Final spec check.

Mr.Mccoy · 7 Sep 2011 at 19:08

Hello all!

Im very close to ordering this system but I would like to know of any way of improve it but keeping around 840£ (sorry for the random budget).

Here it is -

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
(£129.15) £154.98
(£129.15)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £72.98
(£60.82) £72.98
(£60.82)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Cooler Master Storm Scout Gaming Case - Black £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Xigmatek 120mm Crystal Red LED Fan £4.99
(£4.16) £9.98
(£8.32)
Sub Total : £692.74
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £141.30
Total : £847.79

Thanks everyone.

Mr.Mccoy · 7 Sep 2011 at 19:26

Anyone?

Hyburnate · 7 Sep 2011 at 19:31

I don't think even Stulid can beat this

Mr.Mccoy · 7 Sep 2011 at 19:33

Hyburnate said:
I don't think even Stulid can beat this

You serious lol, he probably could I mean he stulid for christ sake.

Ak!ta · 7 Sep 2011 at 19:40

I would change the PSU, and add a better cooler ?

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXV2UK)
£62.99

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)
£22.98

Mr.Mccoy · 7 Sep 2011 at 19:43

Ak!ta said:
I would change the PSU, and add a better cooler ?

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXV2UK)
£62.99

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)
£22.98

Im using the stock cooler because I dont plan on OC'ing.
And isn't a modular PSU better for cable management?

Ak!ta · 7 Sep 2011 at 19:47

Also if your not intending on sli/xfire you could get a less powerful PSU and Mobo, and slip in a SSD?

Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £146.99

Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £73.99

OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.98

ukbilleh · 7 Sep 2011 at 19:48

Yes but the price reflects it too when it comes to branded psu's.

It's criminal to have an i5 2500k and not o/c it. Infact you should be put away for it cleaning old 386's with a toothbrush for at least 5 years

Seriously though the stock cooler is very very poor even if your not overclocking. The gelid is an excellent cooler (price wise) and will take away a lot of the heat from your cpu which cant be bad.

Mr.Mccoy · 7 Sep 2011 at 19:53

ukbilleh said:
Yes but the price reflects it too when it comes to branded psu's.

It's criminal to have an i5 2500k and not o/c it. Infact you should be put away for it cleaning old 386's with a toothbrush for at least 5 years

Seriously though the stock cooler is very very poor even if your not overclocking. The gelid is an excellent cooler (price wise) and will take away a lot of the heat from your cpu which cant be bad.

Ill look at different PSU's but I cant overclock so that why im stick with the stock cooler atm.

ukbilleh · 7 Sep 2011 at 20:04

how come you can't overclock? you seem to have everything you need and there's plenty of guides on the net or the guys on here will help

Mr.Mccoy · 7 Sep 2011 at 20:08

ukbilleh said:
how come you can't overclock? you seem to have everything you need and there's plenty of guides on the net or the guys on here will help

I guess I just fear buggering up the CPU but I will have to look at some guides. - Any recommendations?

Ak!ta · 7 Sep 2011 at 20:11

Will you be using sli/xfire ?

Mr.Mccoy · 7 Sep 2011 at 20:14

Ak!ta said:
Will you be using sli/xfire ?

Hopefully in the future.

ukbilleh · 7 Sep 2011 at 20:15

Mr.Mccoy said:
I guess I just fear buggering up the CPU but I will have to look at some guides. - Any recommendations?

There are plenty off here but you can probably get at least a 4.3ghz o/c if not a little more by just turning up the multiplier in the bios. Also its pretty hard to kill off the cpu as it will shut down (quote me if I'm wrong) when it gets too hot.

ukbilleh · 7 Sep 2011 at 20:17

Oh and after you o/c, go small at first and run cpu-z and hwmonitor to keep an eye on the temps when in windows. Then if all is ok run prime95 and give a stress test for a few hours (although a lot of people say 10 hours) to check if it fails anything. If it does refer to the guides and check voltages or drop the multiplier till its stable. It's pretty easy and shouldn't take you more than an hour or two to get clued up enough to get at least 4.3 out of your cpu.

Mr.Mccoy · 7 Sep 2011 at 20:26

Well if i ever get round to OC'ing ill ask on this forum for advice.
and as for the SLI that would probably be around october or december next year.

Mr.Mccoy · 8 Sep 2011 at 19:03

Bump!

Any more help?