First time build spec check please

aidan444

aidan444

aidan444

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Hi, this is my first build ever and I've spent quite a lot of time reading up on these forums for a rough idea on my components but just wanted to get a few thoughts to see if everything is ok.

OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game

Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 850W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-850TXV2UK) - Reason for 850W is in case I go for Crossfire in the future.

OcUK V-Line 221V2SB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black

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

Razer DeathAdder Respawn 3500dpi Xtreme Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX)

Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)

Samsung SH-S222AB/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail

Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface

Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g)

Comes to roughly £1000

Already have OS.

I've left a few things out like game pad, headset etc but that is the basic build itself. So thoughts please?

Is everything ok or should I change some things up? Can't really spend more then I already have though so if something has to be changed I'd prefer it to be of the same price or cheaper if possible. Thanks.
 
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for the case/psu/cooler have a look at this its only several pounds more than what you chosen the case is different tho(for the case you've chosen there is a bundle but the psu is 650w).

hard disk I would say samsung rather than wd.

if you want a bit of future proofing then gen3 version of the asrok you've chosen or maybe this or this in the future you can pop in an ivy bridge cpu and a psc-e3.0 graphics card and not have to change motherboards which would save you some money when you want to get a pci-e3.0 graphics card(pci-e3.0 needs ivy bridge, sandy bridge doesn't have the controller).
 
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