Check over a spec for me?

brad82 · 9 Jul 2011 at 14:08

Hey Guys,

Building a PC for a friend, can you just check over the spec to see if ive missed anything out? Would be like my 30th build but I still miss things of the shopping list

Qty Price Line Total
CPU Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor

GPU MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Mobo Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3 Intel P67 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **

PSU Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXV2UK)

HDD1 Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX)

HDD2 Western Digital Caviar Blue 320Gb SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKX)

RAM Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9)

CASE Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black

WLAN Edimax EW-7612 PIN 300Mbps Wireless PCI-E Network Card

DVD LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

RJC · 9 Jul 2011 at 14:10

Change the hard drive to the Samsung F3 below, from the WD 1tb drive.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279

And you require dual channel memory and not triple channel memory.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-290-CS

Jony27 · 9 Jul 2011 at 14:10

mobo to asrock z68 pro 3
you have 2 HDD just get 1 x samsung F3 1TB
change the ram to dual channel corsair xms3.

Reaper 392 · 9 Jul 2011 at 14:11

few things:
- RAM needs to be dual channel, as thats what sandybridge motherboards support
- hard drive is very expensive for what it is, go for one of these instead:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279
- antec 100 case is better and cheaper than the antec 300 case
- no need for the second smaller hard drive.

also, whats the computer going to be used for?

brad82 · 9 Jul 2011 at 16:00

Just general stuff, ive told the lad buying it its way overpowered for internet browsing but hes one of those types that wont have it!

He wants to separate his junk from his boot drive, I recommended an SSD to him but unfortunately its just not going to fit within the budget, so I just shot a 320gb 6gb/s drive in

And that ASRock mobo supports sandybridge right? I havent had any experience with the new CPUs as of yet

EDIT: Stupid question, it does!

Surveyor · 9 Jul 2011 at 16:03

Get a 2500K, the cheaper Samsung F3, dump the second hard drive and you can afford to add an SSD.

brad82 · 9 Jul 2011 at 16:14

Thanks for the help guys - ill make the changes!

Reaper 392 · 9 Jul 2011 at 16:46

i see your budget is ~£900 with free postage. this is what i'd do with it:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £183.98
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £178.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £56.99
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.98
Total : £887.88 (includes shipping: FREE).

this will be great if he decides to start some proper gaming too

however, since he is just internet browsing then an athlon X2 or 3, 2-4GB RAM and the 128GB SSD would be more than enough

Jony27 · 9 Jul 2011 at 16:53

did i just read that right?
your friend has a budget of £900 for a pc he/she will use for internet browsing?

brad82 · 9 Jul 2011 at 16:56

Oh and Minecraft.. Sorry I forgot that part.

Yea I want to slap him too!

Reaper 392 · 9 Jul 2011 at 17:06

Jony27 said:
did i just read that right?
your friend has a budget of £900 for a pc he/she will use for internet browsing?

unfortunately yes. i only hope they will go into gaming once they get the PC.

the only way i could see you realistically spending anywhere near that much on a browsing machine is with a small form factor/HTPC case. even then i cant sensibly get near £900

YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £183.98
1 x Antec Fusion Remote HTPC Case - Silver £138.88
1 x AMD Llano A8-3850 2.90GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3850WNGXBOX) £103.99
1 x Asus F1A75-M AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM1) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 ATX '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £39.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £677.80 (includes shipping: FREE).

*edit*
oh, i see he will be playing minecraft. changed the build a bit