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3/7/12 at 3:50am
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Hey guys,
So I was thinking to myself last night that when I get a job I wanna build a new PC. I was planning to sell my one now to a friend for around £600-£700, not sure if that's accurate enough. Then I'll use that money plus some more to build and new PC..

So I've had a look around and a look at some stuff and still looking at stuff that I can just install, overclock and then leave for 5-6 years without any problems. So here is what I am looking at and I am open to suggestions:

AMD
CASE: Corsair 650D (Open to suggestions)
CPU: AMD FX 6200 Black Edition, S AM3+, 3.8GHz, 14MB Total Cache, 125W, Retail
Mobo: Asus Sabertooth 990FX AMD 990FX AM3+ Motherboard
GPU: XFX HD 6950 XXX AMD Radeon Graphics Card - 2GB
PSU: Corsair Gaming Series GS 800 CMPSU-800G UK 800W Power Supply
RAM: Open to suggestions
CPU COOLING: H100
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drive

EDIT:
INTEL
CPU: Intel CPU Core i5 2500 Sandy Bridge Quad Core Processor
GPU: EVGA 1280MB GeForce GTX 570 HD Superclocked NVIDIA Graphics Card
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 Socket 1155 Motherboard
PSU: Corsair Gaming Series GS 800 CMPSU-800G UK 800W Power Supply
RAM: Open to suggestions
HDD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drive
CPU COOLING: H100

Baring in mind I'm taking my sound card and SSD out of my system to put in the new one.


I hope you guys can help me make the right choice.

Thanks
BMorrisSly
Edited by BMorrisSly - 3/7/12 at 7:31am
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3/7/12 at 3:53am
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I'd go with Intel. More options to upgrade later. And as for RAM, get some of that samsung stuff, seen alot of people saying it's cool, and overclockes really well.
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3/7/12 at 3:58am
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instead of a H1oo which i think is a wast of money you can get a XSPC Rasa 750 RS240 Universal CPU Water Cooling Kit which performs better at almost the say price biggrin.gif and go with a 960T instead of a FX6200 thumb.gif
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3/7/12 at 3:59am
Hello there, the build looks solid. You went with Asus, which is a very reputable company, for a motherboard. For a case though, do you really want the window on the side? if not you can go with the 550D and save a couple of bucks. And as for RAM, you cant go wrong with this:



Other than that, it looks all good.
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3/7/12 at 4:00am
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Or if you are stuck for money and still want to overclock for cheap, get a Cooler Master Hyper 212+ or evo. Or if you can find one, a V6GT. I have one and it is awesome.
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3/7/12 at 4:01am
Edit: the link for RAM didn't show up. The RAM is called G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2x2GB). It's $29.99 a kit on Newegg, and totally worth it.
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3/7/12 at 4:03am
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Wow, only 30 bucks. thats a steal at that price, but it is only 4gb. You really want at least 6gb and try to get 8gb. But 4GB is alright.
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oh sorry you are from uk so
XSPC Rasa 750 RS240 Water Cooling Kit £130 shipped Hope that helped thumb.gif
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3/7/12 at 4:10am
You got that right. Yea, 8GB of RAM is really what you want, but if your only looking for 4, thats a great kit of RAM.
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3/7/12 at 4:10am
I'd go with an Intel build with a 2500k and a gigabyte z68 rev 3 motherboard to be honest mate. as mentioned above it will give you upgrade options and yeah I know you are going for a AM3+ board but seriously the Intel products kick AMD's butt. I will be looking soon at dropping an Ivy Bridge 1155 processor into my z68x-ud3r-b3 board and can't wait. Just my 2cents.gif
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