first build

geezer666 · 16 Feb 2012 at 21:08

Hi there, going to attempt my first build and would like to know if all these components are compatible please???

AOC E2795VH 27" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black

£199.99
(£166.66)

£199.99
(£166.66)

AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE Deus Ex PC Game

£94.99
(£79.16)

£94.99
(£79.16)

Asus M5A97 PRO AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard

£93.98
(£78.32)

£93.98
(£78.32)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002)

£67.99
(£56.66)

£67.99
(£56.66)

Akasa Venom 550w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply

£64.99
(£54.16)

£64.99
(£54.16)

Asus ATI Radeon HD 6670 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card

£59.99
(£49.99)

£59.99
(£49.99)

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)

£38.39
(£31.99)

£38.39
(£31.99)

Arctic Cooling Freezer A30 AMD Cooler (Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2)

£32.99
(£27.49)

£32.99
(£27.49)

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

£14.99
(£12.49)

£14.99
(£12.49

Stinger53 · 16 Feb 2012 at 21:12

what is your total bugdet? intel would be better to get

geezer666 · 16 Feb 2012 at 21:17

Budget will be £700 tops. Mainly need to know compatibility though as its first attempt.

Stinger53 · 16 Feb 2012 at 21:22

what are you going to use if for?
it is all compatible what have choosen

Cyanide · 16 Feb 2012 at 21:24

Intel -

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ G2750 27" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **PRE-ORDER ONLY PRICE** £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £67.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £52.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £44.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £688.90 (includes shipping : FREE).

AMD -

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ G2750 27" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-6 Six Core 6100 Black Edition 3.30Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £124.99
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **PRE-ORDER ONLY PRICE** £89.99
1 x Asus M5A97 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £67.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £52.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £44.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £713.90 (includes shipping : FREE).

-£15 cashback for the cpu

Regardless of what you may hear the AMD is, for the most part, a better processor but the Intel would give you much better upgrade options in the future.

Despite spending the best part of a day defending the 6100 I'd probably still go Intel on that budet though

shadow_boxer · 16 Feb 2012 at 21:41

That Intel spec looks good. Would swap the PSU for this one though.

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

Stinger53 · 16 Feb 2012 at 21:46

Cyanide said:
Intel -

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ G2750 27" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **PRE-ORDER ONLY PRICE** £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £67.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £52.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £44.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £688.90 (includes shipping : FREE).

intel build looks gd

would change psu tho to http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-007-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

geezer666 · 16 Feb 2012 at 21:53

Thanks for the advice so far. Hadn't really thought about intel as i thought it would be more expensive.

spain · 16 Feb 2012 at 21:59

Have you got an old monitor?

I ask because you could get the better CPU 2500k and put the money left aside and upgrade the monitor later, well thats what I would do. You still have not said what the pc will be used for?

geezer666 · 16 Feb 2012 at 22:08

Mainly gonna be used for gaming. Current monitor is a bit old but could probably get away with it for a bit longer.

shadow_boxer · 16 Feb 2012 at 22:12

geezer666 said:
Mainly gonna be used for gaming. Current monitor is a bit old but could probably get away with it for a bit longer.

I'd grab an i5-2500K and a better GPU and perhaps upgrade 24" monitor. Same resolution as the 27" anyway.

shadow_boxer · 16 Feb 2012 at 22:20

How about this if your happy to use your current monitor for a little while.

YOUR BASKET
1 x ZOTAC GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2550K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £61.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £44.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £668.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

MORE SPEED · 16 Feb 2012 at 22:51

Stick to a 2500k

Stinger53 · 17 Feb 2012 at 12:06

shadow_boxer said:
How about this if your happy to use your current monitor for a little while.

YOUR BASKET
1 x ZOTAC GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2550K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £61.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £44.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £668.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

would go for this spec

geezer666 · 20 Feb 2012 at 20:08

Thanks for the advice people, definately got a few things to think about now!!

beejjacobs · 20 Feb 2012 at 20:20

I'd consider a 2500K, it has integrated graphics and is nearly the same price (out of stock atm though, OEM ones at least). Integrated graphics would be useful if you, say, had a graphics card problem - just gives you something to fall back on.