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[mmsmm]

I would like to play games on highest settings comfortably (BF3, Skyrim etc)

My budget isn't too strict but i would like to be about £1000

anyway this is what i have came up with so far

Also am not going to overclock but want to leave the possibility open for the future and have got a high psu for upgrades in the future.

Case: Fractal Design Core 3000 ATX Case
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/fractal-design-core-3000-mid-tower-performance-case-w-o-psu
£51.58

MOBO: Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 S1155 Motherboard
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asu [...] -board-atx
£149.62

CPU: Intel CPU Core i5 Unlocked 2500K Sandy Bridge Quad Core Processor
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/int [...] 95w-retail
£167.98

PSU: Corsair CMPSU-850AXUK Professional Series Gold AX 850W Modular Power Supply
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/850 [...] ps-12v-qui
£149.82

GPU: XFX HD 6970 2Gb ATI AMD Radeon Graphics Card
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb [...] i-dvi-hdmi
£287.63

RAM: Corsair Memory Vengeance Black 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz CAS 9 XMP Dual Channel Desktop
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-%282x4gb%29-corsair-ddr3-vengeance-jet-black-pc3-12800-%281600%29-non-ecc-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-150v
£47.76

HDD: Samsung 1Tb Spinpoint F3
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb [...] e-89ms-ncq
£44.87

SSD: Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/64g [...] ew-version
£78.77

TOTAL PRICE: £990.99

+ ill get dvd drive and windows 7 i get free for being student.

May or may not get the fan for the CPU yet, might just get it when i decide to overclock

 

[ARchamps]

Good build. You might as well add on the cooler now, rather than having to clean off the old paste from the stock cooler. The CM 212+ is a pretty popular choice and isn't expensive.

Edit --> Link http://www.scan.co.uk/products/coolermaster-hyper-212-plus-4-heat-pipes-direct-contact-with-120mm-quiet-fan-lga775-1155-1156-1366-a

 

[calguyhunk]

Yep, nothing in here I'll change apart from the SSD. Get a 128 GB one if budget permits. Otherwise, as we've already discussed, looks like you're good to go

 

[billybobser]

look set to go, all quality components, and you should follow your own advice with a cpu cooler.

Else there was no point in having the K version of the i2500

You could also consider a few quiet fans for the case to assist in cooling your 6970. Since it'll make some noise I imagine.

 

[mmsmm]

Yep, nothing in here I'll change apart from the SSD. Get a 128 GB one if budget permits. Otherwise, as we've already discussed, looks like you're good to go

On SCAN.co.uk A 128GB is £100 more. Is it really worth it? all im really worried about is the OS and a few apps i regularly use

 

[mmsmm]

look set to go, all quality components, and you should follow your own advice with a cpu cooler.

Else there was no point in having the K version of the i2500

You could also consider a few quiet fans for the case to assist in cooling your 6970. Since it'll make some noise I imagine.

How many fans would you recommend
My case supports 7 fans


• A total of 7 fan slots (1x 120mm + 1x 140mm in front, 2x 120/140mm in top, 1x 120mm in bottom, 1x 120mm in rear, 1x 120/140mm in side panel)

and use fans in which slots?

 

[calguyhunk]

Try to get 140 mms where applicable. That way, you'll be able to run the thing without sounding like a jumbo jet taking off.

Front and bottom intakes, top and rear exhausts i'd think.

 

[calguyhunk]

On SCAN.co.uk A 128GB is £100 more. Is it really worth it? all im really worried about is the OS and a few apps i regularly use

Those things are way too expensive - even more so outside the US. If the difference is that much, I'd say no, not worth it. But 100 quids matter differently to different people, I suppose. So to each his own

 

[mmsmm]

Try to get 140 mms where applicable. That way, you'll be able to run the thing without sounding like a jumbo jet taking off.

Front and bottom intakes, top and rear exhausts i'd think.

How many exhausts, how many intakes?

 

[calguyhunk]

Look, if you're not OC'ing, just get 1 each of front, rear and top.

Doesn't say it in the specs, but from the pics, it looks as though your case has a bottom mount for the Power Supply. So get the bottom intake as well if you want to.

As for the rest of 'em - you can get 'em if you can tolerate the buzz/whine, but I'll stop at 4 at least for now.

Sorry for repeating, but get 140 where applicable so that you can run 'em at a comparatively lower RPM for efficient cooling.

 

[mmsmm]

What RPM would you suggest?

 

[mmsmm]

Look, if you're not OC'ing, just get 1 each of front, rear and top.

Doesn't say it in the specs, but from the pics, it looks as though your case has a bottom mount for the Power Supply. So get the bottom intake as well if you want to.

As for the rest of 'em - you can get 'em if you can tolerate the buzz/whine, but I'll stop at 4 at least for now.

Sorry for repeating, but get 140 where applicable so that you can run 'em at a comparatively lower RPM for efficient cooling.

• Three fans included (1x 140mm in front, 1x 120mm in rear and 1x 140mm in top)

will that do for now before i OC?

 

[calguyhunk]

will that do for now before i OC?

I thought you said you're not gonna OC

Either way, just use it as it is for the time being, monitor the temps for now and then decide accordingly.

What RPM would you suggest?

Fan controllers come with the case. You can buy them separately. Default settings would in all probability be in your BIOS.

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P.S- The newegg (US) version of the fractal design case seems to come with 3 fans as you say, but the one listed on scan.uk specifically says "no fan included".

 

[mmsmm]

Ok thanks and im not going to OC but want to leave the possibility open, so maybe be when i know a lot more about computing