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So my friend wants a gaming build to play most games at high/ultra on 1080p
He has a budget of £1400/£1500 and I have come up with this with a few tweaks of his own.
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £239.99
1 x Asus SonicMaster MX239H 23" Widescreen Ultra Slim Bezel LED Monitor - Black with Bang & Olufsen ICEpower Speakers £203.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £187.99
1 x Asus Z87-PRO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £166.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 850W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020032-UK) £129.95
1 x Intel 520 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £122.99
1 x NZXT KRAKEN X60 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 280mm (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM3+ / FM1) £119.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Gaming Case - White £104.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £64.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £54.95
1 x NZXT FS-200 Enthusiast Silent Case Fan, blue LED - 200mm £13.99
1 x NZXT FZ-140 Airflow Fan Series, Blue LED - 140mm £12.98
1 x NZXT FZ-120 Airflow Fan Series, White LED - 120mm £10.99
1 x NZXT CB-LED10-WT 12x White LED Sleeve - 1m £9.98
1 x NZXT 4 SATA 90 degree data to 4 SATA data cable - White £8.99
Total : £1,476.67 (includes shipping : £19.10).
He is unsure on which screen to get. The one above or a cheaper samsung or perhaps a different one.
He has OS and K&M
What do you think? and what would you change?
EDIT: He is also unsure whether he should wait for the 9000 series graphics cards
He has a budget of £1400/£1500 and I have come up with this with a few tweaks of his own.
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £239.99
1 x Asus SonicMaster MX239H 23" Widescreen Ultra Slim Bezel LED Monitor - Black with Bang & Olufsen ICEpower Speakers £203.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £187.99
1 x Asus Z87-PRO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £166.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 850W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020032-UK) £129.95
1 x Intel 520 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £122.99
1 x NZXT KRAKEN X60 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 280mm (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM3+ / FM1) £119.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Gaming Case - White £104.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £64.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £54.95
1 x NZXT FS-200 Enthusiast Silent Case Fan, blue LED - 200mm £13.99
1 x NZXT FZ-140 Airflow Fan Series, Blue LED - 140mm £12.98
1 x NZXT FZ-120 Airflow Fan Series, White LED - 120mm £10.99
1 x NZXT CB-LED10-WT 12x White LED Sleeve - 1m £9.98
1 x NZXT 4 SATA 90 degree data to 4 SATA data cable - White £8.99
Total : £1,476.67 (includes shipping : £19.10).
He is unsure on which screen to get. The one above or a cheaper samsung or perhaps a different one.
He has OS and K&M
What do you think? and what would you change?
EDIT: He is also unsure whether he should wait for the 9000 series graphics cards
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Could probably just go with 2x200mm in the top to help with the rad