Spec check for i5 build - budget £700

geenee

geenee

geenee

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(Already got a monitor a few other hard drives, mouse & keyboard)

This will be my first build, I need to rig to be:

Quiet, for audio work
Reliable, for business
Powerful, for web development & design

I also want the possibilty of upgrading for gaming / more power in the future & also I might try to overclock at some point.

The above parts come to £688.73 and my budget is £700 but I'd rather spend as little as possible!

Do all these parts look ok?

Thanks in advance!
 
Looks good, however, I would suggest a few changes if your interested:

this motherboard should do you just as well and is a bit cheaper.
this ram is £5 more and a good deal faster.
you won't need any where near 650w for the system, you could save yourself some money by going for something like this instead, and it seems to be nice and quiet.
Also, you may want to consider an aftermarket CPU cooler, so you machine will run quieter than when using the stock intel one. If you get a big enough cooler, you could even run it passively.
 
Thanks for the suggestiont, RAM looks good and lifetime warranty so I think I'll be going for them, will lower timings for RAM actually impact performance a lot though??

I've had an ASUS motherboard for a number of years and have been impressed with the reliability and easy simple BIOS, not exactly sure why but I feel more inclinded to getting an ASUS board. From reading loads of forum threads people seem to indicate they are reliable and can handle 24/7 computer use for years as well, maybe slightly more so that Gigabyte boards.

I've been a bit unsure as to how much power I need, I thought too much would be better than not enough. I also want a PSU which allows me plenty of upgrade possibilities like several hard drives and a decent GPU. I've read good reviews of the Antec PSU and apparently a PSU with good solid output voltages can help system reliability and longevity, which the Antec TP-650 does have. Maybe it's still overkill though??

As this is my first build I'm slightly apprehensive about putting in too much extra stuff, like a CPU cooler as I'm not sure how difficult it will be compared with the Intel stock fan.
 
like a CPU cooler as I'm not sure how difficult it will be compared with the Intel stock fan.
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Believe me, if you get a CPU cooler with a backplate - it will be 20 times easier to fit than the darn Intel heatsink with those blooming pushpins.

The antec PSU is great, efficient and has loads of headroom. If you think you will upgrade the GPU in the future, then sticking with it is a solid plan. Its hardly ever a bad thing to over-specify a PSU.
 
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