First build

Mike24 · 18 Oct 2012 at 14:37

Hi

As my old computer is quite old now and some of the parts are going out I thought i would build one this time.
I have been looking around the forums at what other people are being suggested to get and have come up with this spec.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795F3G2M) with FREE Sleeping Dogs, Nexuiz, & CODMW2 PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020003-UK) £99.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 200mm Red LED - Black £13.19
1 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 120mm Fan Red LED - Black £9.59
Total : £1,048.16 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Does all this look ok?

Only thing i think need now is a mouse, can anyone recommend one that isn't to expensive?

Thanks in advance.

Mike24 · 18 Oct 2012 at 14:41

Will be used for gaming and i have 2 HHD's from my old computer that i can use.

I am also thinking of trying overclocking at some point and get a 2nd graphics card at a later date to.

Mike24 · 18 Oct 2012 at 15:22

Thanks for the advice, will make some changes i think now.

Mike24 · 18 Oct 2012 at 19:21

Thanks for the information.

Mike24 · 18 Oct 2012 at 19:35

Yes i intend to at some point.

Mike24 · 18 Oct 2012 at 19:39

Haha i have the OS from my old system

Mike24 · 18 Oct 2012 at 23:48

Are the price differnces on the graphics cards worth it?

Mike24 · 24 Oct 2012 at 23:33

ok so will be thinking of buying in the next week and have come up with this.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX PE 2GD5/OC) £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £143.99
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 Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3/FM1) £58.79
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Steelseries Ikari Optical Mouse (62000) £22.98
2 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 200mm Red LED - Black £14.99 (£29.98)
1 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 120mm Fan Red LED - Black £11.99
Total : £1,173.16 (includes shipping : £13.75).

anyone got any recommendations that might be good to change?

with the top fans it can either have 1-200mm fan or 2-120/140mm fans, would 2 fans on top be better than 1 big fan?

also would getting a separate be a good idea? if so whats good?