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Approximate Purchase Date: 4-5 months from now.

Budget Range: 1000€-1500€

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming

Parts Not Required: Monitor, speakers, mouse, keyboards.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: www.overclockers.co.uk or www.ultramalta.com

Country: Malta (middle of mediterranean.

Parts Preferences: I am getting a fulltower case either http://www.ultramalta.com/Cooler-Master-HAF-X-Ultra-Gam... or http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?C=1400&ID=18..., I'll let you guys advice which are the best brands on parts.

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Not at the moment but will think about it

Monitor Resolution: I don't know :/ 

Additional Comments: I'd like a quiet PC and I was thinking of watercooling if it's not hard to do.

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chipspalmiz said:
Just wanted to ask if the watercooling is not expensive or not?


It can be, I just wouldn't recommend going that route if it's your first system - air is a lot safer and can often give you the same or better results.

If you're not planning on buying 4 - 5 months from now, come back then because the landscape will be completely different with Ivy and more Keppler / Pitcarin cards on the horizon.
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hconduc said:
around 20-50 bucks more expensive then high end cpu air coolers, so that maybe around 10-30 euros


Yeah but that's just for a closed liquid loop like the H100 - a custom radiator loop can run anywhere from $300 - $1100.

g-unit1111 said:
Yeah but that's just for a closed liquid loop like the H100 - a custom radiator loop can run anywhere from $300 - $1100.


Right On, But i doubt he would go into that since his budget is around 1500-2500. But I could be wrong

hconduc said:
Right On, But i doubt he would go into that since his budget is around 1500-2500. But I could be wrong


If it's your first time I would never recommend liquid cooling - if you have lots of experience and want to try it, I'm not stopping you.

Ivy Bridge cpu's are due out April 29th.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5626/ivy-bridge-preview-c... <---- Ivy Bridge cpu review with benchmarks



http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-680-overclock... <----- Overclocking the gtx 680 w/benchmarks



This build allows you to add another one of those cards later on in SLI.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA... £92.99 inc VAT - £77.49 ex VAT
Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black [CC-9011012-WW]

This XFX psu down below is manufactured by Seasonic as are all XFX psu's and the mid and upper tier Corsair psu's.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA... £109.99 inc VAT - £91.66 ex VAT
XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply [P1-850B-NLG9]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB... £119.98 inc VAT - £99.98 ex VAT
Asrock Z77 Extreme4 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard [90-MXGKX0-A0UAYZ]

http://pcper.com/news/Processors/Intel-Ivy-Bridge-Proce... $225 USD
Intel i7-3750K Ivy Bridge CPU 3.4Ghz

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS... £26.99 inc VAT - £22.49 ex VAT
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) [RR-212E-16PK-R1]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY... £39.95 inc VAT - £33.29 ex VAT
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) [CML8GX3M2A1600C9]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD... £19.99 inc VAT - £16.66 ex VAT
Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD... £77.99 inc VAT - £64.99 ex VAT
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) [ST1000DM003]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD... £115.99 inc VAT - £96.66 ex VAT
Kingston 120GB SSDNow V+200 Drive - (SVP200S3/120G) [SVP200S3/120G]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX... £429.95 inc VAT - £358.29 ex VAT
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [GV-N680OC-2GD]



This board down below supports Wi-Fi and firewire.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB... £143.99 inc VAT - £119.99 ex VAT
Asus P8Z77-V Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard [90-MIBHZ0-G0EAY0DZ]

And if you want to bring your temps down even more, then look at this cooler. It's one of the top rated air coolers atm.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS... £35.99 inc VAT - £29.99 ex VAT
Asus P8Z77-V Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard [90-MIBHZ0-G0EAY0DZ]

http://www.corsair.com/pc-cases/carbide-series-pc-case/... <---- a better look at that case

g-unit1111 said:
Yeah but that's just for a closed liquid loop like the H100 - a custom radiator loop can run anywhere from $300 - $1100.

Actually, it is from 100-1100 dollars. The Rasa kit is a great WC kit.

g-unit1111 said:
It can be, I just wouldn't recommend going that route if it's your first system - air is a lot safer and can often give you the same or better results.

If you're not planning on buying 4 - 5 months from now, come back then because the landscape will be completely different with Ivy and more Keppler / Pitcarin cards on the horizon.


Thank you, I'll go without then. It will be in 4-5 months, kinda saving up right now.

g-unit1111 said:
If it's your first time I would never recommend liquid cooling - if you have lots of experience and want to try it, I'm not stopping you.


So how does one gain experience ? Just a bunch of reading how to's DIY

hconduc said:
So how does one gain experience ? Just a bunch of reading how to's DIY

For the most part, yes. We recommend that individuals looking to watercool their computers have a complete understanding of what is going on before they make a single purchase. Even though you don't have any hands-on experience (which people like myself need, as tactile learners), you have at least a basic theoretical understand of how the loop works and how your cooling works. Putting together the whole system...that's a whole other thing... ;) 

I wouldn't recommend it either for a first build. Unless you truly understand how all of the computer is assembled and laid out, it would be a bit overwhelming to immediately disassemble GPUs without ever having handled one prior. It increases the chances for mistakes, especially the big ones.

@boiler1990 Good logical input, Yea I still havn't build a computer yet myself, will be doing so in the near future though. Still doing research and waiting for components to come out and then read once again. The Internet is a wonderful invention and place to daze out and get lost in thousands of articles :D 

I'll definitely do quiet a bit of research to see what goes on and the purpose of each part and installation processes just for my own good
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