Is this a good build?

MrElve · 31 Jan 2012 at 01:23

Thinking of rebuilding in september and wondered if this is a good build.

Note: There is no graphics card because I will buy one about a week or two after I have the system without a card first so I can have more time to focus on a GPU decision seeing as they're so competitive.

Without GPU budget would be a --MAX-- of £1.3k

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £253.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD80-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £199.99
1 x OCZ ZX Series 1250W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £174.98
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £137.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-120G) £122.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) £121.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £99.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B) £71.99
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £56.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £1,279.80 (includes shipping : £19.10).

Buchanan0204 · 31 Jan 2012 at 01:25

New gear will be out by then. Spec yourself a build nearer the time.

MrElve · 31 Jan 2012 at 01:27

Yeah, I was thinking that also.

stulid · 31 Jan 2012 at 01:33

Two tips from me,

• Retail Blu-Ray has playback software.
• A 2TB Samsung F3 is cheaper and for storage is plenty fast enough.

Surveyor · 31 Jan 2012 at 01:40

stulid said:
Two tips from me,

• Retail Blu-Ray has playback software.
• A 2TB Samsung F3 is cheaper and for storage is plenty fast enough.

Is that a 1TB F3 or a 2TB F4?

Presumably the latter.

Hopefully by September we'll see some big price drops in HDD prices.

honosuseri · 31 Jan 2012 at 02:00

Surveyor said:
Is that a 1TB F3 or a 2TB F4?

Presumably the latter.

Hopefully by September we'll see some big price drops in HDD prices.

I think we know he meant the F4, it's obviously a late night typo lol

Because you have an SSD as the OS drive you don't "need" a 7200rpm drive for storage. The F4 is giving you double the capacity for less money, although it spins at 5400rpm it's the best choice for a storage drive (incase you were wondering why stulid mentioned it)

Surveyor · 31 Jan 2012 at 02:05

honosuseri said:
I think we know he meant the F4, it's obviously a late night typo lol

Which is why I said presumably the latter

honosuseri said:
Because you have an SSD as the OS drive you don't "need" a 7200rpm drive for storage. The F4 is giving you double the capacity for less money, although it spins at 5400rpm it's the best choice for a storage drive (incase you were wondering why stulid mentioned it)

Hopefully by September the HDD market will look a lot different than it does now.

And I mean in a good way.

stulid · 31 Jan 2012 at 11:07

Was the F4 2tb

reflux · 31 Jan 2012 at 11:14

No point in speccing anything now. The entire market will be different by September.

Doomedspeed · 31 Jan 2012 at 12:07

reflux said:
No point in speccing anything now. The entire market will be different by September.

Right, just focus on setting a budget aside, for the whole build, then come back at the time of.

kristmace · 31 Jan 2012 at 13:15

Get saving up!

9 months is a long time in computers. The longer you hold off buying, the better system you'll get.