New Build Check

[lewishh]

Hello,

My friend is doing a new build, could someone check this for him. Will be for Flightsim and other sim games.

CPU: AMD FX 8350 Black Edition, 8 Core, 4.0GHz, 16MB Total Cache, 125W, Retail £153.40
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, SATA RAID £52.76
RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Blue, DDR3 PC3-14900(1866), XMP, 1.50V £39.79
HDD: 1TB Toshiba, 3.5" HDD, SATA III - 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache £51.90
GPU: 2GB MSI GTX 660 Ti OC, Boost 1019MHz, Cores 1344, DP/ HDMI+Free Games £217.99
Case: Sharkoon T9 Value Red Edition Mid Tower Case £50.28
PSU: 650W OCZ ZT Series Fully Modular PSU £69.18
Disc Drive: Sony, 12xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RWx6 SATA, Black, OEM £13.44

Cheers

 

[triggerthat]

Do you prefer AMD or nVidia?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £71.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £23.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £784.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[lewishh]

nVidia.

 

[triggerthat]

660 TI option. The 7950 performs faster, obviously sacrificing some extras.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660Ti Black Knight OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £212.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £71.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £23.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £745.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).