building your own pc

[Ridg]

yeah i know its amd, someone at work suggested it for the forthcoming bulldozer, if not ill use something like this
 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-277-AM&tool=3

the more im getting into it the more i think it will be geared for gaming, i wouldnt mind it being future proof for a year or 2 either,

you're paying a massive premium for the bulldozer support before the chips are even out, if they turn out to be good then you're laughing as you'll have the option to slap in a bulldozer chip, if it doesn't then you're stuck with a mobo/chip combo that cost as much if not more than an i5 2500K which is faster and overclocks better than the AMD

[Dolly]

Ordered:

Item: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor

Item: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 775, 1156, 1155, 1366, AM2, AM3 Heatpipe CPU Cooler

Item: Asus P8Z68-V Socket 1155 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

im all new to this so ill take some pics of when its going together and probably ask for help lol.

so far spent £460 and i dont even have RAM, Graphics card, SSD/HDD lol... so much for the budget, thank the lord for credit cards 

[Ninja]

I'll build one for you for a price! 

It's easy mate. If you need any help, drop me a PM.

SCAN are good for PC parts.

Also, if you tell me your budget and what sort of performance you're after I'll spec a PC up for you.

[Dolly]

mines coming together, and considering ive never done this before im well happy it turns on lol.

Asus P8 Z68 - V
Intel i5 2500k 3.3ghz
8gb Corsair vengence DDR3 1600mhz (2x4gb)
OCZ agility 3, 120gb SSD
Cooler master 650w 80+

Main things to do are windows 7 and a graphics card for BF3

Currently running on Linux11 mint 64bit, and its rapid, cannot believe the boot time.