Build for July just some practices

Cookeh said:
ASRock are, iirc an budget off-shoot of ASUS-Tek - they don't make mobos for enthusiasts and generally they skimp on features or let performance slip.
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They arnt owned by asus anymore apparently and no longer skimp on features they are actualy coming out with brand new tech on thier boards, thats what ive found out from reading these forums anyway :)
 
TBH, I wouldn't go into this detail yet - since you won't be buying kit for such a long time.

By the time July rolls around, AMD will have released Bulldozer, Intel will be about to launch LGA 2011 Sandy Bridge, SSDs will be cheaper and the graphics card market will be fairly different.

The only things I would suggest picking out now are case, monitor, PSU, DVD drive, mouse and OS. However, certainly go over them again in July to ensure that nothing better has come out since.

Considering your budget, I would definitely give the Dell U2311H a good look (here is a review). Its a bit more than the monitors you have chosen above, but the quality is much better - and considering it is the piece of kit you will be looking at all the time - it makes sense to me to get a good one.

Also, the PSU is a quality one - so +1 on that.
 
Apem said:
Ive been told 3 times on these forums asus no longer own Asrock now im confused lol.
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Well they are wrong.

ASRock are a branch of ASUS-Tek, known for doing budget or Frankenstein (mixing PCI-E with AGP, DDR with DDR2 ram etc) boards that were never really good but filled a niche.
 
Dam i was saying that they were when 3 people piped up they wasnt no long with asus dam shame I cant remember what post it was could stick 2 fingers up lol thanks for the correct info.
 
Apem said:
Dam i was saying that they were when 3 people piped up they wasnt no long with asus dam shame I cant remember what post it was could stick 2 fingers up lol thanks for the correct info.
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No prob :) And go for it, no-one likes false information!
 
cmndr_andi said:
TBH, I wouldn't go into this detail yet - since you won't be buying kit for such a long time.

By the time July rolls around, AMD will have released Bulldozer, Intel will be about to launch LGA 2011 Sandy Bridge, SSDs will be cheaper and the graphics card market will be fairly different.

The only things I would suggest picking out now are case, monitor, PSU, DVD drive, mouse and OS. However, certainly go over them again in July to ensure that nothing better has come out since.

Considering your budget, I would definitely give the Dell U2311H a good look (here is a review). Its a bit more than the monitors you have chosen above, but the quality is much better - and considering it is the piece of kit you will be looking at all the time - it makes sense to me to get a good one.

Also, the PSU is a quality one - so +1 on that.
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Agreed. Would look for an outline of a system and rough budget for each component and keep and eye on prices and trends. 6 months is a hell of a long time with regards to component prices and a lot can change. Maybe SSDs will fall into your budget, maybe 8GB RAM would too but who knows. Just like that, prices and increase and offers turn up.

For the moment I'd be looking at user experiences of key components you have your eye one, in particular motherboards, RMA & overclocking threads.

What you have at the moment is a good outline, ie P67, i5 2500K, 6950 if buying today.
 
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