Been lurking around the forums, as I have seen suggested, and have gathered the following specifications for an upcoming build. I already have a PSU, sound-card and HDD, as listed below.
Any thoughts or comments on the selection of components would be much appreciated. All prices are from OcUK.
Total: £777.89
Any thoughts or comments on the selection of components would be much appreciated. All prices are from OcUK.
- CPU & Mobo: OcUK Motherboard Bundle - Intel Core i5 2500K & Asus P8P67 Intel P67 Mainboard **B3 Revision** £267.98
- GPU: HIS ATI Radeon 6950 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
- SSD: OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive £99.98
- HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache – OEM
- RAM: OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit £36.98
- Case: Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case – Black £59.99
- OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM £79.99
- PSU: Corsair HX520W
- Sound-card: Emu 0404 24/96 Digital Audio PCI Card
- CPU cooler: BeQuiet Dark Rock Advanced CPU Cooler £39.98
- Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) £13.99
Total: £777.89
- I would have liked 8GB of RAM, but don't feel like I can justify the additional cost.
- The 2GB version of the 6950 is not much more, but the benchmarks I have seen indicate there is no real benefit to having the extra GB.
- I hope to use my existing PSU (HX520W) - it's a decent PSU, but I am not if it's good enough for this particular build.
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