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#1 blueflame8
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There is a OCZ Agility 3 on overclockers.co.uk for sale now at £135, faster and cheaper then the SSD you picked. In fact most of it is cheaper there, I would just buy it all from overclockers instead.V4LENT1NE
Good find, although I'll only save £7 due to £8 postage, likewise it has 16gb less so I'll have to see I've matched up everything to overclockers and it is more expensive there
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#2 blueflame8
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You can get cables with HDMI on one side and DVI on the other. Difference between the two is that HDMI carries sound, DVI does not. horgen123
Thanks, what would I need to get sound then? Is there a way to do so without buying speakers (e.g. through to get the game sounds through the audio jack or something)?
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#3 blueflame8
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Just change mobo to Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 or Extreme 6, cheaper while doing the same job.

GTR12
I've looked for that mobo but they both seem to be over £100
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#4 blueflame8
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[QUOTE="blueflame8"]

I'm from the UK by the way,


Case: Corsair Carbide 400r - £73.68
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-carbide-series-400r-black-mid-tower-gaming-case-w-o-psu
Monitor: Dell Ultrasharp U2312HM 23 inch IPS LED Monitor - £170.46
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005MHMFJA/ref=asc_df_B005MHMFJA8725716?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B005MHMFJA
Processor: Intel Core i5 3570k - £167.94
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-3570k1155-ivy-bridge-quad-core-34ghz-5-gt-s-dmi-650mhz-gpu-6mb-smart-cache-34x-ratio-7
Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H Intel Z77 Socket 1155 Ivybridge Ready Motherboard - £77.72
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte-ga-z77-d3h-intel-z77-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-30-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-atx
GPU: Gigabyte Gtx 670 windforce - £329.6
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-gigabyte-gtx-670-windforce-3x-28nm-pcie-30-(x16)-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-980mhz-boost-1058mhz-cores-13
Ram:Corsair Memory 8GB Vengeance Jet Black Low Profile 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz CAS 9 XMP Dual Channel Desktop - £41.76
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-ddr3-vengeance-jet-black-lp-pc3-12800-(1600)-non-ecc-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-15v
Hard Drive - 1tb Western Digital Caviar Blue 7200RPM - £48.61
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Caviar-SATAIII-Internal/dp/B00461G3MS/ref=cm
SSD - Crucial M4 256GB - £149.99
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004W2JL2A/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&s=computers&psc=1
Power Supply: Corsair 650W - £78.78
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/650w-corsair-cmpsu-650hxuk-modular-85eff-80-plus-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx-v22-psu

Cooler: Gelid Solutions Tranquillo Rev.2 £21.50

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gelid-Solutions-Tranquillo-Rev-2-Cooler/dp/B002UV4OWM/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder Gaming Keyboard - £29.99
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-140-MS
Optical Drive: PIONEER DVR-S19LBK DVD Writer, SATA, Labelflash, Retail - £16.88
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/pioneer-dvr-s19lbk-24x-dvdr-12x-dvddl-dvdplusrw-x8-rw-x6-ram-x12-sata-black-retail-labelflash
Network Card: TP-Link TL-WN781ND 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter - £9.32

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-WN781ND-150Mbps-Wireless-Express/dp/B0036AFAEW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342088219&sr=8-1

Total: £1216.26

I'm not intending to overclock and it's mainly used for gaming/movies/internet. Just hoping it's not too difficult to build

What do you guys think/any recommendations :)?

Oh and the monitor does not have a HDMI port - how would I go about connecting my Xbox 360 to this? Would it lose quality in doing so?

Thanks!

Daanyal

Never seen the performance of Gelid's cooling solutions. Maybe go with a Hyper 212 Evo? Also, if you don't want to overclock, get the non-K version. Although, you should get a K-series CPU to overclock down the line.

Thanks I'll go for the Hyper instead
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#5 blueflame8
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I'm from the UK by the way,


Case: Corsair Carbide 400r - £73.68
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-carbide-series-400r-black-mid-tower-gaming-case-w-o-psu
Monitor: Dell Ultrasharp U2312HM 23 inch IPS LED Monitor - £170.46
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005MHMFJA/ref=asc_df_B005MHMFJA8725716?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B005MHMFJA
Processor: Intel Core i5 3570k - £167.94
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-3570k1155-ivy-bridge-quad-core-34ghz-5-gt-s-dmi-650mhz-gpu-6mb-smart-cache-34x-ratio-7
Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H Intel Z77 Socket 1155 Ivybridge Ready Motherboard - £77.72
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte-ga-z77-d3h-intel-z77-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-30-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-atx
GPU: Gigabyte Gtx 670 windforce - £329.6
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-gigabyte-gtx-670-windforce-3x-28nm-pcie-30-(x16)-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-980mhz-boost-1058mhz-cores-13
Ram:Corsair Memory 8GB Vengeance Jet Black Low Profile 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz CAS 9 XMP Dual Channel Desktop - £41.76
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-ddr3-vengeance-jet-black-lp-pc3-12800-(1600)-non-ecc-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-15v
Hard Drive - 1tb Western Digital Caviar Blue 7200RPM - £48.61
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Caviar-SATAIII-Internal/dp/B00461G3MS/ref=cm
SSD - Crucial M4 256GB - £149.99
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004W2JL2A/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&s=computers&psc=1
Power Supply: Corsair 650W - £78.78
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/650w-corsair-cmpsu-650hxuk-modular-85eff-80-plus-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx-v22-psu

Cooler: Gelid Solutions Tranquillo Rev.2 £21.50

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gelid-Solutions-Tranquillo-Rev-2-Cooler/dp/B002UV4OWM/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder Gaming Keyboard - £29.99
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-140-MS
Optical Drive: PIONEER DVR-S19LBK DVD Writer, SATA, Labelflash, Retail - £16.88
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/pioneer-dvr-s19lbk-24x-dvdr-12x-dvddl-dvdplusrw-x8-rw-x6-ram-x12-sata-black-retail-labelflash
Network Card: TP-Link TL-WN781ND 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter - £9.32

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-WN781ND-150Mbps-Wireless-Express/dp/B0036AFAEW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342088219&sr=8-1

Total: £1216.26

I'm not intending to overclock and it's mainly used for gaming/movies/internet. Just hoping it's not too difficult to build

What do you guys think/any recommendations :)?

Oh and the monitor does not have a HDMI port - how would I go about connecting my Xbox 360 to this? Would it lose quality in doing so?

Thanks!

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#6 blueflame8
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Defense grid is a fun tower defense game.

Plants v Zombies is a cute and over-hyped gimmic of a game, but with it's simplicity I cannot recommend it to you. The game is pretty much 1 dimensional ffs. It will not satisfy tower defense urges but you may like it nonetheless. I enjoyed it, for what it was worth.

True_Sounds
Exactly this. I just find Plants vs Zombies very boring.
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#7 blueflame8
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Does anyone know how to get around this:

We have detected that you live outside the home country for this site - and my shopping cart is disabled.

I've set my account details to US but it still doesn't work :(

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#8 blueflame8
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1. All items and titles are purely aesthetics. They're not designed to give people large bonuses; heck, they even said that the armours and weapons are designed for lower level characters

The equipment themselves differ only in appearance, and there will be similar, and most definately greater, weapons acquirable through standard gameplay. It's just a thank you, and will have no impact on gameplay other than not having to find or buy a different weapon at the level where you are able to acquire them.

The titles? Again, something that you didn't have to do anything, or, very little in GW2 to claim. Titles acquired in GW2 will most definately be revered more as the game ages rather than those in GW1 due to the difficulty in acquiring them relative to GW2.

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#9 blueflame8
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If you give it to me, I shall love you forever :3 ...I've wanted the game for sooo long, but I'm broke at the moment (some rats took over my home). I also get excited when I play zombie games.
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#10 blueflame8
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WoW is just too simple to play and run that it can be played by anyone. Guild War 2 requires somewhat of a gaming PC and since majority of the human population don't know how to work a screwdriver and purchase HP PC's and laptops WoW is always going to win. I'm only assuming that the game requires more than an 8800 btw :P But who knows the first was well optimized and I was running it on low with a 5200 back in the day.

MrLions
Guild wars 2 is unlikely to require a gaming pc, they said they want to ensure it is accessible on most PCs