Hi guys,
I'm looking at purchasing a gaming P.C extremely soon and want to build it myself to save £££s
On P.C I mainly play MMOs, WoW, SWTOR and GW2 soon enough. MIght check out Diablo 3 and SC2 as well. So many abbreviations....
I'd also like to be able to run fraps in the background to a high recording standard without seeing too much of a drop in FPS (if any).
This is the build I've come up with and was looking for a critique. I've not done it in the same way that everyone else seems to link their build with the yellow writing and "your basket" (is there a way to do that without too much effort?
). Anyway this is the build so far....
MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [V255-040R]
Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail [BX80623I52500]
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM
Aerocool X-Predator Ultimate Gaming Case - Black/Orange
Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive
Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Total £1010
Now I know you're going to say get the 2500k but I'm not really looking at overclocking and having to add extra cooling.
I guess my main questions are
1) Have I picked a good build, good brands, decent parts for the money? Are there minor tweaks that could be made for a bit less/more money?
2) I think I'm right in thinking that all the parts will fit together on the motherboard and just as important actually fit in the case?!
3) How big a difference is the SSD going to make? I'm considering dropping it and adding them at a later date when they come down even more.
4) Is the PSU good enough?
I'm looking at purchasing a gaming P.C extremely soon and want to build it myself to save £££s
On P.C I mainly play MMOs, WoW, SWTOR and GW2 soon enough. MIght check out Diablo 3 and SC2 as well. So many abbreviations....
I'd also like to be able to run fraps in the background to a high recording standard without seeing too much of a drop in FPS (if any).
This is the build I've come up with and was looking for a critique. I've not done it in the same way that everyone else seems to link their build with the yellow writing and "your basket" (is there a way to do that without too much effort?
). Anyway this is the build so far....MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [V255-040R]
Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail [BX80623I52500]
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM
Aerocool X-Predator Ultimate Gaming Case - Black/Orange
Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive
Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Total £1010
Now I know you're going to say get the 2500k but I'm not really looking at overclocking and having to add extra cooling.
I guess my main questions are
1) Have I picked a good build, good brands, decent parts for the money? Are there minor tweaks that could be made for a bit less/more money?
2) I think I'm right in thinking that all the parts will fit together on the motherboard and just as important actually fit in the case?!
3) How big a difference is the SSD going to make? I'm considering dropping it and adding them at a later date when they come down even more.
4) Is the PSU good enough?
