Finally decided! :D

CM-Sniper · 28 Jan 2011 at 00:10

Okay so after weeks of looking into things, today is the day I begin purchasing my new components, with the plan to be finished by payday next month.

I've decided on this to begin with:

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £177.98
(£148.32) £177.98

Foxconn P67A-S Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99

And over February I'm hoping to purchase the following:

Gainward GeForce GTX 560Ti "Phantom" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £251.99
(£209.99) £251.99

Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
(£34.16) £40.99

Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.74
(£29.78) £35.74

All to be housed in an already purchased Cooler Master Storm Sniper
Any comments on the build? Anything you'd change? Oh and any opinions on that cooler?

Thanks!

Edit: Oh and a big thanks that gave advice, especially Stulid! Greatly appreciated!

stulid · 28 Jan 2011 at 00:25

Are you going to use a single gpu?

This motherboard will save an extra £10 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-152-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

CM-Sniper · 28 Jan 2011 at 00:27

Was planning on going Sli later on this year. Only concern is the PSU. Will that be enough for 2x 560 Phantoms?

Cheers Stulid, you're always a great help and its really appreciated.

CMS

ghutchison14078 · 28 Jan 2011 at 01:07

You might need a slightly better PSU

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-560-ti-sli-review/14

CM-Sniper · 28 Jan 2011 at 01:24

ghutchison14078 said:
You might need a slightly better PSU

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-560-ti-sli-review/14

Cheers for the info, I'll probably leave the PSU for now then and take a look a bit more into what would be sufficient.

CMS

Marine-RX179 · 28 Jan 2011 at 07:53

You should probably consider paying the £10 extra for retail version of the 2500K for the 2 years extra warranty...as the new CPU ain't as indestructable as older CPU like the Q6600 etc...

The Halk · 28 Jan 2011 at 08:05

Get the OCZ rather than the Crucial SSD, the Crucial one isn't so good at 64GB.

CM-Sniper · 28 Jan 2011 at 09:26

Marine-RX179 said:
You should probably consider paying the £10 extra for retail version of the 2500K for the 2 years extra warranty...as the new CPU ain't as indestructable as older CPU like the Q6600 etc...

Yeah, i was seriously thinking about that. I don't want to spend this amount of money for it to go wrong 2 years down the line and end up having to pay for a new one.

AlexTrickle · 28 Jan 2011 at 10:00

If you're going SLI you ideally want 750W minimum (what I have with my 2x460s).

Also I couldn't find out but I have a suspicion the Foxconn doesn't support SLI - support of SLI is something which usually adds a premium.