Does this look okay? New gaming system.

Nevram · 15 Aug 2015 at 18:50

How's it going guys,

I want to get back into PC gaming after a few years out the loop. I was hoping someone would take a quick look at what I've pieced together to make sure it looks okay and my money can't be better spent on something slightly different? The only things i have are a mouse keyboard and some HDDs.

I will be using for gaming, office work and also to run some VMs.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving** £303.97
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 390 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 390 8GBD5-PPDHE) £239.99
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £199.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-FQC-08929) £116.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060007-WW) £66.95
1 x Corsair CS550M 550W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020076-UK) £63.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2B3000C15) £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide Series 100R Mid-Tower Case - Black £42.95
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £41.99
1 x Creative Fatal1ty HS-800 Gaming Headset £24.95
Total : £1,161.71 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

Thanks in advance.

stulid · 15 Aug 2015 at 18:56

I would swap the SSD+PSU and the cooler.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving** £303.97
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 390 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 390 8GBD5-PPDHE) £239.99
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £199.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139) £79.99
1 x EVGA Supernova G2 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £74.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £69.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2B3000C15) £59.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Midi Tower Case with Window - Black £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler £39.95
1 x Creative Fatal1ty HS-800 Gaming Headset £24.95
Total : £1,153.75 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

You dont need Windows Pro either.

JediFragger · 15 Aug 2015 at 18:57

Looks solid to me, but try to stretch to a 240/250GB SSD if you can (I found that I filled up my 120 far too quickly way back when. And then you'll be able to put a few games on there too)

Cooler also ain't the best, the Kraken X41 would blow it out of the water :cool:

Nevram · 15 Aug 2015 at 19:20

Thanks very much! I've made the amendments, game on!

P.B · 16 Aug 2015 at 16:20

how do people do the spec me list like that ?

Danny75 · 16 Aug 2015 at 16:26

P.B said:
how do people do the spec me list like that ?

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18371076

And follow the instructions.

Works for me with Firefox but maybe other browsers (not Chrome anymore I think) too.

Mustang · 16 Aug 2015 at 17:08

The JS bookmarklet works on Chrome just fine, I also updated the Chrome extension if you'd rather use that:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28430927&postcount=313

P.B · 16 Aug 2015 at 17:43

all looks very complicated for what it is lol

Joe! · 16 Aug 2015 at 17:50

I just use the bookmarklet. Add it as a Bookmark in Chrome, click it when you are viewing your basket on the website, instantly gives you the code for the forums.

Could not be more simple!

Danny75 · 16 Aug 2015 at 18:02

Mustang said:
The JS bookmarklet works on Chrome just fine, I also updated the Chrome extension if you'd rather use that:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28430927&postcount=313

Oh nice. Thanks for that. I used Chrome for ages till some months ago, maybe a year... and then the original extension stopped working for it, so switched to Firefox.