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CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£227.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£75.02 @ Scan.co.uk)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste (£11.27 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£151.97 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£126.94 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£82.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£135.88 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£365.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT Phantom 630 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case (£89.59 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£78.90 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-16D1HT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer (£69.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: Intel 7260HMWDTX1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£44.37 @ PC World Business)
Total: £1510.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-18 10:59 BST+0100)
I shall now give a rational for all the parts that i have selected.
Cpu) Its the same, the i7-4770K is a great Cpu
Cpu Cooler) The Noctua Nh-d15 has great performance for air cooling, so im sticking with it.
Thermal Compound) Arctic sliver is great.
Motherboard) I went with the VII Hero instead of the VI Hero because the VII hero is about the same price and supports 4th and 5th generation intel CPUs
RAM) The trident X is cheaper and has lower CAS Latency, SO Win-Win.
Storage) The 840EVO uses TLC flash, which has lower endurance ( which means that it can be written/read to a fewer number of times than MLC flash. So i went with the Crucial M500 which has MLC flash. HDD is the same. WD's Caviar Blacks are great.
Graphics card) The 780ti costs much more than a 780, so i kept the 780.
Case) IMO, i think that you really don't need a beast of a case, so i went with the phantom 630. If you like the looks of the HAF X, go with it. The case is very personal.
PSU) That psu is great for the money.
Optical drive) Good blu-ray drive.
OS) Everest trading is selling win 7 pro 64 bit on amazon for 49 bucks, so its a good idea to buy it now. You can also buy the one that is sold by stop_computer for 59 bucks and it is fulfilled by amazon.
Wireless network adapter) Great adapter, i've used it myself.