Help.. I'm building my first Custom system

IcemanUK · 26 Feb 2011 at 16:33

Hello all,

I am looking to build my first custom PC. I have a budget of about £600 not including case and PS.

Can anyone help of give me some ideas. Would prefer an AMD system and fairly high powered to keep up in the gaming aspect of things.

Thanks in advance..

danzhang16 · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:17

Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £213.59

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £191.99

Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge)
£124.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD105SI)
£38.98

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £29.99

Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£13.99

Sub Total : £511.27
Shipping : £10.00
VAT : £104.25
Total : £625.52

Better for gaming than any amd system I can think of, but someone will probably fill you in

powelly · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:27

assuming yo already have a power supply, can i ask you what it is because that can play a very vital role

IcemanUK · 26 Feb 2011 at 17:58

powelly2010 said:
assuming yo already have a power supply, can i ask you what it is because that can play a very vital role

I have just ordered a Zalman Z9 case with a OCUK Swift 750W Silent Power Supply...

IcemanUK · 26 Feb 2011 at 18:01

Although PS has been shipped yet so i can change my mind if needs must..

danzhang16 · 26 Feb 2011 at 18:28

I think you should, don't skimp on a PSU, you'll regret it!

pastymuncher · 26 Feb 2011 at 18:36

IcemanUK said:
Although PS has been shipped yet so i can change my mind if needs must..

Do it because the one you selected is a pile of crap. I am getting fed up with saying this but, never, ever skimp on a psu. It is not the place to save money. It is the single most important component in a pc. Cheap ones are a false investment and you will nearly always end up replacing it and the components it took out when it fails/blows up. Cheap psu's will not even get close to being able to deliver their stated outputs, have weak/unstable rails, are innefficient and are built from cheap and nasty components.

Buy a decent brand one from the likes of Enermax, XFX, Be-Quiet, Corsair etc.

IcemanUK · 26 Feb 2011 at 18:52

Great- Thank you... I have cancelled the psu order.

So do you guys suggest Intel over AMD chips?

/\ndy · 26 Feb 2011 at 19:00

At the moment it seems intel are leading the way (ignoring the chipset cockup)

AMD are releasing a new toy soon, so anyones game really.

Blue160 · 26 Feb 2011 at 19:01

Sandy bridge Intel is hugely faster than any of the current AMD chips. If you are building a new rig now, that's got to be the way to go.

/\ndy · 26 Feb 2011 at 19:10

Surely it's worth waiting for the new motherboard revisions?

Colasanto · 26 Feb 2011 at 19:29

/\ndy said:
Surely it's worth waiting for the new motherboard revisions?

No need to if you're using Port 0,1 and SATA 3 6 gb/s ports.

IcemanUK · 26 Feb 2011 at 19:36

I feel like such a noob....

Thanks for all the info so far.. Its giving me a real good idea as to where to invest.

danzhang16 · 26 Feb 2011 at 20:40

Fernick said:
No need to if you're using Port 0,1 and SATA 3 6 gb/s ports.

Depends whether OP wants to go through the hassle of the return procedure though

Colasanto · 26 Feb 2011 at 22:16

danzhang16 said:
Depends whether OP wants to go through the hassle of the return procedure though

OP won't need to return the board if they get SATA 3 drives and only use ports 0 and 1 for SATA 2. It's only 2-6 SATA 2 that are effected.

EDIT: In fact all of the 6 gb/s ports for sata 3 are unaffected. I'm right in saying this i think?

danzhang16 · 27 Feb 2011 at 00:02

Fernick said:
OP won't need to return the board if they get SATA 3 drives and only use ports 0 and 1 for SATA 2. It's only 2-6 SATA 2 that are effected.

EDIT: In fact all of the 6 gb/s ports for sata 3 are unaffected. I'm right in saying this i think?

Yeah i think so, just thought I'd say if OP doesn't like the lack of the abiltity to add devices to the other ports should he wish to in the future. I thought it was that all 3gbps ports were affected, and not the 6gb/s

Reaper 392 · 27 Feb 2011 at 00:26

IcemanUK said:
Great- Thank you... I have cancelled the psu order.

So do you guys suggest Intel over AMD chips?

for your budget, intel is definitely the way to go. its only if your really tight for cash that i would suggest going AMD