Spec me £550 PC

Scon

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Looking for a full pc apart from the GPU which I plan to buy after all these releases and things have settled a little.

I don't need an OS/ODD/CPU cooler or monitor

I am likely to end up overclocking as much as possible and putting in a 670/680 at some point to play games like BF:3 on a 1200p monitor.

Here's my list so far, is there anything you would change?


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £170.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-120G) £79.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £53.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Gold 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9G) £39.95
Total : £512.89 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
in the same boat lol. want a decent computer, but no graphics for now, so I can see what the integrated is capable of first to see if i even need a new one.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Sandisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25) £84.95
1 x Samsung Green 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £53.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUKV2) £52.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail £19.99
Total : £520.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).



opinions aswell please :)
 
Both look solid enough to me, although I would recommend the Crucial M4 SSD rather than either of the ones you two have selected, I say this just because it's a proven solid, reliable unit that's well supported and widely used and does not use a Sandforce controller, these have had some issues to date.

I feel the Xigmatek Asgard II is rather cheap and nasty as far as cases go, you can get a lot more if you can stretch up to 50 odd quid, like the Corsair 300R Scon has chosen or my favourite at this price point, the Fractal Design Core 3000. There is also the BitFenix Shinobi too, which seems well liked, although personally, I prefer the other two I mentioned due to the orientation of the hard drives. However with just an SSD installed, this isn't really a factor I guess.
 
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I'll check out some reviews today on the M4. I'll be water cooling so low profile RAM isn't needed :D
 
 
 
Scon said:
Looking for a full pc apart from the GPU which I plan to buy after all these releases and things have settled a little.

I don't need an OS/ODD/CPU cooler or monitor

I am likely to end up overclocking as much as possible and putting in a 670/680 at some point to play games like BF:3 on a 1200p monitor.

Here's my list so far, is there anything you would change?


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £170.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-120G) £79.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £53.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Gold 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9G) £39.95
Total : £512.89 (includes shipping : FREE).

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SSD to this - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-009-CR&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427

RAM - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-307-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

And finally the Retail CPU has 3 years of warranty, a shiny box+cooler that will add value to it if you sell it on.
 
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