Building new PC, advice needed

Nick743 · 26 Oct 2007 at 11:46

This will be my first attempt at building a pc. This is what I've come up with so far:

The PC will mainly be used for gaming and my budget is a maximum of £850 but I'd rather stay near the 800 mark. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated as I'd rather look a fool on here than waste my money.

Admiral Huddy · 26 Oct 2007 at 11:50

Welcome to the forums

looks spot on mate - very much what I have now

Sure you're new

CPU cooler?

Nick743 · 26 Oct 2007 at 11:50

The one that comes retail wouldn't be enough?

Admiral Huddy · 26 Oct 2007 at 11:53

yeah it's fine but if you want to increasee the external CPU frequency > 266MHz, you might want to think about a beter one. The Artic Freezer 7 comes in at less then £20 andit's get's the temps down < 10oc on the stock cooler.

SuperJ · 26 Oct 2007 at 12:00

make sure and get a case with good airflow and room for expansion

Nick743 · 26 Oct 2007 at 12:07

Adds all of £1 or so to change the cooler. I think I can just about afford it, thanks for the advice. When I was choosing the case everything about it looked more than adequate for my build, was I wrong?

balls · 26 Oct 2007 at 13:22

Perfect spec for the price, possibly suggestion is to swap the 500aaks for a pair of 250gb 7200.10's and raid them? But only if you have backups. Not a huge fan of the case, but you might just want to have a look at the Pc-7