My new build...

Riggy · 26 Mar 2010 at 15:15

My main use of my pc is gaming.

These are the bits I will be ordering, along side parts I already have. Which are:

GTX 260 Glaciator+
Antec 550W PSU
320GB Hard drive 5400RPM
DVD+RW SATA drive

What are your opinions? What would you improve? My budget is around £700, but I'm willing to give or take £50.

Thanks

Grimley · 26 Mar 2010 at 15:23

I'd spend that extra 50 quid on a quicker hard drive, unless your current drive is a recent model. I'd start a new thread in the HD forum for suggestions from others.

Straz · 26 Mar 2010 at 15:28

Indeed I'd definitely spend a little extra on a faster HD, you'll notive a difference. Maybe swap out the retail version of windows 7 for the OEM one to save a bit of cash for the HD if you are budget limited.

greywolf · 26 Mar 2010 at 15:30

How about a Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB - £52.99

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-244-WD

or a little cheaper

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB - £41.99, but currently showing no stock.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-081-SA

David09 · 26 Mar 2010 at 15:37

Yes, these days it should be 500gb standard at least

Go for a Western Digital caviar black its so fast and quiet i have one my self very solid:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-245-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940

Also this one seems a good offer however its fairly heavy and if im not mistaken uses two 320gb HD's in one: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-329-WD&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=

Riggy · 26 Mar 2010 at 15:38

Yeah you probably are right. Just me being tight

So just the Hard Drive then? Nice.

Thanks though guys. I think I have made a firm decision then.

stulid · 26 Mar 2010 at 15:58

How about the i5 750? a lot more cache.

Admiral Huddy · 26 Mar 2010 at 16:04

stulid said:
How about the i5 750? a lot more cache.

+ 1 and with native quad core unless you need the built in GPU (not ideal for gaming) in which case won't you need a H55 or H57 chipset?

Damn intel naming - I forget that i6-6* have integrated graphics!!

cmndr_andi · 26 Mar 2010 at 16:46

+1 for the i5 750 CPU. Its a proper quad core, not a dual core with hyperthreading.

Also, I'd switch the motherboard to this. The current intel implementation USB3/SATA 6G doesn't seem to be great (uses a lot of PCIe bandwidth). This gigabyte may be vanilla in terms of USB and SATA, but it does x8x8 crossfire and overclocks very well.

I used to love AS5, but these days I find this much better.