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    £700 gaming pc budget - first builder

    Here's the specs I'm going to buy from scan:

    -i5 3570k retail --- £179

    -Corsair Carbide series 300r --- £45

    -2GB MSI Radeon HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC ---- £180

    -Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H, Intel Z77 --- £77

    -8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-12800 (1600) --- £42

    -1TB Seagate ST31000524AS Barracuda 7200.12, SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.5ms --- £62

    -650W Coolermaster GX RS650-ACAAE3-UK, 85% Eff', 80 PLUS Bronze --- £57

    Total: £661.25 with delivery.

    Any improvements for me? Thanks

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    Re: £700 gaming pc budget - first builder

    I'd add an aftermarket cpu cooler
    http://www.scan.co.uk/products/alpen...-940-am2-am2pl or http://www.scan.co.uk/products/arcti...m2-am2plus-am3

    I'd also grab a couple of filters for the side panel vents http://www.scan.co.uk/products/140mm...dust-filtering x2 and a couple of low rpm fans for the top http://www.scan.co.uk/products/140mm...witch-case-fan x2

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    • Devastater6194's system
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    Re: £700 gaming pc budget - first builder

    I second the aftermarket cooler. This one gets close to coolers over double its price http://www.scan.co.uk/products/coole...5-1156-1366-am

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    Re: £700 gaming pc budget - first builder

    The PSU is out of stock, I'd suggest perhaps this one:

    http://www.scan.co.uk/products/550w-...et-fan-atx-psu

    It's modular, slightly more efficient, slighter cheaper and 550w will be plenty for the system you describe.
    You may not have heard of the brand much, but they got an editors choice over at Anandtech recently for their 450w model.

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