Need help picking parts

ben788 · 30 Apr 2011 at 15:03

i have have picked out these
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game
£161.99

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive**
£107.99

MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **
£99.98

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS)
£30.98

G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL)
£35.99

all for 436.99
but need a psu and a case. i have a budget of £600

will the ram be ok or can i get a different brand cheaper?

also will that be all i need

stulid · 30 Apr 2011 at 15:05

Optical drive?

two nice cases,

CM690MKII - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-212-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=29

Antec 100 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-161-AN&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=160

Nice high quality PSU,

modular XFX - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-002-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

ben788 · 30 Apr 2011 at 15:06

i have a usb optical drive will that be ok to use?

stulid · 30 Apr 2011 at 15:08

ben788 said:
i have a usb optical drive will that be ok to use?

Should be fine, if not they only cost around £15 from anywhere.

Cookeh · 30 Apr 2011 at 15:13

Ram is great, but it might not fit under most cpu coolers due to the height

ben788 · 30 Apr 2011 at 15:22

the CM690MKII looks nice and with the modulax xfx psu the price comes 571.91

thanks

stulid · 30 Apr 2011 at 15:24

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-247-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940

is the same apart from a 6GB/s interface and is £3 cheaper!! get in