£900-1000 spec check

MisfiTTTTT · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:24

Final build check time, if anyone thinks I should change anything let me know, I've got a £100 left in the budget so tell me any worthwhile improvements and I'll make them. Also 6950 flashed to 6970 or the card below:

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 480 SUPER OC 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
(£189.99) £227.99
(£189.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **
(£116.65) £139.98
(£116.65)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1)
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply - With FREE 3D Mark 2011 Advance
(£73.32) £87.98
(£73.32)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS)
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)

Sub Total : £734.89
Shipping : £12.50
20.00% VAT : £149.48
Total : £896.87

cammy5477 · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:26

looks a good spec....
maybe change c300 to new intel for uber fast speeds and reliability or the new vertex 3

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-009-IN&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-071-OC&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427

RJC · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:29

Spec looks good.

Reaper 392 · 12 Apr 2011 at 22:47

change DVD drive for this sony one: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-060-SO&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

ive had the samsung for about 6 or 7 weeks. its been nothing but trouble, and has eaten two of my disks. im in the process of replacing it for the sony through overclockers

MisfiTTTTT · 13 Apr 2011 at 00:11

Thanks for the advice,

cammy,

can you recommend an SSD within a budget of £120?

sk82jack · 13 Apr 2011 at 00:53

MisfiTTTTT said:
Thanks for the advice,

cammy,

can you recommend an SSD within a budget of £120?

If you can wait a couple of days this looks like it will be very fast:

Crucial RealSSD M4

cammy5477 · 13 Apr 2011 at 07:06

sk82jack said:
If you can wait a couple of days this looks like it will be very fast:

Crucial RealSSD M4

yeah...i'd tend to agree with this....immenent realese and new tech for a decent price worth holding of a few days for

MisfiTTTTT · 13 Apr 2011 at 09:45

Thanks all I'll wait and get that.

One final quesiton I have is whether to get the 6950 and flash it or just get the 480 SOC, does anyone have experience with these cards that comment?

R088ieS86 · 13 Apr 2011 at 10:03

Reaper 392 said:
change DVD drive for this sony one: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-060-SO&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

ive had the samsung for about 6 or 7 weeks. its been nothing but trouble, and has eaten two of my disks. im in the process of replacing it for the sony through overclockers

I used the Sony in a build last week. It is uber loud!! I think it is just bad luck with the Samsung. Used 4 in some work builds and haven't had any problems with them.

Reaper 392 · 13 Apr 2011 at 10:10

R088ieS86 said:
I used the Sony in a build last week. It is uber loud!! I think it is just bad luck with the Samsung. Used 4 in some work builds and haven't had any problems with them.

thanks for the info. i take it you mean uber loud compared to samsung.

i will switch back to samsung (havent returned it yet)