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T-K47

T-K47

T-K47

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Hi I'm going to be building my first PC soon and I just wanted to check if everything here is in order.

Asus GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £389.99
(£324.99) £389.99
(£324.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
Intel 320 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA-II 25nm Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £164.99
(£137.49) £164.99
(£137.49)
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 850W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze'
Power Supply (CMPSU-850TXV2UK) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** LOWEST UK PRICE ** £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Cooler Master HAF 922 Case - Black £85.99
(£71.66) £85.99
(£71.66)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £60.98
(£50.82) £60.98
(£50.82)
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366)

Also as I'm using a wireless router to use the internet etc, can you recommend me a good network card or a network adapter. I'm also going to be needing a new monitor around 22"-24", I've been thinking about getting this LG Monitor http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-093-LG&groupid=17&catid=1425&subcat=
 
The GTX580 is expensive and a triple slot thickness. there are much cheaper GTX580 or a GTX570 at £270 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-086-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010

You will also want a Retail Blu-ray drive so you get some playback software.

And how a bout a modular gold rated PSU? - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-039-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1098

And get a better cooler, such as,

Corsair A50.
Gelid tranquillo
Coolermaster Hyper212
 
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Yeh I was thinking about getting a GTX570 and then getting another one in the future as they out perform the GTX 580 by quite a bit. I'm going to just get a dvd drive instead because I'm not really bothered about playing Blu Rays. Yeh I might get the Power supply instead because if I do SLI then I will need a good PSU.
 
T-K47 said:
Yeh I was thinking about getting a GTX570 and then getting another one in the future as they out perform the GTX 580 by quite a bit. I'm going to just get a dvd drive instead because I'm not really bothered about playing Blu Rays. Yeh I might get the Power supply instead because if I do SLI then I will need a good PSU.
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I would, saving that huge bunch of money over a GTX580 is well worth it for future upgrades etc.
 
Jony27 said:
are you sure it wasnt a OCZ Agility 3 SSD you were looking at?
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No but I've also heard about problems with that aswell, doesn't really matter I'd only be saving £30 and its a better quality SSD Imo.

Anybody got any monitor suggestions?
 
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