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angush

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Tower: special edition white graphite series 600t-£132.50
Power supply:corsair hx750 modular-£94
Processor:intel quad core i7 3770k-£230, xigmatek gaia-£23
Motherboard:intel desktop board DZ77RE-75K-£220
RAM:corsair vengeance 32 gb (4*8gb) 1866mhz-£245
Optical drive:Samsung SH-222AB-£14
Video card: GeForce GTX 680-£420
Hard drives: Corsair Force Series 120 GB-£92, WD Caviar Black 2 TB-£134

Anything else i need?
 
What is this for? You need a copy of windows and it has to be the professional version, home premium is limited to 16GB's of RAM
 
Everthing looks good to go, execpt OS? I wouldn't get 32GB of ram, by the time you utilize 16GB of the ram, your system will be outdated and will be time to upgrade. It's just a waste of money and hardware, save the extra 120-140 *pounds, get 16GB and put the money on something else.GL!
 
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not that it matters, but thats the sign for pounds sterling, not euros.

You need windows, and to say what you are doing with it. You really are wasting a lot of money if your not modeling (CAD), folding, or doing editing on a professional level.
 
OK 16gb ram sounds good. I will be using windows home premium. This rig will be for gaming, making short films and gfx
 
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Thanks for all the help, if you guys find any way to decrease price without a significant decrease in performance please post it. Any news on a sound card?
 
Thanks for all the help! Are water cooled systems easy to install? Also what sound card would suite my needs.
 
angush said:
Tower: special edition white graphite series 600t-£132.50
Power supply:corsair hx750 modular-£94
Processor:intel quad core i7 3770k-£230, xigmatek gaia-£23
Motherboard:intel desktop board DZ77RE-75K-£220
RAM:corsair vengeance 32 gb (4*8gb) 1866mhz-£245
Optical drive:Samsung SH-222AB-£14
Video card: GeForce GTX 680-£420
Hard drives: Corsair Force Series 120 GB-£92, WD Caviar Black 2 TB-£134

Anything else i need?
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okay, lowering price without a big hit in performance.

1. i5-3570k. Games will se no difference in the two. Hyperthreading only adds 20% to the performance, and only in programs that can use 5 or more threads.

2. video card. Drop it to a GTX 670. like 10% less performance for $100 less iirc. a 670 will max any game out on 1080p. 680 is pretty much wasting money unless your folding or somthing that can take advantage of the extra cores.

3. RAM, but that has been covered.

you don't need a sound card unless you have high end speakers. the onboard sound will do just fine.

Also, you can get a UD3H from Gigabyte for less than that intel. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-389-GI
 
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Haven't really thought about a sound card either.
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Sound cards are really not necessary, unless your a music fanatic, and you love your game sound effects(EAX Effects). A really good sound card can bring sounds in the game that you other wise wouldent hear though the onboard sound, wind whistling by your ear, the grass under your feet, bullets zooming by, and the list can keep going.
 
There's no thunderbolt on the ud3h !? ok the i5 sounds like a good idea and so does the video card...would it had over 30fps on bf3 ultra though?
 
yes. Im getting 60 frames max with a 480. There are users on here with a 670 1080p with max getting 60 frames also (v sync caps it at 60). You will have no trouble with BF3.

Do you really need thunderbolt? It is a niche accessory, and will probably not hit it big. Sort of like Firewire was.
 
I think its main selling point is the daisy chain ability (iirc), and the ability to run Data and video signals. Its like USB3 with displayport all in one. But only one at a time I think.

Really you will do fine with the UD3H or UD5H (both great boards). Saves money too.
 
UD5H has dual-gigabit LAN and onboard Wi-Fi support and likely a better power/cooling phase meaning overclocking is easier - the UD3H does not have any of that. The UD3H is still a great board though. and you can overclock just fine with it
 
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