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alphaomega16

alphaomega16

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Does anyone see anything that might be a problem with this new build, any conflicts in hardware and such.

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This machine is for a friend who lives about 400 miles from me and he has never built a PC before, is there a service to build a system with custom selected components. The custom machines you can customize lack a lot of the things I have selected for him.
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2409HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £40.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,020.74 (includes shipping : £19.10).



If it's for gaming the i5K 3570K is more than enough. I didn't include a heatsink as fitting the stock heatsink would be easier for him on his first build, should he want to attempt it.

PSU is modular is a great price on offer and has enough juice to power a second 7850. Case is another great bargain with 4 120mm fans, fan controller and digital temp display with cable management.

Z77 mobo that supports SLI/Xfire properly at a good price. Still has lucid MVP so will provide a boost to the GPU. The 7850 GPU has more VRAM and they overclock very well.
I used 8GB of low profile RAM as the stuff with the aggressive heatspreaders can be a pain to fit under aftermarket heatsinks.

Same SSD but i managed to include a 2TB eco storage drive aswell. Hope this helps, any questions feel free to ask :)

p.s overclocking the CPU is very very easy to do. On the stock heatsink i would expect he could get to 4ghz, i'll list a nice budget heatsink he could add if he wanted to go further

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-086-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395
 
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honosuseri said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2409HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £40.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,020.74 (includes shipping : £19.10).



If it's for gaming the i5K 3570K is more than enough. I didn't include a heatsink as fitting the stock heatsink would be easier for him on his first build, should he want to attempt it.

PSU is modular is a great price on offer and has enough juice to power a second 7850. Case is another great bargain with 4 120mm fans, fan controller and digital temp display with cable management.

Z77 mobo that supports SLI/Xfire properly at a good price. Still has lucid MVP so will provide a boost to the GPU. The 7850 GPU has more VRAM and they overclock very well.
I used 8GB of low profile RAM as the stuff with the aggressive heatspreaders can be a pain to fit under aftermarket heatsinks.

Same SSD but i managed to include a 2TB eco storage drive aswell. Hope this helps, any questions feel free to ask :)

p.s overclocking the CPU is very very easy to do. On the stock heatsink i would expect he could get to 4ghz, i'll list a nice budget heatsink he could add if he wanted to go further

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-086-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395
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I did say to him if he wanted to save go for the i5 as the performance difference imo isnt worth the jump in price but he wanted to stick with the i7.

He has hard drives he can salvage from his current machine, I just added the SSD as an OS drive and slow to load programs.

I also opted for the nvidia as I am familiar with its software if he runs into any issues I can help him out and I myself have found it rather easy to use.

Regarding the case I think I like that one more and I am quite surprised at the price, its very nice and will let him see that one if he wants to change it over.

Ill also give him a link to this thread so he can have a gander, I am just getting some build suggestions atm and wanted to make sure there wont be any compatability issues.

Thank you very much for the reply, ill give him the low down on suggestions and see what he says.

He may even sign up and ask some questions if OC dont do a build service for custom parts orders.
 
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