Win an MSI 7770 with OC3D & AMD

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CPU : Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40 GHz for £161.94
- Great CPU for it's price, can be overclocked too for more performance
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H for £101.59
- Supports SLI/CrossFire, good value in my opinion for it's price
Ram:
8GB(2x4GB )Corsair Vengeance Jet Black Low Profile for £37.99
- Fast RAM at a cheap price
Hard Drive:
(For Storage) 1 TB Seagate Barracuda ST1000M003 3.5" SATA III for £53.94
(SSD for a Boot-Up drive, and also may be a few demanding games)
Crucial m4 64GB 2.5" SATA-III for £57.00
PSU: 650W Corsair HX Series V2 80+ Gold Modular for £98.17
- Modular for better cable management and less obstruction for airflow, and Corsair PSU's are reliable
CPU Cooler:
be quiet! Dark Rock PRO 2 Dual Fan Quiet CPU Cooler for £57.54
- Quiet, but great cooling performance
Case: Corsair 600T Graphite White for £144.79
- One of my favorite cases I just love the design and there's plenty of space inside too
Grand Total: £712.96 (inc. VAT)


 Hope I win :)
 
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CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz
- Great Performance.

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD55
- Love this motherboard, OC Genie for people who don't know how to overclock. Gives a good performance boost.

RAM:8GB Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 1600MHz
- Low profile RAM incase i want to use a large air cooler.

Hard Drive:OCZ Vertex 4 128GB and 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black
- SSD is used for the boot drive and the HDD as storage drive.

PSU: 650W Corsair HX Series V2 80PLUS Gold Modular
- Modular because it gives a cleaner look. and 650W for some headroom.

CPU Cooler:Corsair Hydro H100i
- Great cooling if you want to overclock your CPU.

Case: Corsair Carbide 200R Black
- Nice clean looking case

Total cost: £730,13
This is how i would build it.
 
 
CPU - Intel i5-3570K - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Processors+-+CPUs/Processors+-+Intel/Core+i5+-+Socket+1155+%28Ivy%29/Intel+Core+i5-3570K+3.40GHz+%28Ivy+Bridge%29+Socket+LGA1155+Processor+-+Retail+?productId=49755

Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP4 - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards+-+Intel/Socket+1155+-+Intel+Z77/GIGABYTE+GA-Z77X-UP4-TH+Intel+Z77+%28Socket+1155%29+ATX+Motherboard+?operation=shoppingBasketAdd&productId=52006&context=clearance

RAM - 8GB Mushkin BlackLine - https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory+-+RAM/DDR3/Dual+Channel+-+%281600MHz%29/8GB+Mushkin+Enhanced+BlackLine+Frostbyte+LV+%23996988+%282x4GB%29+1600+%28PC3-12800%29+240-Pin+DDR3+SDRAM+CAS+9-9-9-24+1.35V+?productId=43961

CPU Cooler - Noctua NH-D14 - https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Coolers+-+Air/CPU+Coolers/Noctua+NH-D14-2011+Dual+Fan+Quiet+CPU+Cooler+?productId=53260

HDD - 1TB Seagate Barracuda - https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/1TB+Seagate+Barracuda+ST1000DM003+3.5%22+SATA+III+Hard+Drive+?productId=48501

SSD - Crucial m4 128GB - https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Storage/Hard+Drives+-+SSD/100GB+-+260GB+SSD/Crucial+m4+128GB+2.5%22+SATA-III+Solid+State+Hard+Drive+?productId=44258

Power Supply - 650W Corsair HX - https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies+-+PSUs/Modular+650W+or+less/650W+Corsair+HX+Series+V2+80PLUS+Gold+Modular+Power+Supply+?productId=51860

Case - Corsair Carbide 300R - https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/Midi+Tower/Corsair+Carbide+300R+Black+Midi+Tower+Gaming+Case+?productId=47783

Total :- £729.66
 
 
All prices are correct at time of posting :)

CPU: £161.94 - Intel Core i5-3570K *Super Special*

CPU Cooler: £94.87 - Corsair Hydro H100i

Motherboard: £105.32 - MSI Z77A-GD55 Intel Z77

RAM: £33.18 - 8GB 2x4GB G.SKILL RipjawsX 1600MHz

Storage: £97.69 - OCZ Vertex 4 128GB SSD &
£73.31 - Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Case: £92.09 - Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl)

Power Supply: £83.29 - Corsair TX650M

Total: £741.69
The reason for some of the choices is due to the stock limitation from Aria...
Motherboard first choice would be the MSI Z77 MPOWER but Aria don't stock it.
 
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CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivy Bridge) Socket LGA1155

MotherBoard:MSI Z77A-GD55 Intel Z77 Socket 1155

Ram: 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Jet Black 1600MHz

Storage: Crucial m4 128GB
With
3TB Seagate Barracuda

PSU: 750W Corsair TX750M 80PLUS Bronze Modular Power Supply

CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro H60 V2

Case: Corsair Carbide 300R

Total cost: ££748.54

Finished off with the 7770 :)
This would be a great upgrade from the Zotac 9800GT im still running, and would be one less thing i would have to buy for the new system i hope to build at christmas :)
 
 
Here's the system that would really be great to go with that HD7770

CPU: Intel 3570k - http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials...t+LGA1155+Processor+-+Retail+?productId=49755

Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...DDR3+PCI-Express+Motherboard+?productId=49260

Ram: 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 1600MHz - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...nnel+Kit+[CML8GX3M2A1600C9B]+?productId=45510

Hard Drive:
Samsung 256GB SSD 830 - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Stor...rton+Ghost+-+(MZ-7PC256N/EU)+?productId=52880
WD Blue 500GB -
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Stor...AKX+3.5"+SATA+III+Hard+Drive+?productId=53154

PSU: 750W Corsair TX750M - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...+Bronze+Modular+Power+Supply+?productId=52895

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...14+Dual+Fan+Quiet+CPU+Cooler+?productId=53257

Case: Zalman Z11 - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...idi+Tower+Window+Gaming+Case+?productId=53164

Total: - £738.50
*Prices and total at time of posting are exact - May change in the near future*
 
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