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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (102-B50902-00-AT) Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (102-B50902-00-AT) £336.00
(£292.17) £672.00
(£584.34)
Silverstone Temjin TJ07B-W Aluminium Tower Case with Window - Black (No PSU) Silverstone Temjin TJ07B-W Aluminium Tower Case with Window - Black (No PSU) £287.49
(£249.99) £287.49
(£249.99)
G.Skill Titan 128GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive G.Skill Titan 128GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive £279.44
(£242.99) £279.44
(£242.99)
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £255.29
(£221.99) £255.29
(£221.99)
Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £172.99
(£150.43) £172.99
(£150.43)
Tagan PipeRock TG900-BZ 900w Modular BZ Series Power Supply Tagan PipeRock TG900-BZ 900w Modular BZ Series Power Supply £157.54
(£136.99) £157.54
(£136.99)
OCZ 6GB DDR3 PC3-15000 (3x2GB) Reaper Low-Voltage Triple Channel (OCZ3RPR1866C9LV6GK) OCZ 6GB DDR3 PC3-15000 (3x2GB) Reaper Low-Voltage Triple Channel (OCZ3RPR1866C9LV6GK) £149.98
(£130.42) £149.98
(£130.42)
Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card £126.49
(£109.99) £126.49
(£109.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £83.94
(£72.99) £83.94
(£72.99)
Pioneer BDC-S02BK 5x BluRay-ROM/12x DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM Pioneer BDC-S02BK 5x BluRay-ROM/12x DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £80.49
(£69.99) £80.49
(£69.99)
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (920-000375) Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (920-000375) £54.99
(£47.82) £54.99
(£47.82)
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) £23.99
(£20.86) £23.99
(£20.86)
Sub Total : £2,038.80
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £16.85
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £308.35
Total : £2,364.00
first setup was of 2x GTX295 + intel SSD's and it went well over. This time I cut back a little and saved some money elsewhere so can buy some other games. Not suggesting its the best, but still good and total overkill. O wait he'll need a CPU cooler as well.
Coolermaster V8 CPU Cooler (Socket 940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1366)
The V8 is Coolermaster's new, award-winning cooler designed for any high-performance CPU featuring 4 separate sets of aluminium fins and is linked by 8 diagonal up-rise heat pipes.
Average rating of 4.5 CoolerMaster 10+ in stock £57.49
(£49.99)
Its not what I would normally suggest, but OCuk are out of stock of Thermaltakes and Noctuas