About to order soem new stuff.. but am I missing anything really obvious?

Skalaberg · 3 Jul 2012 at 14:15

Just about to press the button on the following as a treat to myself.. before I do is there anything else I should be considering?

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
(£158.29) £189.95

Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £103.99
(£86.66) £103.99

Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99

Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99

Sub Total : £357.43
Shipping cost based on delivery to Workplace, with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £71.49
Total : £428.92

My current PC has been working well for several years now but it's time for an upgrade. I haven't built one for a few years now and the choices for individual parts seems to be so much bigger than last time I built a machine.

IvanDobskey · 3 Jul 2012 at 15:22

Looks good to me

Stelly · 3 Jul 2012 at 15:24

What GPU does one have?

Stelly

Skalaberg · 3 Jul 2012 at 15:28

at the moment I have 2x ati 5770's crossfired... still seem to run everything ok too!!

thinking about new gpu would just take me over the edge lol.. my brain already hurts.

Attu90 · 3 Jul 2012 at 15:34

Is your DVD sata or IDE ?, the newer motherboards only take sata, looks pretty much the same upgrade ive just done but ive gone for a Samsung 256gb SSD.

Skalaberg · 3 Jul 2012 at 15:36

Attu90 said:
Is your DVD sata or IDE ?, the newer motherboards only take sata, looks pretty much the same upgrade ive just done but ive gone for a Samsung 256gb SSD.

its a fairly new bluray reader so sata... power supply is currently a corsair 850watt gold something or other.. so no need to change those i think.

hmm.. i might consider the 256gb ssd now instead of the 128gb

Stelly · 3 Jul 2012 at 15:39

looks all good then

What case do you have?

Stelly

Skalaberg · 3 Jul 2012 at 15:44

I honestly dont know.. just a billy basic cheap black one I bought a few years ago for about 20 quid... does the job a treat though. Never have the side on a case anymore due to the amount of time I was in and out of my PC changing bits lol. got fed up in the end and just left it off.