First time build - Advice needed

Ok, I went for the GeIL. Its cheaper and its the only one which shows it has 1.5 voltage..

Might sound silly, but just to confirm.. 1.4-1.6 voltage DOES allow for 1.5? Its not some odd maths defying term?

Ok, now, to search for a better, yet cheaper, mouse!
 
Faustie said:
Hmm, unfortunately that doesn't fit on the socket. I'll have to think about the Vengeance RAM. Is there any kind of.. case calculator where you enter your parts and it sees if they will fit? Or is it a matter of trial and error?


EDIT: Heh, kd you posted that just as I posted this... yeah I guess I'll grab one of those, thanks for the advice. :)
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It fits socket LGA1155.

Thermalright Archon CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/AM2/AM3)
 
Mike306 said:
It fits socket LGA1155.

Thermalright Archon CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/AM2/AM3)
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Oops I missed that.

Anyway, as it is I'll probably stick with the venom and go for the cheaper Ram. Saves me around £50, and this is getting pretty expensive.

Ok, so the new list:


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
(£179.99) £215.99
(£179.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £110.39
(£91.99) £110.39
(£91.99)
Coolermaster HAF 932 Case - Black £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Corsair TX 750W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXUK) £94.99
(£79.16) £94.99
(£79.16)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Microsoft SideWinder X6 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (AGB-00006) £38.99
(£32.49) £38.99
(£32.49)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £36.98
(£30.82) £36.98
(£30.82)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
OcUK Value 300Mbps Wireless-N PCI Adapter £12.98
(£10.82) £12.98
(£10.82)
OcUK Value 2m DVI Male - Male Monitor Cable (DV-106) £4.99
(£4.16) £4.99
(£4.16)
Sub Total : £921.03
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £188.65
Total : £1,131.88



I swapped the mouse for the G500 :)
 
Faustie said:
Ok, I went for the GeIL. Its cheaper and its the only one which shows it has 1.5 voltage..

Might sound silly, but just to confirm.. 1.4-1.6 voltage DOES allow for 1.5? Its not some odd maths defying term?

Ok, now, to search for a better, yet cheaper, mouse!
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Both same price!!! Both will do 1.5v

Geil will be fine.
 
Faustie said:
Heh, but the Corsair was on offer to the same price ;) So in the coming weeks, when I come around to buy, this'll be cheaper.
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Yes your're right, the Corsair XMS3 is currently `This Week Only Offer` ends 16th March.

Didn't realise you were not building just yet, must have missed that bit, sorry.
 
Hopefully I'll be buying it at the end of this month. I'll be watching for offers then, but what I have now seems best, and without offers it'll only be around £20 more, I imagine.
 
smiley1987 said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

This psu is very highly rated and its has more power out put then the corsair for future upgrades .
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Did some more research, it seems great. Thanks man, you just saved me around £15 more. :) Future proofing is good, too.

So now its..

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
(£179.99) £215.99
(£179.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £110.39
(£91.99) £110.39
(£91.99)
Coolermaster HAF 932 Case - Black £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
XFX Pro 850W Core Edition Power Supply £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Microsoft SideWinder X6 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (AGB-00006) £38.99
(£32.49) £38.99
(£32.49)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £36.98
(£30.82) £36.98
(£30.82)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
OcUK Value 300Mbps Wireless-N PCI Adapter £12.98
(£10.82) £12.98
(£10.82)
OcUK Value 2m DVI Male - Male Monitor Cable (DV-106) £4.99
(£4.16) £4.99
(£4.16)
Sub Total : £908.53
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £20.10
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £185.73
Total : £1,114.36


Awesome :D
 
Oh dear.

The Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 is no longer available on your store. It is not in the search menu and if I click on it from my basket I can't get to it.

Is this just a temporary thing because they are out of stock? Should I worry? Or should I find a different brand of 6950?
 
You might want to look at a modular PSU. Tend to be more expensive but they are much better for cable management.
 
Yeah the corsair I had first was modular.. I'll see if theres a modular version of the XFX 850w. I'm trying to get a mix between saving money, power for future upgrades and good management.

Also, any news on why the Asus 6950 has disappeared from the store? :(
 
Well, I could always go for a lesser one, but I need to make sure its big enough to fit all of my components, especially as I wish to keep space in case I plan to have another card in Xfire in the future. Not to mention that this HAF apparently has amazing cooling capabilities, which will be useful for when I want to overclock. Seems a pretty solid thing, to me. I want the carrier for all my expensive components to be high quality stuff.

Also, don't want to sound like I'm bugging here, but.. Does anyone at all know what happened to the Asus 6950? It seemed like a really sweet deal, and I was really hoping to be able to buy it from this store alongside everything else.
 
Well.. I've successfully been BULLIED by some people on Steam into buying an SSD. 64GB for running windows and whatever game is my current.

OH MY DAYS I CAN SMELL THE SPEED.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
(£174.99) £209.99
(£174.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £114.98
(£95.82) £114.98
(£95.82)
Coolermaster HAF 932 Case - Black £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 850W Power Supply £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Microsoft SideWinder X6 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (AGB-00006) £38.99
(£32.49) £38.99
(£32.49)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £38.99
(£32.49) £38.99
(£32.49)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
OcUK Value 300Mbps Wireless-N PCI Adapter £12.98
(£10.82) £12.98
(£10.82)
OcUK Value 2m DVI Male - Male Monitor Cable (DV-106) £4.99
(£4.16) £4.99
(£4.16)
Sub Total : £1,038.18
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £212.08
Total : £1,272.46


I've replaced the Asus with an MSI which I've heard is great. Similar pricing too. But.. anyone know a way to lower the cost a tadbit? Its hitting higher numbers than I initially expected now.
 
Alternative Modular PSU but it's only 750W compared to the 850W one you currently have in your basket. Says it's capable of supporting dual GPUs in the description though.

Cheaper case which is on offer this week. I bought the Advanced Dominator version of this and it's bigger than it looks in pictures.

Oh and shop around;)
 
Ok, I've gone for the Antec Truepower 750w... I presume it'll go fine in my case? I guess it will, but I'm only asking because I saw another Antec PSU that was designed only for Antec cases.
 
Don't see why it wouldn't but maybe someone else could confirm as I've personally never owned an Antec PSU but thought I'd suggest it as it was a bit cheaper than the Coolermaster one.

If it is designed for Antec cases only, there's this one as well which has smaller wattage again but still capable of SLI/XFire.
 
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