New Build Advice Needed

[jackle13]

Hi All,

I have come up with a first-build, I was wondering if I am on the right lines in terms of complimentary components.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - Arctic White £109.99
1 x Corsair Force GT 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F120GBGT-BK) £105.98
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £83.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11R) £59.99
1 x Liteon IHOS104-06 4x BD-ROM (Black) - OEM £29.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £743.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).



I am waiting for the 770 (Tomorrow I believe? ), as I was previously going to get a 670 card.

Also I have read about the Haswell, however, the only downside would be losing out on the 5% discount code for this :/. Is it really worth the wait to warrant not buying the IvyBridge i5. Primarily this is going to be used for Gaming.

Cheers

 

[DaleTheWhale]

Haswell is definitely worth it to stop you from buying into a dead socket, however if the 5% discount won't last that long then the i5 3570k is a perfectly capable chip which will last a good few years.

I'd change the motherboard however as Asrock aren't the greatest in my experience, and you can get much better from Asus, Gigabyte for a similar/better price.

 

[Idleman]

The cooler comes with paste pre-applied. The ram wont interfere with the cooler as they are low profile.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - GunMetal Black £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £83.99
1 x SanDisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25) £83.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x Liteon IHOS104-06 4x BD-ROM (Black) - OEM £29.99
Total : £702.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Do you need a hdd for storage or do you already have one. Only asking, as the ssd will fill up pretty quickly.

 

[jackle13]

Haswell is definitely worth it to stop you from buying into a dead socket, however if the 5% discount won't last that long then the i5 3570k is a perfectly capable chip which will last a good few years.

I'd change the motherboard however as Asrock aren't the greatest in my experience, and you can get much better from Asus, Gigabyte for a similar/better price.

Unfortunately the 5% runs out on 31st .

The cooler comes with paste pre-applied. The ram wont interfere with the cooler as they are low profile.

Do you need a hdd for storage or do you already have one. Only asking, as the ssd will fill up pretty quickly.

Thank you for the recommended basket, will go with this then and add a 770 or 670 depending on tomorrows outcome^^ - And yes I have a two pre-existing HDD's for storage.