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Hey, my computer died so decided to build a new one, my budget is £700 but as you can see im slightly over, i have no interest in overclocking etc so tell me what you guys think.

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Not bad, I would change a few things though:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X PLUS Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with Battlefield 3, Dirt 3 & Deus Ex PC Games** £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
1 x MSI Z68A-G43-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £86.58
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £83.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £24.98
Total : £712.49 (includes shipping : FREE).



Better motherboard - capable of the next intel CPU, PSU will handle another 6950, CPU OEM + cooler is almost the same price and will run quieter than stock.
 
R088ieS86 said:
Not bad, I would change a few things though:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X PLUS Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with Battlefield 3, Dirt 3 & Deus Ex PC Games** £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
1 x MSI Z68A-G43-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £86.58
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £83.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £24.98
Total : £712.49 (includes shipping : FREE).



Better motherboard - capable of the next intel CPU, PSU will handle another 6950, CPU OEM + cooler is almost the same price and will run quieter than stock.
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cheers fella, your input is appreciated :-) i shalt update my basket!
 
Do get that MSI board, stick to the Gigabyte, reviews prove its the best board for its price,

http://www.kitguru.net/components/m...-z68ap-d3-z68-review-bargain-buy-of-the-year/
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/gigabyte_ga_z68ap_d3_review,1.html
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc...herboards/gigabyte-ga-z68ap-d3-1026263/review
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2011/10/11/gigabyte-ga-z68ap-d3-review/1

Also theres no need to get that expensive PSU just to go Crossfire when the motherboards are no good at Crossfire as they are stuck at 16X/4X instead of symmetrically do it at the better 8X/8X
 
stulid said:
Do get that MSI board, stick to the Gigabyte, reviews prove its the best board for its price,

http://www.kitguru.net/components/m...-z68ap-d3-z68-review-bargain-buy-of-the-year/
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/gigabyte_ga_z68ap_d3_review,1.html
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc...herboards/gigabyte-ga-z68ap-d3-1026263/review
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2011/10/11/gigabyte-ga-z68ap-d3-review/1

Also theres no need to get that expensive PSU just to go Crossfire when the motherboards are no good at Crossfire as they are stuck at 16X/4X instead of symmetrically do it at the better 8X/8X
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i will read over the stuff and no doubt follow your advice, cheers
 
Also are your current drives SATA or IDE connection?

How about some cheaper 8Gb RAM - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-060-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517 - and just use the stock intel heatsink that comes supplied with the retail CPU as you did say you had no interest in overclockng (but the stock heatsink is fine to about 4GHz anyways:), the retail CPU also has a 3 vs 1 year warranty.


I think apart from the RAM I would leave your spec as it was, even the Antec100 case is much better quality than the Bitfenix.
 
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stulid said:
Also are your current drives SATA or IDE connection?

How about some cheaper 8Gb RAM - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-060-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517 - and just use the stock intel heatsink that comes supplied with the retail CPU as you did say you had no interest in overclockng (but the stock heatsink is fine to about 4GHz anyways:), the retail CPU also has a 3 vs 1 year warranty.


I think apart from the RAM I would leave your spec as it was, even the Antec100 case is much better quality than the Bitfenix.
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current drive is SATA
 
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