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New build gaming/general purpose pc (£1000 = $1500)

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Approximate Purchase Date: this week (the cash is burning a hole in my dam pocket!)

Budget Range: £1000 (inc shipping and tax) or $1500 if your over the pond

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, movies, music, browsing, etc

Are you buying a monitor: No: no peripherals. using old pc until pay day next month when i will buy a monitor (24") and wireless keyboard and mouse

Parts to Upgrade: all new

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Please note that if you're using an OEM license of Windows, you will need a new one when buying a new motherboard.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: (overclockers.co.uk, scan.co.uk, amazon.co.uk, ebuyer.co.uk)

Location: Highlands of Scotland nearest city is Inverness (45mins). Live in the back of beyond!

Parts Preferences: intel cpu and nvida gpu, planning sticking to major brands like corsair and kingston for the other parts too

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire:No

Your Monitor Resolution: using an old dell one but upgrading to the ASUS VS247H 24" (unless someone suggests a better alternative as im not too hot on monitors)

Additional Comments: planning on playing a heap of games (darksiders 2, guild wars 2, diablo, etc)

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: my old pc is knackered and takes forever to do anything! and i cant play any games anymore.

Include a list of any parts you have already selected with descriptively labeled links for parts. Please do not post only links.

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CASE
NZXT Switch 810 Gunmetal Full Tower
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/nzxt-switch-810-gunmetal...

PROCESSOR
Intel i5 3570k
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Generation-i5-3570K-3-40G...

GPU
nVida GTX 560 Ti
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX...

CPU COOLER
Corsair H100
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-h100-hydro-serie...

MOTHERBOARD
Asus P8Z77-V LX
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-p8z77-v-lx-intel-z7...

RAM
Corsair Vengence 8GB 1600MHz DDR3
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9-1600MH...

PSU
Corsair 750w
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMPSU-750TXV2UK-Enthusi...

STORAGE
Agility 3 120GB SSD
http://www.amazon.co.uk/OCZ-AGT3-25SAT3-120G-Agility-12...

SOFTWARE
Windows 7 pro
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/31689571/Microsoft-Window...{WINDOWS%207}+c{420}+c{3265}+&ob=4&urlrefer=search

OPTICAL Drive
LG GH24NS90
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/lg-gh24ns90-24x-dvdr-12x...

WIRELESS CARD
Edimax EW-7722In 300Mbps
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/edimax-ew-7722in-300mbps...

Will be buying a HDD (1/2 tb), new peripherals and some mods later but cash is tight so leaving them for now
Will also be attempting an overclock too (hopefully not too difficult). will my h100 and the three default fans in the nzxt case cover my cooling for now?

Please let me know your thoughts as im new to new builds and hope ive not overlooked anything
cheers in advance folks

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Personally i would get a different case, no need for a full tower in my opinion and it could save you some money.

Spend the saved money on getting a better GPU like 660ti or HD7850.

I wouldnt bother with water cooling unless you want to do heavy OC'ing, something like a hyper 212 evo would be fine.

RAM i would make sure to get the low profile vengeance rather than the ones listed.

Would suggest a different SSD but it seems a good price, i imagine selling off stock to make room for the '4' model.

Wireless card i wouldnt bother with and look into Powerline so you could run a wired connection.

You've overlooked the most important part of a gaming system.The graphics card.
Nvidia has nothing good to offer at this price range really.
You should buy either a HD 7870 or a HD 7950.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX...

And you should definetly switch the CPU cooelr to a Dark Rock 2 Pro
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS...
It's a bit inferior to the H100 in pure cooling performance but the Dark Rock unlike the Corsair runs very silently.

You should also buy low profile RAM to avoide clearance problems.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-ddr3-vengeance-jet-black-lp-pc3-12800-(1600)-non-ecc-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-15v
This kit right here is superior to the vengeance kit you chose in every way.

thanks.
will change the cooler, ram and graphics card.
I have no clue about the graphics cards. is it worth spending a bit more to get a better one? could probably stretch to £300 ish if it will make a vast improvement? always gone cheap on graphics cards so don't know what difference I will actually see. I can see on performance graphs but that's hard to imagine what it would actually mean on my screen. if that makes sense?
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Guild wars and diablo aren't very demanding, not sure about the other one though. For you i'd recommend the 7850 or 7870, that'll be within your budget.

I play GW2 with an i5 2500k and HD6870 and it max's it fine.

pandasmash said:
thanks.
will change the cooler, ram and graphics card.
I have no clue about the graphics cards. is it worth spending a bit more to get a better one? could probably stretch to £300 ish if it will make a vast improvement? always gone cheap on graphics cards so don't know what difference I will actually see. I can see on performance graphs but that's hard to imagine what it would actually mean on my screen. if that makes sense?

That motherboard you have up there does not support dual vid cards, the H100 is a hose job imo, you don't need Windows Pro and stay away from the OCZ agilty SSD's. This build down below allows you to add another one of those cards later on in SLI.

http://www.ebuyer.com/393120-corsair-cx-series-cx750-at... £69.99 inc. vat Free Delivery
Corsair CX 750W PSU - 80plus Bronze Certified

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Z77-Extreme4-Motherboard-Suppor... £109.99 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
AsRock Z77 Extreme4 Motherboard (Socket 1155, Intel Z77, Up to 32GB DDR3, ATX, 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s, Supports NVIDIA SLI and AMD CrossFireX, Premium Gold Caps)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Generation-i5-3570K-3-40G... £177.58 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
Intel 3rd Generation Core i5-3570K CPU (4 x 3.40GHz, Ivy Bridge, Socket 1155, 6Mb L3 Cache, Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-Hyper-CPU-K%C3%83... £25.90 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-Ballistix-BLS2CP4G3D160... £35.30 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
Crucial Ballistix BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU 8GB (4GB x2) DDR3 Memory Kit

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-AD-7280S-0B-Internal-Multi... £13.99 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
Sony AD-7280S-0B 24x Internal SATA DVD Multi Writer Black Bare

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007ZW2LY4/ref=ox_sc... £64.99 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
SanDisk 128GB 2.5 inch Solid State Drive

http://www.ebuyer.com/393705-msi-gtx-660-ti-power-editi... £250.61 inc. vat Free Delivery
MSI GTX 660 Ti Power Edition 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004Q0PT3I/ref=s9_si... £72.99 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium with Service Pack 1, 64-bit, English, 1 Pack - OEM

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-WN951N-Advanced-Wire... £21.90 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
TP-Link TL-WN951N Advanced Wireless N PCI Adapter

Total: £843.24 *includes shipping


http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_660_Ti_Power... <----- review w/benchmarks of that MSI GTX 660 ti


Some alternate cases to have a look at. The 500R comes with a built in multi channel fan controller, large 200mm side fan, and both cases come with an LED on/off switch and dust filters along with a 2.5" SSD bay.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Carbide-microATX-Tower-... £89.99 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
Corsair Carbide 500R Mid-Tower Black

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Carbide-Series-Mid-Towe... £78.89 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid-Tower Gaming Case
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