Anyone mind checking my build?

Greed378 · 25 May 2013 at 12:11

Sorry, I'm a complete gaming pc noob, can someone check through this build and see if if there is anything majorly wrong with it. Don't just stick on an overly expensive graphics card if it isn't needed but if I need to it to play modern games at a good level then let me know. Thanks in advance

There are two of the graphic card I selected but one is £100 more. Why is this?

Surveyor · 25 May 2013 at 12:14

Please remove the competitor link as that isn't allowed.

Either list the products or link to the OcUK website.

You could try using this: *** Multi-Browser OcUK Shopping Cart Bookmarklet (similar to the Chrome extension) ***

RJC · 25 May 2013 at 12:42

How soon are you looking ay buying?

Intel's new range of CPU'S is due in the coming weeks.

Orcvader · 25 May 2013 at 12:56

RJC said:
How soon are you looking ay buying?

Intel's new range of CPU'S is due in the coming weeks.

This.

Another extra note is 16gb RAM is overkill, 8gb is more than enough for gaming.

Greed378 · 25 May 2013 at 14:04

Well I was planning to order it today, as my exams are over soon and I have a 2 month break. How soon is soon?

Orcvader · 25 May 2013 at 14:17

Hopefully within a month.

Have you considered maybe trying to build the PC yourself? Would be a pretty fun project to do to during your 2 month break. You'll also get a much better deal compared for the price as well.

Greed378 · 25 May 2013 at 14:23

Orcvader said:
Hopefully within a month.

Have you considered maybe trying to build the PC yourself? Would be a pretty fun project to do to during your 2 month break. You'll also get a much better deal compared for the price as well.

I'm the worst DIY man in history
I have suspected Dyspraxia and the last time I tried anything remotely like this, I tried to prise open the xbox 360 av cable so I could plug it in at the same time as a hdmi cable and almost cut my thumb off. So not really something I would consider right now.

Greed378 · 25 May 2013 at 20:46

So do I take it the rest is fine, just stick one of Intel's new processors in?

Orcvader · 25 May 2013 at 21:10

Drop the RAM to 8gb to save some cash, it will make no difference to gaming performance. Apart from that, everything looks good.

OcUK alternative:

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan 8700i Pulse" Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Ivybridge Gaming PC £485.02
- 1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
- 1 x Xigmatek Alfar Midi Tower Case - Black/White £41.99
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0.00
- 1 x No Hard Drive Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
- 1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795F3G2M) £227.99
Total : £908.48 (includes shipping : £16.25).

Tim2100 · 26 May 2013 at 00:38

possibly look at adding an SSD for the OS.