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January 11, 2012 1:08:10 PM

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Next week
BUDGET RANGE: Roughly £600
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, speakers
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: overclockers.co.uk Dabs.com Amazon.co.uk
PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel and Nvidia
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe Open to suggestions
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe Open to suggestions
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Currently have 1280x1024 but want to go 1920x1080

Processor: £179.99 inc Vat

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP...


Motherboard: £128 inc Vat

ASUS 1155 SABERTOOTH P67 REV 3.0 S/L
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004O9YB3A

Memory: £37.49

G-Skill 8GBXL Ripjaws X for Intel Sandybridge Platforms DDR3 PC12800 1600MHz 8GB Kit
http://www.amazon.co.uk/G-Skill-Ripjaws-Sandybridge-Pla...]

Graphics Card: £96.99 inc Vat

EVGA Geforce GTX 550Ti Superclocked
http://www.dabs.com/products/evga-geforce-gtx-550-ti-95...

HDD:
Open for suggestions

Optical:
Open for suggestions

PSU: £69.98 inc Vat

Antec TruePower New Modular 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA... Was one I was looking at

Monitor: £113.99 inc Vat

Asus VE228H 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO...]

Case: £114.98 inc Vat

NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Case - White
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA...] built one of these for a neighbour currenty have an old Thermaltake Xaser Aluminium

Time for a new pc build, current pc is on its last wires, I've listed parts I've been interested in though I'm totally open to any choices, will be for various pc games, films etc all help is appreciated as I still can't make a final decision



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January 11, 2012 1:12:37 PM

Your first two links are not working so people can't see what you're planning to get. It would be better to list the parts and the price so people don't have to click through everything to see.
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January 11, 2012 1:37:20 PM

Fixed links and listed as you suggested Voodoo
January 11, 2012 1:52:47 PM

Check out scan.co.uk, they tend to be a cheaper then overclockers.co.uk and you can get free shipping if you do a bit of research.
Personally I make my list then buy the parts as they come up on scan's today only page over the course of a week. They tend have a gpu day, a cpu/mobo day, etc.

I did this for a £400 system I made for my brother and managed to save about £50 (which I could spend on getting a better gpu).
January 11, 2012 2:02:32 PM

Will take a look thanks for the tip forgot about that site, if you can suggest anything aswell would also be appreciated
January 11, 2012 2:18:46 PM

+1 to scan they always work out cheaper than overclockers.
January 11, 2012 2:26:55 PM

Oh and by the way your own list comes well in excess of £600 ?
January 11, 2012 2:29:58 PM

All from Scan

£145.15
LN36726
Intel Core i5 2500K Unlocked, S1155, Sndy Bridge, Quad, 3.3GHz, HD3000 IGP 850Mhz, 6MB Cache 95W Retail
£145.15 £174.18
£90.68
LN40545
Asus P8Z68-V LE, Intel Z68, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, RAID SATA, PCIe 2.0 (x16), VGA On Board, ATX
£90.68 £108.82
£31.16
LN40235
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance LP Cerulean Blue, PC3-12800 (1600), CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.5V
£31.16 £37.39
£111.68
LN42440
1GB XFX HD 6870, 4200MHz GDDR5, GPU 900MHz, 1120 Cores, EyeFinity, HDMI/ 2x mini DisplayPort/ 2x DVI-I
£111.68 £134.02
£36.95
LN22762
Antec 300 Three Hundred, Black Mid Tower Ultimate Gaming Case w/o PSU (New Version)
£36.95 £44.34
£45.60
LN35693
600W PSU, Corsair Builder Series CMPSU-600CXv2UK, 80% Eff', 80 PLUS, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX v2.3
£45.60 £54.72
£11.29
LN39293
Samsung WriteMaster SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±R, 12x DVD±R, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, SATA, Black, OEM
£11.29 £13.55
£54.59
LN40846
500GB Seagate ST500DM002 Barracuda SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.5ms, NCQ
£54.59 £65.51
£96.22
LN36525
22" Viewsonic VX2239WM Black HDMI/DVI/VGA 1920x1080, 100,000:1, 300 cd/m², 2ms Speakers
£96.22 £115.46

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£623.32
£13.98
£127.47
Total£764.77
January 11, 2012 2:38:31 PM

Thanks for all that list Uther and did say roughly £600 was open to above or below
January 11, 2012 2:47:35 PM

Ok heres my quick run down

Processor: i5-2500K
- Great for the money and ideal for your budget.

Motherboard: ASUS 1155 SABERTOOTH P67 REV 3.0 S/L - I'm not upto date on the 1155 mobo's, but this one seems a little gimmicky to me. I've been hearing great things about the H76 boards.

Memory: G-Skill 8GBXL Ripjaws X for Intel Sandybridge Platforms DDR3 PC12800 1600MHz 8GB Kit - Decent ram, decent price.

Graphics Card: EVGA Geforce GTX 550Ti Superclocked - For your budget I'd spend a little more and get something like a 6850 or 6870. For a £600 budget I'd be looking in the £150 range.

HDD: I'm a fan of the Samsung F3. However with the current prices I'd be temped to buy a ssd for the boot drive and use an old hdd for storage.

Optical: Which ever is cheapest and matches the case.

PSU: Antec TruePower New Modular 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - good pick, scan has it £10 cheaper.

Monitor: Asus VE228H 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - I'll admit my knowledge of monitors isn't the best. I'll let someone else advise you on this.

Case: NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Case - The case is mainly down to personal preference. If I was going to drop that much on a case it would have to be something like the Antec P183. Its a massive chuck of your budget....
January 11, 2012 6:08:44 PM

Hi :) 

Did you forget to add an OS to that pricing ?

All the best Brett :) 
!