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I made a thread not long ago, I'm going to order the parts within the next few days so i want to see what i should change with it. I've never overclocked so would anyone suggest me getting a pre-overclocked bundle? or just overclock it myself by researching?

Atm I'm thinking if i get a pre-overclocked set:
Krypton Z68 600i Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.60GHz Overclocked Bundle
- with the 8gb option, looking at the motherboard options there doesn't seem to be any major difference - could anyone explain to me why the other boards are more expensive?

The build will be mostly for gaming, video editing (HD) and other design aspects. The main problem for me is I have trouble working out what power supply i should use, if i use the overclocked bundle along with the 6870 what would i need?

I have a budget of around £800 as I'm buying a new monitor outside of the budget. I'm already sorted for peripherals, hard drives and OS. I was tempted to go for the 2600k but i can't justify the extra £100 for a little, if any, increase in performance. As for the case, many have recommended the Xigmatek (sp?) White Knight, but i don't know much about it and even though its supposed to be solid the low price puts me off.

If someone could piece the best possible build for what i need, it would be appreciated. Going slightly over budget isn't a worry either, just nothing over the top :).
 
I'll be editing a fair bit so it may be worth getting the 2600k i suppose.. Is that power supply definitely sufficient? With around £100 left on the budget from that build, what would you suggest to improve there using the extra cash?

Thanks for the help :)
 
Yeah, they're SATA. Currently have 2x 1tb Samsung F3 and 1x 2tb Samsung F4. Seems like solid spec, and the graphics card looks a decent enough boost for the extra £30 so not a bad shout. I may buy a smaller HDD for the OS, although i was tempted to go for an SSD but i think it'll be more worth it to wait a little longer for prices to drop further. Would you say that's a good case for the build? it looks pretty nice tbf.

Cheers
 
Sorry about the late reply, been incredibly busy :(

I think I'm going for the 2500k as it fits my budget slightly better - I've decided to go for a better monitor rather than the slight improvement in performance.

Does someone know of a great monitor that's about 24", LED and has HDMI? Price range around £150-175.

Since its my first overclocked build I want to be careful when doing so but would still like to hit around 4.5ghz with the 2500k, what kind of cooling and how big a PSU would be sufficient? Considering I'm going for this GPU and the 8gb Kingston RAM:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-266-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=

Thanks again :)

EDIT: I'm thinking of waiting a little while for the SSD, I'll most likely get a WD Blue or something in the meantime.
 
mp260767 said:
if your not thinking of sli'ing the card then 600w will be fine, sli'ing then look at something around 750w.

cooler wise have a look at the Gelid Tranquillo.

if its a going to be used as a boot drive have a look at the wd black or samsung f3.
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I've seen the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus mentioned here a few times and it's basically the same price as the Tranquillo, which one is better for overclocking?

Yeah it will be used as the boot drive, which of these would be the best? They have similar specs and i don't understand the whole difference between them in performance - except from the larger cache:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-364-WD
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-354-WD
 
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