Hi all,
I have just finished building the below spec and will be booting it up later on today.
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel Core i5 DIY Micro ATX Motherboard, CPU & RAM Bundle £221.98
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £47.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £44.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £43.99
1 x Aerocool V3X Devil Red Edition Midi-Tower - Black / Red £14.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M)
I have a couple of questions that i would like some advice on. The first one is regarding cooling. The case only comes with 1 fan so i should probably get a few more. I also did not consider if i would need a cpu cooler. My old system is a first gen I7 930 overclocked that i bought in 2009. it has a aftermarket cpu cooler and my new build is just running the standard one. Will this be sufficient or should i be looking to upgrade it in the future?
Regarding overclocking the new build (i would get a aftermarket cpu cooler before doing this) what could this setup comfortable handle and where would i get advice on settings etc?
Finally my new PSU is 500W - my old system has a 650W. Will i be OK running this on a 500psu?
Also would like to thank overclockers on excellent service again. This is the 3rd system i have had from them and it arrived next day brilliantly packed along with some haribo.
I have just finished building the below spec and will be booting it up later on today.
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel Core i5 DIY Micro ATX Motherboard, CPU & RAM Bundle £221.98
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £47.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £44.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £43.99
1 x Aerocool V3X Devil Red Edition Midi-Tower - Black / Red £14.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M)
I have a couple of questions that i would like some advice on. The first one is regarding cooling. The case only comes with 1 fan so i should probably get a few more. I also did not consider if i would need a cpu cooler. My old system is a first gen I7 930 overclocked that i bought in 2009. it has a aftermarket cpu cooler and my new build is just running the standard one. Will this be sufficient or should i be looking to upgrade it in the future?
Regarding overclocking the new build (i would get a aftermarket cpu cooler before doing this) what could this setup comfortable handle and where would i get advice on settings etc?
Finally my new PSU is 500W - my old system has a 650W. Will i be OK running this on a 500psu?
Also would like to thank overclockers on excellent service again. This is the 3rd system i have had from them and it arrived next day brilliantly packed along with some haribo.