£900 Gaming System - Need monitor - would like small case

Zynch

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Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: this week (the closer the better)

Budget Range: 900-1050 (£) Including monitor

System Usage from Most to Least Important: (e.g.: gaming, Downloading video (a few Gigs per day) secondary system - doesn't need i7 (primary does compression etc) must have an SSD or SSDH for fast data transfer

Are you buying a monitor: Yes / No
max £150 of budget to be spent on monitor.


Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts:Amazon UK, Ebuyer, overclockers

Location: Scotland - Nearest PC store doesn't sell anything up-to-date; most recent component is a 7770

Parts Preferences: by brand or type (e.g.: I would like to upgrade to Intel CPU)
Preferably intel, Must be in either the Phenom mini or Micro (case)

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Probably not

Your Monitor Resolution: Would want to get a 1920x1080p monitor

I was thinking of the Gigabyte GA-Z77N-WIFI with an EVGA 760 as a starting point but am open to alternative solutions

 
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Mini beast with lots of overclocking -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£75.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£91.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£39.15 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£73.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.38 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card:...

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Mini beast with lots of overclocking -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£75.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£91.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£39.15 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£73.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.38 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£249.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case (£69.95 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£76.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.15 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Dell S2340L 60Hz 23.0" Monitor (£147.49 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1052.40
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-12 01:12 BST+0100)
 
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