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mart1985

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Sorry to be a pain and ask for another check of my build but I am finally getting around to ordering the following:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ X² BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QMC3G2M) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £263.99
1 x Benq XL2410T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x CM Storm Stryker Full Tower Gaming Case - White £129.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £66.66
1 x TT eSports Challenger Pro Gaming Keyboard £46.99
1 x Plantronics GameCom 780 7.1 Surround Sound USB Gaming Headset £42.98
1 x Avexir MPower Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £29.99
1 x Logitech G300 Gaming Mouse (910-002489) £29.99
1 x Xigmatek Dark Knight SD-1283 Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD FM1/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £28.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps High-Gain Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN822N) £17.99
Total : £1,531.13 (includes shipping : £22.20).




I am pretty happy with the majority, apart from the graphics card. I cannot decide whether to go for this 7950 and buy another in a few months, or go with the single 7970.

I do not plan on using the 3D capabilities of the monitor but I will be running a second monitor for web browsing (using the Benq for gaming).

Any advice on the graphics card or other areas would be appreciated :)
 
Looks good. :) You can OC your 7950 to 7970 speeds, possibly further. Then grab another at a later date. ;)

Why don't you embrace Windows 8 for £4 less? :p The only other thing that urks me is the USB wireless adapter? Yuck! Either grab a PCI/PCI-E wireless network card or go for powerline plugs.. :p
 
Hi Sparx.

After reading around your suggestion was what I was expecting to hear! I imagine I will buy another after Christmas so 7950 should be the best option.

I agree on the wireless adapter. I have powerline plugs but just moved into a new house and the router and the power sockets in the pc room must be on different circuits as they are not working. Have you got any suggestions on a network card?
 
I would go for this myself. But seeing as 90% of OcUK's wireless adapters are 'out of stock' or 'due soon' - you may have to grab this from somewhere else! :p

I think Windows 8 would be worth embracing for £4 less. I'm looking into a new rig at Easter and will be going for Windows 8 myself.
 
Thanks for the suggestion, I will look into cards and that one in particular.

I have not really looked into Windows 8 due to it being so new. My concerns are obviously the lack of testing due to how new it is.
 
Windows 8 is a lot more stable than you think. Plenty of good solid drivers out there for anything you will probably use. :) I would say Windows 8 is one of Microsoft's smoothest launches.

I have Win8 running on a VM on my PC and it runs really well!
 
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