Money well spent ?

VirginStranger · 13 Aug 2013 at 22:31

Hi, opinions required on the new setup am considering listed below, am currently running a Q9550 Lian Li PC7 case with XFX6870, Corsair HX520 psu 4GB DDR2 and the dreaded Vista so any help/advice welcomed. I won't be o/clocking, am a medium gamer and intend sticking with new setup as long as practical and looking for it to be reasonably quiet, so without busting the bank what you think ?

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Pearl Black Quiet Mid-Tower Chassis

CPU: Intel Core i5 4670 Haswell 3.4GHz Quad Core 6MB Cache

CPU Coolers: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro V2

Motherboard: Asus B85M-G Intel B85 Chipset

Memory - DDR3: 8GB Total (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance LP 1600MHz

ATI Graphics: 3GB XFX Radeon HD 7950 800MHz GPU 1792 Cores 5000MHz GDDR5

P.S.U.: 650W Corsair Enthusiast Series TXM Modular 80PLUS Bronze

System Drive: 1TB Seagate Barracuda SATA 6Gb s 7200rpm 64Mb Cache

Optical Drive 1 - DVD Blu Ray: LG GH24NS95 - 24x DVD Writer

Sound Card: Sound Card Not Required Use On Board Sound

Operating system: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit - OEM

total build & delivery £916

Doomedspeed · 13 Aug 2013 at 22:35

Welcome,

I think that looks solid, though there is a niggle i have..

For that money id really expect there to be an SSD.

other than that it looks good, i assume you're not into overclocking?

Potty27 · 13 Aug 2013 at 23:35

A recommendation:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II OC Gamer 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £189.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £69.95
1 x Asus B85M-G Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £51.95
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A (BW) Performance CPU Cooler £24.98
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £825.76 (includes shipping : FREE).

Free P&P due to the offer on the GPU.

Potty27 · 13 Aug 2013 at 23:37

Or with a modular PSU:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II OC Gamer 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £189.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £69.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020060-UK) £62.99
1 x Asus B85M-G Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £51.95
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A (BW) Performance CPU Cooler £24.98
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £838.75 (includes shipping : FREE).