First PC build

BornSlippy1989

BornSlippy1989

BornSlippy1989

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Hi guis!

I'm treating myself to a new PC, I was going to buy one pre-built but since I am currently studying for my Comptia A+ I thought it would make sense to build my own :)

could you give it a look over for us, have I got everything I need? Anything you would change?

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Actually looking at this again you are spending £80 for the case and foam kit and then another £35 on two fans.



you can get a much better case for £115 to start with.
 
OK so I've updated my build and saved nearly £300 in doing so while achieving the same performance and a much higher quality case. I've downgraded the motherboard, to the lower 'PRO' model, saving £40, would you have stuck with the 'Extreme4' model? I've taken onboard the advice about the GFX card, I'll just flash it, didn't know you could do that!

here it is so far...

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I haven't swapped the memory as the timings on that Ripjaw memory look pretty sweet for a small price increase over the XMS3 ones. One question about the PSU, 850W seems to me like overkill, if I can find a decent modular 600-700 watt PSU would that be sufficient? I don't intend on going SLI or Crossfire in the foreseeable future :).

Again, anything you would change to this build, currently it's costing £901, which for the performance this is going to bring is I think amazing value for money.

Cheers guys.
 
Another question (sorry!), I've noticed that for *almost* the same price I could get the Corsair Hydro H70, would the cooling experts amongst us care to share their opinions with me on whether or not I should go with water cooling? I'm looking for silence above all over than all-out performance...
 
BornSlippy1989 said:
Another question (sorry!), I've noticed that for *almost* the same price I could get the Corsair Hydro H70, would the cooling experts amongst us care to share their opinions with me on whether or not I should go with water cooling? I'm looking for silence above all over than all-out performance...
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yeah i wouldnt get an h70 if you want silence, that thing seems to produce most of the noise in my pc. unless maybe you get 3rd party fans for it.
 
So, I'd still take a XFire / SLI motherboard, giving you the option later.

I'd take the Noctua over the SilverArrow. Plus I'm not sure the SilverArrow fits in the R3 (it's a bit taller than the NH-D14).

I wouldn't bother with the paste, the Noctua comes with good paste, but by all means, it's only a fiver (eek, tenner). Do you need all that paste? :)

Good case. The NH-D14 fits in the R3.

If you don't want XFire / SLI, the PSU (and motherboard) is overkill. I'd get the XFX 650 XXX if you want modular, or the Antec 620W if you want value.

8GB on a bargain. I'd grab that.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 Game £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x XFX 850W Black Edition Modular Power Supply £112.98
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £94.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £84.98
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £69.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £962.38 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
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