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I have an £800 budget, SSD is not a priority, I'd rather have a better graphics card and no SSD, but if you can fit one in nicely then do so. Thanks! :)
 
Hi, didnt know if you needed any peripherals or an os, ive specced the tower only. Included the ssd you want, a 560ti, 8gb ram, the reason i put an 850w psu in there is because the mobo supports sli, so in the future you can sli 560's for 580 beating performance.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £137.99
1 x XFX 850W Black Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £122.99
1 x MSI P67A-G45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £89.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 400R Midi Tower Case - Black £79.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £41.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.98
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
1 x LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £798.86 (includes shipping : FREE).
 
Sorry I forgot to mention that I don't need any peripherals or an os! I'd like a GPU with 2gigs of vram and a Bitfenix Shinobi case etc would do me fine to save a bit of cash. Thanks
 
there we go, changed the case for you to shinobi, put a 6950 2gb in there, still got the 850w psu, gold certified one. down to 4gb of ram but will make near no difference in reality. didnt have to lose the ssd either.


YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £205.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.98
1 x MSI P67A-G45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £89.98
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £74.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £41.99
1 x G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL) £29.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
1 x LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £803.87 (includes shipping : FREE).
 
@danewesley: You linked the GTX560 not the GTX560ti. The non-ti is not worth the money. Also the case is expensive and the PSU is over the top even for OCed SLI.

I suggest you go for this case and PSU combo when its back in stock.

Or the bitfenix case you suggest and this (also out of stock, Damn!)

You don't need more than 750W.

On the GPU a 6950 2Gb will be perfect.
 
oops! my mistake for the 560, i would never spec a none ti model. apologies for that. i know 850w is over the top but myself and 2 people i know, have all had to upgrade psu's because of upgrades/lack of connectors. i think for £20 it is better to invest in an 80plus gold rated 850w psu.
 
danewesley said:
there we go, changed the case for you to shinobi, put a 6950 2gb in there, still got the 850w psu, gold certified one. down to 4gb of ram but will make near no difference in reality. didnt have to lose the ssd either.


YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £205.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.98
1 x MSI P67A-G45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** £89.98
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £74.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £41.99
1 x G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL) £29.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
1 x LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £803.87 (includes shipping : FREE).
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would say z68 mb rather than a p67 one

single card(i.e. no sli/xfire): http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

sli/xfire: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-368-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £224.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black £94.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £85.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £41.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.98
1 x LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £813.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).



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Add a 560ti 2GB (or go 6950 2GB), SSD and CPU cooler later.
 
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You should be able to yes, depending on the actual chip itself, it might not need as many volts or it might need more etc, it depends on a lot of factors but i think 4.5 is pretty simple to achieve on most 2500k's
 
you put it off too long as the prices of the hdd have gone up by £10-£15 for the 1tb(e.g where £40-£45 now £50-£60) and from whats been said likely to go up further.

oliver renault spec looks good tho some changes you could make/price differences since he posted it last week.

the cpu is upto £185 almos £20 increase tho the £168 was a 'this week only' offer I believe tho the normal price was £170-£180 so the upwards trend of the i2500k on ocuk has continued.

mb is upto £134, if you can do without the pci-e 3.0 compatibility have a look at the 2 gigabyte boards I suggested(dependent on if you want sli in future or not).

if you want pci-e 3.0 support then http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-191-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990 seems to be the one stulid has beem suggesting in other threads.

the graphics card is down to £210(till tuesday night, goes back up wednesday morning)

the ram is now £48, you could change it to http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-311-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

the hard disk is upto £63, me and others would suggest http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1665

not sure how much extra performance the sata 3 of the segate gives over the sata 2 in 'real life' use. either way the price of both is the same so just pick one or the other. or if you have external hard disk/nas/etc for storage you could get 500gb to save some money, the 500gb seagate is £48

casewise you could drop it to the shinobi if you wanted to save money(or if due to the price increases elsewhere the budget is being stretched).

psu have a look at http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18332109
not modular tho its very cheap(not sure exactly how chearful but ace modder seems to think its good for the price)

I can't be bothered to total it up :)

p.s. stulid has been suspended so don't expect to hear from him at the moment, not sure how long the suspension is.
 
fowler002 said:
you put it off too long as the prices of the hdd have gone up by £10-£15 for the 1tb(e.g where £40-£45 now £50-£60) and from whats been said likely to go up further.

oliver renault spec looks good tho some changes you could make/price differences since he posted it last week.

the cpu is upto £185 almos £20 increase tho the £168 was a 'this week only' offer I believe tho the normal price was £170-£180 so the upwards trend of the i2500k on ocuk has continued.

mb is upto £134, if you can do without the pci-e 3.0 compatibility have a look at the 2 gigabyte boards I suggested(dependent on if you want sli in future or not).

if you want pci-e 3.0 support then http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-191-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990 seems to be the one stulid has beem suggesting in other threads.

the graphics card is down to £210(till tuesday night, goes back up wednesday morning)

the ram is now £48, you could change it to http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-311-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

the hard disk is upto £63, me and others would suggest http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1665

not sure how much extra performance the sata 3 of the segate gives over the sata 2 in 'real life' use. either way the price of both is the same so just pick one or the other. or if you have external hard disk/nas/etc for storage you could get 500gb to save some money, the 500gb seagate is £48

casewise you could drop it to the shinobi if you wanted to save money(or if due to the price increases elsewhere the budget is being stretched).

psu have a look at http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18332109
not modular tho its very cheap(not sure exactly how chearful but ace modder seems to think its good for the price)

I can't be bothered to total it up :)

p.s. stulid has been suspended so don't expect to hear from him at the moment, not sure how long the suspension is.
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Thank you very much. Sorry to take up so much of your time! I will get it ordered before the prices change again. Thanks :)
 
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