£1k gaming system

[superdonk14351]

Purchase Date: March 31

Budget Range: =<£1k (including 2x sizable monitors)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming.

Parts Not Required: N/A

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Don't know. Recommendations welcome!

Country: London, UK

Parts Preferences: No preferences, other than low likelihood of stability issues (no more time to be a geek )

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Monitor Resolution: N/A

 

[quicksand10]

Apparently scan.co.uk is good, there's also play.com?

CPU: Intel i5-2500k (~160GBP)
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-2500k-unlocked-s1155-sandy-bridge-quad-33ghz-hd3000-igp-850mhz-6mb-cache-95w-oem

CPU Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO (~24GBP) and Arctic silver 5 thermal paste (~6GBP)
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/coolermaster-hyper-212-evo-4-heat-pipes-direct-contact-with-120mm-quiet-fan-lga775-1155-1156-1366-am
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/arctic-silver-5-thermal-compound-for-cpu-and-chipset-coolers-35-gram

Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 (~124GBP)
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-p8z68-v-gen3-intel-z68-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-30-%28x16%29-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-atx

OR
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V LX (~75GBP)
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-p8z68-v-lx-intel-z68-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-20-%28x16%29-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-atx

SSD: Crucial m4 64GB (~70GBP)
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/64gb-crucial-realssd-m4-25-ssd-sata-iii-6gb-s-mlc-flash-read-500mb-s-write-95mb-s-new-version

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB (~60GBP)
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500gb-wd-wd5000aakx-caviar-blue-sata-6gb-s-7200rpm-16mb-cache-8ms

RAM: Kingston HyperX 8GB DDR3-1600MHz 1.5v (~42GBP)
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-%282x4gb%29-kingston-ddr3-hyperx-genesis-grey-pc3-12800-%281600%29-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-27-xmp-1

PSU: ThermalTake Toughpower XT 775W (~80GBP)
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/775w-psu-thermaltake-tpx-775mpcuk-modular-89-eff-80-plus-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-fan-atx-v23

GPU: Wait for the AMD Radeon 7850 to come out.

Not included: Monitor, OS, keyboard/mouse, speakers, optical drive...