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russ80

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Posted: Wed, 21st May 2014 06:34 Post subject: Need some help, building a rig for a friend (700 pounds)	Quick Quote Quote

Hey guys, haven't been keeping up with news especially cpu/mobo related. If anyone could help me out would be great. Think he mentioned he'd like to buy them from overclockers.uk or something like that. Basically he lives in UK, has around 700 pounds to spend and would like the best that money can offer him. I was thinking something along the lines of : Cpu (2500k or whatever the equivalent is now, i heard the 3570k would be a good choice? 4670k or something like that not so much? (not that much OC gets hot pretty fast)) - would he also need a separate CPU cooler ? What mobo would you recommend for this? He might OC in the future but he's not big on it Ram - 8gb DDR3 - (haven't kept up with prices/speeds so please here too) SSD (if possible to include it in the price but not necessary, rather have beefier components) GPU - i recommended a 770 (he's an NVIDIA guy doesn't want to touch AMD) PSU - he said he has a 650 tx corsair but it's kinda old so i think he'd like to replace it. Personally i got a 850 TX2 corsair , i guess another 650 TX2 would be good enough for him? A case, nothing fancy though, just so it gets the job done. If you can make a list on those sites and link it here, or even comment on the choices it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

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scaramonga

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Posted: Wed, 21st May 2014 09:14 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Graphics-BX80646I74770-Generation-Technology/dp/B00CO8TBOW 164 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00D12OBEU/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_3?pf_rd_p=479289247&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00CXOMII8&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0WF9HQCYKBJ204CPM6AG 109 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10-Vengeance-Performance-Desktop/dp/B006EWUO22 116 http://www.ebuyer.com/523039-zotac-geforce-gtx-770-2gb-graphics-card-pci-e-2x-dvi-hdmi-displayport-zt-70302-10p?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products&gclid=CjgKEAjwnfGbBRDlxoHrl6uikyESJAD-nzCFMPoC2YVpy2vpxLkrOubFmbLS1nieM2-dUAB4v08xG_D_BwE 240 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-120GB-Basic-Solid-State/dp/B00E391KA8 56 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-120mm/dp/B0068OI7T8 26 711 - Total Keep the PSU, it will be more than fine for the above

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Cyb3r

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Posted: Wed, 21st May 2014 14:56 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

rus for the psu you can safely open his old one with a philips screwdriver and clean it out if it's past warranty Case: Nanoxia Deep Silence 6 (Black) \| MB: Msi X99A Gaming 9 \| CPU: i7 5960x CPU Cooling(temp): Corsair 110i Gtx \| PSU: Evga Supernova 1000w \| GPU: Gigabyte G1 Gaming 980ti 6gb \| RAM: 16gb Ripjaws 4 3200mhz \| Screen: Asus MG279Q / LG 23" Ips

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russ80

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Posted: Wed, 21st May 2014 15:25 Post subject:

Cyb3r wrote:

rus for the psu you can safely open his old one with a philips screwdriver and clean it out if it's past warranty

I'm not in the UK Smile

and he basically told me he wants to buy a new PSU as well just to be safe considering his is pretty old (4 years i think he said) and wants everything new with warranty.

Thanks scaramonga, i'll wait for few more opinions if anyone chimes in, if not i'll give him that list. Looks good except the things i heard about the new 4670k i mentioned in the OP.

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Sin317
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Posted: Wed, 21st May 2014 15:28 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

my 4670k runs at 4.6ghz with a corsair h80i and goes barely to 70° under load (and i have the h80i on silent mode)

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cirithungol

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Posted: Wed, 21st May 2014 21:17 Post subject:

£45 - Gigabyte Z77 DS3H mobo

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GA-Z77-DS3H-SKT-1155-Z77-DS3H-Motherboard/dp/B007KZQFOS/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1400699072&sr=1-1&keywords=ds3h

£145 - Intel i5 3570k CPU

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Generation-i5-3570K-3-40GHz-Technology/dp/B007RUZKK6/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1400699107&sr=1-1&keywords=3570k

£78 - Crucial M500 240GB SSD (£105 for the better M550 version)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT240M500SSD1-2-5-inch-240GB-Internal/dp/B00BQ8RM1A/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1400699148&sr=1-1&keywords=crucial+m500

£22 - Arctic Cooling Freezer 13

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arctic-Cooling-Freezer-CPU-Cooler/dp/B0048F64DU/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1400699180&sr=1-1&keywords=freezer+13

£235 - MSI 770 (with free Watch Dogs)

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-msi-gtx-770-tf-gaming-pcie-30-%28x16%29-7010mhz-gddr5-gpu-1098mhz-boost-1150mhz-cores-1536-dport-dvi

£58 - 8GB Crucial Sport 1600

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006YG94Y2/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=computers

£60 - Bitfenix Shinobi (I don't know shit about cases but this looks nice)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/BitFenix-Shinobi-Midi-Tower-Chassis/dp/B004ULZADM/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1400699778&sr=1-1&keywords=bitfenix+shinobi

Not sure about PSU.

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