Sup guys!
It's been a super long time since i've been in the loop when it comes to hardware, but with Diablo 3 on the horizon and my laptop really feeling its age i thought it'd be the perfect excuse to put down a little money for a new rig. So after a little (30mins!) research i came up with the following build which fits within my tight (self imposed) budget
Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
Asus HD 6850 DirectCU V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £84.95
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £58.99
Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £44.99
MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £35.99
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Sub Total : £335.69
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £17.85
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £70.71
Total : £424.25
Opinions? Do you guys think this will be up to scratch? I don't intend to do any overclocking, or be playing any of the more demanding titles (ie BF3 etc); just a few titles here and there like D3, a bit of emulation etc. But like i said, this is something i quickly mixed and matched together..what im really looking for is advice on what i could do better/change, if i've made any royal **** ups with compatibility or missed obvious deals at similar pricepoints.
Also one more question, i was entertaining the idea of whacking a SSD into whatever i end up making as its probably the most noticeable upgrade once you're happy with performance ingame; the one i had was the OCZ agility model currently on offer..would i be able to do that on this mobo?
Thanks again! sorry for any terrible formatting and rambling a little ^_^
It's been a super long time since i've been in the loop when it comes to hardware, but with Diablo 3 on the horizon and my laptop really feeling its age i thought it'd be the perfect excuse to put down a little money for a new rig. So after a little (30mins!) research i came up with the following build which fits within my tight (self imposed) budget
Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
Asus HD 6850 DirectCU V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £84.95
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £58.99
Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £44.99
MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £35.99
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Sub Total : £335.69
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £17.85
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £70.71
Total : £424.25
Opinions? Do you guys think this will be up to scratch? I don't intend to do any overclocking, or be playing any of the more demanding titles (ie BF3 etc); just a few titles here and there like D3, a bit of emulation etc. But like i said, this is something i quickly mixed and matched together..what im really looking for is advice on what i could do better/change, if i've made any royal **** ups with compatibility or missed obvious deals at similar pricepoints.
Also one more question, i was entertaining the idea of whacking a SSD into whatever i end up making as its probably the most noticeable upgrade once you're happy with performance ingame; the one i had was the OCZ agility model currently on offer..would i be able to do that on this mobo?
Thanks again! sorry for any terrible formatting and rambling a little ^_^
