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Erich Kriegler

Erich Kriegler

Erich Kriegler

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Is there anything I could save money on or is there anything that is worth spending more on?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Samsung S22A200B 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £95.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £53.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £50.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733) £10.98
1 x Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £5.99
Total : £738.77 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 
If it's within your budget i'd spend more on the mobo, so you can Overclock the 3570k, unleashing it's fully potential.

A Z77 Motherboard
Gelid Tranquillo Cooler
OCZ 550W PSU.

Should cost an extra £50, all in all.

If you don't want to Overclock, it looks great.
 
Will you be wanting to overclock. And why not go for the Dual Fan edition of the 6850 which is slightly cheaper?
 
It'll be for playing games such as minecraft and a few others that aren't too demanding.

Also would it be worth getting that CPU or getting a cheaper one?
 
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If you are willing to try to tinker with it a bit this will give you a very nice system. It should give you a good overclock of at least 4.2GHz without having to fiddle around with it too much. Still for light gaming it is a bit on the overkill side, but we like that :).

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Samsung S22A200B 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £95.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £52.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £26.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733) £10.98
1 x Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £5.99
Total : £772.85 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Fire_fly said:
If you are willing to try to tinker with it a bit this will give you a very nice system. It should give you a good overclock of at least 4.2GHz without having to fiddle around with it too much. Still for light gaming it is a bit on the overkill side, but we like that :).

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Samsung S22A200B 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £95.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £52.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £26.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733) £10.98
1 x Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £5.99
Total : £772.85 (includes shipping : FREE).

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Fire_fly said:
If you are willing to try to tinker with it a bit this will give you a very nice system. It should give you a good overclock of at least 4.2GHz without having to fiddle around with it too much. Still for light gaming it is a bit on the overkill side, but we like that :).

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Samsung S22A200B 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £95.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £52.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £26.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733) £10.98
1 x Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £5.99
Total : £772.85 (includes shipping : FREE).

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Fire_fly said:
If you are willing to try to tinker with it a bit this will give you a very nice system. It should give you a good overclock of at least 4.2GHz without having to fiddle around with it too much. Still for light gaming it is a bit on the overkill side, but we like that :).

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Samsung S22A200B 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £95.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £52.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £26.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733) £10.98
1 x Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £5.99
Total : £772.85 (includes shipping : FREE).

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+ delivery ;)

At 250 posts he will qualify for free delivery

How to get free P&P

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Samsung S22A200B 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 "Dual Fan Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £40.00
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733) £10.98
1 x Logitech S96 PS/2 Optical Wheel Mouse Black - OEM (953688-1600) £5.99
Total : £739.78 (includes shipping : £19.10).



Using the developers copy of windows 8 is an option to save money now (to buy even better kit). The OS can be bought later once windows 8 is officially released (with free P&P we hope).

The Z77 mobo not only allows overclocking but the lucid virtu software uses the IGP to boost the dedicated GPU and switch between the two depending on what's required.

Price seemed to be a concern so I have balanced the spec to the original price. More RAM, better heatsink etc etc can be added later as I suggested with the OS. Hope this helps, look forward to seeing what you settle on. A build log would be nice (with pics) and would definately improve your post count :)
 
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