Budget gaming build, Maximum 1000pound

[Sammjoey]

Hello,

and thank you to anyone who reads this and possibly helps me

I have considering building a gaming rig for a while now,

and i want to get great gaming proformance at a low/mid budget

(i know doesn´t everyone). The parts i´ve consider so far are:

Intel Core i5 2500k 3.3ghz and porbably will be overclocking it to 4.5 or maybe 4.7/8

Asus P8Z68-V PRO

Corsair vengeance LP 8gb (2x4gb) and at a later date upgrade to 16gb.

XFX HD Radeon 6970

BitFenix Shinobi windowed

(which i´m planning to spray the mesh panels and the logo green,

then have purple cathods and purple LED fans)

Samsung Blu-ray combo drive

Seagate barracuda 1tb 7200rpm

I´m not sure what to do with the CPU cooler and the PSU as i would like to

eventualy run 2 6970´s in crossfire, and for the CPU cooler i´m just not

sure at all as i´ve seen lots of reviews but it has left me baffled as for what

to get, so some help on them 2parts would be nice.

[yassarikhan786]

Noctua NH-D14 is still the top dog in the CPU cooling world. The Havik 140, Silver Arrow and the Phantek coolers are not far off though.

PSU wise some of the best companies are Corsair, Seasonic, Enermax and BeQuiet.

[JackyBoy]

I have always made builds with corsair psus, deffo recommend them. Also might be worth holding back before buying gpus as ces is this week and hopefully nvidia will be announcing their next lot. So that means younger be able to pick up a next gen or at least a current gen much cheaper.

[Sammjoey]

Originally Posted by JackyBoy

I have always made builds with corsair psus, deffo recommend them. Also might be worth holding back before buying gpus as ces is this week and hopefully nvidia will be announcing their next lot. So that means younger be able to pick up a next gen or at least a current gen much cheaper.

Yeah i´m not building it yet i´m still saving about %60 percent there so possibly by the time i do buy the build ivybirdge maybe out aswell as the 7970 cards

I went for the 6970 and picked that out a while ago as i was going to get a 560ti 2gb from evga, then realised for an extra 30pound i could get the 6970 which is alot better proformance wise and comes with battlefield 3 (a 30pound i was guna spend anyway).

[Sammjoey]

Originally Posted by yassarikhan786

Noctua NH-D14 is still the top dog in the CPU cooling world. The Havik 140, Silver Arrow and the Phantek coolers are not far off though.

PSU wise some of the best companies are Corsair, Seasonic, Enermax and BeQuiet.

Will a NH-D14 fit in a bitfenix shinobi case?

Also i´m having a green interior with purple LED´s and neons so i´m not sure it´ll fit the colour scheme so much.

Additionaly i´m only planning on spending at the most prohaps 50pound on the CPU cooler.

[sheroo]

Originally Posted by Sammjoey

Will a NH-D14 fit in a bitfenix shinobi case?

Also i´m having a green interior with purple LED´s and neons so i´m not sure it´ll fit the colour scheme so much.

Additionaly i´m only planning on spending at the most prohaps 50pound on the CPU cooler.

The NH-D14 buggers up any colour scheme.

[Sammjoey]

Originally Posted by sheroo

The NH-D14 buggers up any colour scheme.

True true, the colours on it remind me of a pod racer from Star Wars: The Phantom menace.

[SieB]

The Havick 120mm cooler is coming soon as well which is supposed to be cheaper and have better performance than the Havik 140 which brings it level with the D14.

Also the D14 will fit in any case that has a 120mm or 140mm fan in the back

[yassarikhan786]

Originally Posted by Sammjoey

Will a NH-D14 fit in a bitfenix shinobi case?

Also i´m having a green interior with purple LED´s and neons so i´m not sure it´ll fit the colour scheme so much.

Additionaly i´m only planning on spending at the most prohaps 50pound on the CPU cooler.

It should be fine seeing that the shinobi has a rear 120mm fan.

[Sammjoey]

Originally Posted by yassarikhan786

It should be fine seeing that the shinobi has a rear 120mm fan.

Originally Posted by SieB

The Havick 120mm cooler is coming soon as well which is supposed to be cheaper and have better performance than the Havik 140 which brings it level with the D14.

Also the D14 will fit in any case that has a 120mm or 140mm fan in the back

Okay, what Ram would you say will fit under it? i do want to eventualy use all 4 slots.