Improvements to this build?

[amrux1234]

So I am planning on building a PC (you may recognise me from before, sorry I am making so many threads on this, still haven't got round to getting enough money for it, however AS' exams coming up and parents are willing to buy me a pc). So my question is how do you improve this build. I have OS, keyboard , mouse and monitor sorted.
Fix this build for absolute max of £750, unless of course it is as good as it can be. I want it for gaming, stuff like Starcraft, TF2, WoW etc.
Here is a piccy

 

[amrux1234]

Hmmmm, I wonder where that screenshot came from

Maybe worth just stating the component names/prices or just redo it in an OCUK basket before a mod sees it.

Done

 

[amrux1234]

You only need a DVD-ROM not a DVD-RW?

No motherboard?

Is the fan for the CPU cooler?

Oh flip , when changing from the other website to this I forgot about the mobo haha and yeah RW would be better lol. Sorry I did it so quick, I didn't take these things into account.

 

[amrux1234]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Club3D HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (CGAX-69548A) £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £79.99
1 x CM Storm Scout Gaming Case - Black £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Prolimatech Megahalems Rev C CPU Cooler (Socket 775/1155/1156/1366/AMD AM2/AM3/AM3+) £46.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Samsung SH-D163C/BEBE SATA 16x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Zalman ZM-F3 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin £4.69
Total : £759.59 (includes shipping : £12.50).



I have added a motherboard.
Had a look on the CM website, don`t think you will be able to put a fan on the side window, with the cooler you have chosen.

But with this build you have linked me you can right?

 

[amrux1234]

Yes, just double checked and your cooler will be OK.

Thanks a bunch mate

 

[amrux1234]

Another quick question , with that CPU cooler, will I need to buy extra thermal paste?

 

[amrux1234]

No, the Prolimatech Cooler comes with a tube of rather good thermal paste.

There is one change I would recommend to Idleman's spec now that some prices have changed - it is to go for this HD 7850 2GB graphics card. At stock performance it runs at the same level as the HD 6950 (but cooler and quieter), however these cards are now known to overclock like daemons - so worth the upgrade for an extra £10 IMHO.

You may also wan to consider spending the extra £5 to get the Z77 version of that board.

Sorry for sounding very illiterate here, but I thought you can only overclock processors, is there some sort of guide for overclocking graphics cards? .

Also what is the difference in motherboards, Ie why is it worth spending £5 more on that motherboard?