Just bought this build, too good to be true?

NooBish AbbZ · 5 Jun 2013 at 08:16

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £189.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM (FQC-05955) £114.95
1 x OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-120G.20) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A1600C9B) £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £56.99
1 x Saitek Cyborg V5 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £39.98
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £26.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Aerocool Strike-X Super Pad Gaming Surface £16.99
Total : £989.71 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Hi guys, just bought this in a HAF 912 Cooler master case and CM 600W 80+ bronze PSU for £550

Just want to make sure that this is a good deal and not too good to be true?

Will remain skeptical until delivery

EDIT: Without the gaming pad

PHazlington · 13 Jun 2013 at 20:48

Nope. Definitely a solid build. I've heard lots of good things about CM PSUs so I'm sure it will be reliable. You wont get massive overclocks with that heatsink but hey ho it will still eat through game frames at a rate of knots so have fun with it!

JCX50 · 13 Jun 2013 at 22:17

Why did you go for Sandy Bridge may I ask?

tipes · 13 Jun 2013 at 22:25

JCX50 said:
Why did you go for Sandy Bridge may I ask?

Why not may I ask !!!

Orcvader · 13 Jun 2013 at 22:35

Seems fine, but there are some niggles that bother me:
Why not a Haswell CPU? It should last longer with it's higher IPC.
Don't really see the point in Win 8 Pro unless you really need the pro features.
I don't really like OZC SSDs, I find Samsung/Crucial more reliable.
The motherboard does Crossfire/SLi in x16/x4 instead of x8/x8, which will hurt multi-GPU performance if you ever go down that line. Also, Z77 would have been a better chipset with it's native USB 3.0 support and PCIe 3.0 if you chose an Ivy Bridge CPU instead.

PHazlington · 13 Jun 2013 at 22:36

Sandy bridge is still good and it doesn't overheat as badly as Has well although granted an OEM 3570K might have been a better choice :/

PHazlington · 13 Jun 2013 at 22:42

Orcvader just summed up all the negatives of the build but hey its too late now!!!!! Haha, no you can send parts back but I wouldn't go with Has well to be honest as the temps on Has well aren't great at all.

BuToNz · 13 Jun 2013 at 22:43

I get the feeling he's picked this build up second hand...hence the older components.

Rennkt · 13 Jun 2013 at 22:44

OP says:
"Hi guys, just bought this in a HAF 912 Cooler master case and CM 600W 80+ bronze PSU for £550"

Bargain mate! Hope it works!

Orcvader · 13 Jun 2013 at 23:23

Rennkt said:
OP says:
"Hi guys, just bought this in a HAF 912 Cooler master case and CM 600W 80+ bronze PSU for £550"

Bargain mate! Hope it works!

Oh derp, totally skimmed past that line. If it was prebuilt second hand then it's brilliant for the price.

olivier renault · 14 Jun 2013 at 09:26

JCX50 said:
Why did you go for Sandy Bridge may I ask?

£550.

Sprite · 14 Jun 2013 at 09:35

Not bad for the price. I've had a 600w Cooler Master PSU running fine for the best part of 6 years now with no problems.

panyan · 14 Jun 2013 at 09:46

great spec for that price!