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I see you've decided against the water now, but just in case you change your mind, the mayhems aurora range has a recommended lifespan of only 6 months in the loop compared to the 2 years of the mayhems pastel.
 
They're quite different. Not to mention there's no reviews as they're not out yet :p

A sandy bridge i7 is overkill for a mainly gaming PC as the games won't make use of the extra threads.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £379.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Asrock Z77 Extreme6 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £116.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £52.99
2 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £39.95 (£79.90)
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,287.79 (includes shipping : £12.50).




That's my red hot crack at it fella minus the watercooling.

It's slightly more than Beej's and i would wait till the end of the month for IB, however....

I went for the i7 as you said you will be doing video editing etc. 16GB of RAM colour coded to the mobo. The mobo may seem OTT but it is a top model and includes a 3.5 inch break out box for USB3 on the case. If USB3 connectivity isnt an issue for you then the extreme 4 version is cheaper.

The case maybe budget (i do own one myself) but you get 4 120mm fans, a digital temp display and fan controller, it also has cable management which is made easier by that modular PSU I included. I use this case a lot in builds and overclocked many a i5K to 4.4Ghz with low temps coupled with a gelid heatsink i also added.

Beej does have a heftier heatsink in his build, if you wanted to drop to an i5K and use that cooler instead I wouldn't blame you. He did however mess up again and spec a 22 speed DVD drive when a 24 is the same price ;)
 
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^ That looks pretty good :) Nice to have a few options.

I did indeed spec the 'wrong' DVD oops :p However, wouldn't that RAM get in the way of the Gelid? So we're even! ;)

Good idea on the Zalman with built in fan controller :)
 
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^ That looks pretty good :) Nice to have a few options.

I did indeed spec the 'wrong' DVD oops :p However, wouldn't that RAM get in the way of the Gelid? So we're even! ;)

Good idea on the Zalman with built in fan controller :)
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I thought it was amazing myself for the same price as yours nigh on lol

I had managed to ninja edit it. The 16GB gold vengenance was in my basket before for colour coding to the gold on the mobo for a previous build. Posted, then noticed the low profile black vengenance would be better alongside an aircooler and works out cheaper too. Well spotted but i did correct the mistake straight away lol

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £379.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Asrock Z77 Extreme4 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £119.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £116.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Gold 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M4X1600C9G) £89.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 920 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM2+/AM3+) £84.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £52.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,310.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).




That extreme 4 loses the USB 3 box so no ports on the front of the Z9 case, i imagine you could find a card reader with USB3 ports if you looked. That keeps the "flashy" gold RAM and the closed loop watercooler will be well clear of the RAMs aggressive heatspreaders. I prefer my previous spec with the LP RAM and aircooler though, just adding another option as you say Beej :)
 
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You might want to remove the link to that site. This is the 'Overclockers UK' forums and they sell stuff, just in case you weren't aware ;)
 
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