Hi all,
I'm putting together a build which will primarily be used for gaming and occasionally watching films. Here's what I have so far:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
1 x Silverstone Raven 2 RV02B Full Tower Case - Black £129.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £77.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £53.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM £18.98
1 x LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £981.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).
I still need help picking a PSU and monitor.
Other than the missing PSU, are there any issues with the above so far? Will everything fit? Any obvious improvements?
The PSU needs to be slightly overkill, to allow for a second GTX 570 later on when the price has dropped.
As for the monitor, I really don't know what's good these days! Any advice appreciated.
No strict budget as such, I'm just looking for things that represent good value
Thanks in advance!
I'm putting together a build which will primarily be used for gaming and occasionally watching films. Here's what I have so far:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
1 x Silverstone Raven 2 RV02B Full Tower Case - Black £129.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £77.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £53.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM £18.98
1 x LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £981.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).
I still need help picking a PSU and monitor.
Other than the missing PSU, are there any issues with the above so far? Will everything fit? Any obvious improvements?
The PSU needs to be slightly overkill, to allow for a second GTX 570 later on when the price has dropped.
As for the monitor, I really don't know what's good these days! Any advice appreciated.
No strict budget as such, I'm just looking for things that represent good value
Thanks in advance!
