My first build

feral-ghoul · 9 Apr 2010 at 12:58

This is my first build I will ever have attempted. My friend who actually knows about this sort of stuff is assisting me, but i thought i would get some more opinions on it!! These are the bits and pieces he recommended really. What do you think?
PC is going to be used for gaming, and my budget is £1500.

Edit- I want to run Windows 7, but what dictates whether I can run 32 or 64 bit?

Howitzer · 9 Apr 2010 at 13:08

If you could why not go i7 and get 6Gb Mem rather than 4, then you would use Win7 64bit. Nice and sharp ;-)

That with a new x58 mobo could overclock nice and easy and blow your socks off

Great looking spec though!

Are you getting Windows 7 retail? If so it comes with both anyway. 64bit allows more memory usage and has some extra swish features (mostly for speed etc).

(Edit: Oops, seen the budget now - edited out

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Skillmister · 9 Apr 2010 at 13:11

I'm sure you could cut down on the price of a case a lot considering you arent watercooling.

bremen1874 · 9 Apr 2010 at 13:17

Go with the 64 bit version of Windows 7 unless you have a specific reason not to.

feral-ghoul · 9 Apr 2010 at 13:36

anyone know much about the OCZ gold RAM?

Howitzer · 9 Apr 2010 at 14:03

It's golden (lol, bad joke

), peeps seem to highly rate it so great choice! And nice case change too!

You'll need to change the Mobo - the i7s use the 1366 socket ;-)

Yakyb · 9 Apr 2010 at 14:13

yeah mobo needs to swap out but your getting much more for your money there

also give this case a look over
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-101-AN&tool=3&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

mattjd · 9 Apr 2010 at 14:17

Change the PSU to the modular version as well and change the Graphics card to the Sapphire 5870 (£10 cheaper).

Fallen god · 9 Apr 2010 at 14:23

Give the Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R a look, its a nice Mobo should get you 4ghz and it comes with Sata 3.0 and usb 3.0 so is good for a few years.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-235-GI

You could also get a better HDD like 1 TB F3.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA

You can switch your PSU for a Modular one as it makes cable mangament a lot easier for you.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-032-OC

Finally heres a really nice case.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-188-CM