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    First system build

    So yeah this is going to be my first system build and was wondering what you guys think about these parts before I buy it. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. I don't really want to spend more than £860/£870, and I want to buy it all from Scan. I all ready have windows, peripherals and a monitor.

    LG GH24NS90 Disk Drive - £16.76

    Intel Core I5 3570k - £176.58

    Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo - £26.65

    1TB Western Digital Caviar Green - £59.96

    120GB Kingston HyperX 3K SSD - £79.34

    MSI Z77A-G45 - £76.52

    8GB Corsair Vengeance Memory Low Profile - £33.36

    XFX Radeon HD 7950 DD Black Edition - £239.75

    Cooler Master 690 II Advanced Black & White Edition - £78.83

    650W OCZ ZT Fully Modular PSU - £69.18

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    Re: First system build

    Apologies - Can't get the basket link thing to work. Made a few tweaks, saved a few quid and a couple of better components.

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    Cooler Master CM 690 II Lite, Black, Mid Tower Case with e-SATA w/o PSU £47.69 £57.23
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    £47.50 £57.00
    £57.65 LN42198

    650W OCZ ZT Series Fully Modular PSU 80+ Bronze Certified ~85% Efficiency 140mm Fan 5 Year Warranty, PSU £57.65 £69.18
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    3GB XFX Radeon HD 7950 Double D, Black, Ghost/HCell, 5500MHz GDDR5, 900MHz, 1792 Cores, HDMI/mini DP+ *Free Sleeping Dog
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    • Sneaky2008's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte GA-Z77X-U3H
      • CPU:
      • Intel Core i5 3570k
      • Memory:
      • 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz
      • Storage:
      • 120GB OCZ Solid 3
      • Graphics card(s):
      • MSI GTX 670 Power Edition
      • PSU:
      • Corsair GS700 Gaming Series
      • Case:
      • Corsair Carbide 500R
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 8 64-Bit
      • Monitor(s):
      • 32" LED TV
      • Internet:
      • 30 Mb/s

    Re: First system build

    Quote Originally Posted by Phage View Post
    Apologies - Can't get the basket link thing to work. Made a few tweaks, saved a few quid and a couple of better components.
    Thanks for the suggestions, i'll defiantly use some of those parts that you have mentioned.

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