Hi All, finally decided I can justify an upgrade from my current setup (q6600, 4gig ram, ATI 5770) however I'm a bit out of the loop so want few opinions to check I'm not making a bad choices!
This whole lot will be going in a Silverstone SG03, hence no big cooler being bought. Going forward I might look into seeing if I can find a way to squeeze in one of the all in one watercoolers from Corsair (or similar) but want to keep it simple for now.
I've gone with the i7 and 16gig RAM for the extra power that will benefit running virtual machines as a test lab for work related stuff at home.
The corsair PSU should give me enough power to keep everything going well, could I perhaps drop down to a 550 here?
I've already got a Samsung 128GB 830 SSD which will have windows installed to it.
Graphics card looks to be about the best I can really afford to go with although I'm up for any suggestions. It looks quite a compact card unlike most other cards I've seen recently and I wouldn't want anything much bigger. Does anyone have this card and able to confirm its length? The 200mm quoted on the site means it's the same as my 5770, but it looks bigger!
Going forward I may overclock after getting a better cooler. Should the below be ok for 4GHz or so?
Spec is as follows:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £239.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX650M High Performance 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020039-UK) £86.99
1 x ASRock Z77 Pro4-M Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £77.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £59.99
Total : £614.94 (includes shipping : FREE).
This whole lot will be going in a Silverstone SG03, hence no big cooler being bought. Going forward I might look into seeing if I can find a way to squeeze in one of the all in one watercoolers from Corsair (or similar) but want to keep it simple for now.
I've gone with the i7 and 16gig RAM for the extra power that will benefit running virtual machines as a test lab for work related stuff at home.
The corsair PSU should give me enough power to keep everything going well, could I perhaps drop down to a 550 here?
I've already got a Samsung 128GB 830 SSD which will have windows installed to it.
Graphics card looks to be about the best I can really afford to go with although I'm up for any suggestions. It looks quite a compact card unlike most other cards I've seen recently and I wouldn't want anything much bigger. Does anyone have this card and able to confirm its length? The 200mm quoted on the site means it's the same as my 5770, but it looks bigger!
Going forward I may overclock after getting a better cooler. Should the below be ok for 4GHz or so?
Spec is as follows:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £239.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ FARCRY3 & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX650M High Performance 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020039-UK) £86.99
1 x ASRock Z77 Pro4-M Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £77.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £59.99
Total : £614.94 (includes shipping : FREE).
Will read up on that PSU a bit. I'm paranoid about powersupplies as I seem to have a remarkable lack of luck with them!