finally ready to take the plunge

[JonKLJ]

ok guys finally ready to make the plunge into building my first ever rig, will be ordering today, as soon as i clear up a few things about my spec, Ive already got a CM Storm scout case with a 700w modular CM silent pro, here is what i got...

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus GeForce GTX 470 V2 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 Asus GeForce GTX 470 V2 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £234.99
(£199.99) £234.99
(£199.99)
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £229.11
(£194.99) £229.11
(£194.99)
Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £143.98
(£122.54) £143.98
(£122.54)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £117.49
(£99.99) £117.49
(£99.99)
Geil Black Dragon 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Triple Channel (GB36GB1600C8TC) Geil Black Dragon 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Triple Channel (GB36GB1600C8TC) £114.99
(£97.86) £114.99
(£97.86)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.89
(£67.99) £79.89
(£67.99)
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £48.16
(£40.99) £48.16
(£40.99)
Samsung SH-S223L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail Samsung SH-S223L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail £13.49
(£11.48) £13.49
(£11.48)
Sub Total : £889.44
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £157.49
Total : £1,057.43

Ive got a few questions though before I order, i dont know which SSD to buy the on in the spec or this 1 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-047-OC

also which RAM would be better as ive also seen these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-205-CS

and which version of windows should I buy OEM or Retail? I read somewhere about them but I forgot which one everyone said, or am i mistaking cpus retail and oem versions.

on look out for a good gaming mouse and keyboard too so would any reccommendations? im a palm mouser btw

thanks guys..

 

[stulid]

great spec.

that crucial SSD is fantastic.

its a toss up between the ram choice for me.

the retail version of win7 just allows you to reuse it in a re-build, when do you think you will change the system again?

one question,

what psu are you getting or have?

 

[Jony27]

EDIT: nvm

 

[stulid]

i really should read the opening lines of peoples posts

 

[JonKLJ]

the retail version of win7 just allows you to reuse it in a re-build, when do you think you will change the system again?

probably a stupid question and i hope im wrong, so with oem there is only one install? what if i want to do a fresh install on the same system? there will probably be about 10 newer windows by the time i change this, well i might buy newer graphics

 

[Orcvader]

OEM means it will be motherboard locked. You can do a fresh reinstall on the same system but not one with a different motherboard.

 

[stulid]

go with OEM

 

[JonKLJ]

ok will do

 

[JonKLJ]

ive added a g500 mouse, a g15 mouse and a Saitek Cyborg V3 Gaming Surface to it, dont tell the mrs tho haha

 

[JonKLJ]

All done and dusted, gets here tuesday.. no doubt ill be back on here for your good advise during the build, thanks for all your help.

 

[stulid]

sweet.

 

[Nemeses]

nice system looking myself now to build a new one got the bug , and mines a tad bit old now was just gonna get new cards but now ....

 

[FNGsam]

I just finished my first build on the weekend to, it def is a little bit addictive and I really don't know why.

Its pretty straight forward only part I felt was a bit guess or check, was the little LED and pwr button bits etc to stick in.

 

[JonKLJ]

ive read about them on here somewhere, where do they go?