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aob

aob

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Haven't built anything since late 2007! Well overdue an upgrade :D

So is everything look okay here? any changes/recommendations? Is the PSU sufficient? Case fit the GPU?
Don't need SLI, will be gaming at 1080p, and already have some spare high storage HDDs

Budget is around £780

EDIT: Spec updated
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Minus £20 promo for the cooolmaster case/psu combo brings total to £795

Thanks for any input/help
 
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i would spend the money youve put towards the second case on a better PSU (like the antec truepower 650W modular) and the MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 Intel Z68

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also, go for the kingston 2x4GB kit, rather than the 4x2GB kit you have right now. it leaves room for upgrading, and helps with overclocking

you might want to consider the coolermaster HAF912 thats on offer for £50, because what im recommending you do allows you to get another graphics card in SLI as a future upgrade, but it would get mighty warm in the elite 430 if you did
 
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You have 2 cases in your spec , lol, i would sugest you get the retail 2500k as it has 3 years warrentry , oem has one year. Do you plan to go sli in the future?
 
Reaper 392 said:
i would spend the money youve put towards the second case on a better PSU (like the antec truepower 650W modular) and the MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 Intel Z68

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also, go for the kingston 2x4GB kit, rather than the 4x2GB kit you have right now. it leaves room for upgrading, and helps with overclocking

you might want to consider the coolermaster HAF912 thats on offer for £50, because what im recommending you do allows you to get another graphics card in SLI as a future upgrade, but it would get mighty warm in the elite 430 if you did
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Whoops, case was a mistake! Changed the memory, thanks! won't be going SLI in the future. Would like to get a Cooler Master HAF 912, just bit too pricey for my budget at £70 unfortunately.


mickyflinn said:
You have 2 cases in your spec , lol, i would sugest you get the retail 2500k as it has 3 years warrentry , oem has one year. Do you plan to go sli in the future?
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Haha, totally missed that, second case was a mistake, ooh good call on the warranty, changed. Won't be going SLI at all.
 
aob said:
ooh, thanks, I'll look into that option then and maybe pair it with HAF 912
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if your using the 560Ti i would not recommend the 500W version of that PSU because it has quite low power on the 12V line. get the 600W version.

also, the coolermaster HAF912 is only £50 ;)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF 912 Case - Black £49.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £26.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £804.44 (includes shipping : £10.50).



use the CMDOUBLE voucher code to get £20 off so £784

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18347004

the 2gb vram on the 560ti is better for bf3 etc

before we get the retail has 3yrs warranty brigade its also £18 more expensive which would put this even more over budget, would have to drop the 3rd party cooler to bring it back down.

aob you've currently got the non-k i2500 in your spec, you can't overclock that. the retail i2500k is £180.
 
Thanks for the replies, I've updated the spec, will be doing some light overclocking, deffo want the 3 year warranties cause of past experiences and want the build to last 2-3 years. Would the 2GB 560Ti be worth the extra money? I'll be gaming at 1080p

Trying to get best bang for buck, if not many present/future games take advantage of it I might stick with the Asus 1GB 560Ti
 
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I would say at least 1.5gb of ram should be minimum. Games can easily use more than 1gb of ram these days, especially when you turn up AA and other effects. Even at 1080p :)
 
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