Building a PC - have I forgotten anything??

[dirtychinchilla]

Yeah that's what I thought. No worries. I'm just concerned about case size and every small case I find that's been made in the last couple of years is Mini ITX

 

[dirtychinchilla]

So, I've come to the realisation that a friend of mine may well be able to drive my PC up north from me when he finishes university etc. I was just checking out a thread and a guy was using this motherboard. I looks amazing, specs and aesthetics. Am I being blinded by it's coolness or is it actually great?

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Ok thanks. I may end up with the Z68 now then. It's just basically a case of whether I can get this computer back from uni or not and I think I've managed to find an easier way.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

it's overpriced of course, but it will do the job. For the price I'd rather have a Asus Z68 pro or a Z68 Extreme 4.

So then, which is better? The pro or the Extreme 4??

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Ah the bluetooth is very attractive to me as I'd like to have a wireless desktop without having to have an extra thing coming off the computer. thanks a lot!

 

[dirtychinchilla]

I can't find anything saying it has bluetooth...am I being dumb and overlooking it? I think you may be wrong tbh, sorry

And that black plastic, is it removable?

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Oh sorry! So the Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68, would that be as good as the Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68?

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Fantastic. Thank you very much

 

[dirtychinchilla]

So, finally, I believe this will be the final spec. Could you please check it for me? Unfortunately I'll have to order it in stages.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £149.98
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £95.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Windowed Case - Black £56.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H50-1 High-Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £55.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £723.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

The first stage will be this:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £149.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Windowed Case - Black £56.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £461.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Then the rest will eventually follow.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Thanks! I'm probably going to braid all the cables etc and put in a couple of lights, lots and lots of fans, the usual really.

I was thinking of perhaps ordering the windowless version and then putting in a bigger window because, frankly, the window they've put in the case is pretty crap. They expect you to put a fan in it too, you won't be able to see anything! And it's tinted.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Oh crap I completely forget about the HDD, terrible planning!

 

[dirtychinchilla]

So, now including HDD:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £149.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Windowed Case - Black £56.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £495.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

I don't quite have the funds for that. I'm going to have to do a little begging I think!

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Ordered! Should be here tomorrow