save a few quid on each one, youll normally pay this or more in postage, so getting it form one place, such as here, will actually end up cheaper
 
i7 930 - £215.99
560Ti - £163.99
6GB - £44.96
Win7+1TB - £112.39
DVD Drive - £15.98
Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 - £124.99
OcUK Bos Midi Tower Case - £24.98
Antec 750W - £85.99

700 Quid.

Edit as you wish. I put this in a thread based on a 1.6k Alienware.
All the prices are from here, just I've got my build in my basket :p
 
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Id recommend you try and up the monitor, and gfx card
Did this as a first draft, though its gone a bit over, can you stretch or do you need to keep the budget at £800?
This still offers the possible route of a xfire upgrade, though tbh its prob not necessary now youve got a better gfx card as standard

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 DirectCU II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £217.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £101.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £79.99
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £869.81 (includes shipping : £19.10).







Edit: the best way to bring you in on budget would be to ditch the idea of keeping xfire open, lower the PSU slightly and swap the gfx card for a 560Ti, this would be a much better set up all round


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £163.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2208HDD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £101.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £79.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £805.81 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 
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Hyburnate said:
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Poor spec I'm afraid. ;) Intel Sandy Bridge has many more advantages over socket 1366!

@OP. Do you need a copy of Windows 7 at all? Any peripherals? Also I would buy a better monitor, at least a 22" even if it means sacrificing other components (in your case probably the SSD). After-all it is what you'll be looking at every day, as long as you can accommodate the larger screen.

Also, the taller heatsinks on your memory my impede your aftermarket cooler.
 
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Yes I need windows 7 but i didn't include the price, I'm trying to calculate how much I will spend on hardware first.

Hmm.. I think i5 2500k is enough for gaming, i7 is bit expensive. And may be I'll get radeon 6950, case and 22" monitor as 95thrifles suggested.

Is 750W PSU enough if you OC and xfire in the future? also if I buy the bitfenix Merc alpha case, will master cooler hyper 212+ fit in it?
 
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