New mid-range build, advice needed!

Its just another feature to have, no keyboard or mouse needs it, but pen drives/external USB HDD enclosures that also have USB3.0 get a great speed increase in transfer rates.

You did say in the OP

- Feature some element of future proofing.
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And that H67 motherboard also has four RAM slots.
 
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I'll be buying in the next few weeks so unless a quality deal pops up for a SSD, I think i'll stick with a standard drive.

At the moment, I can only afford to purchase a 30GB drive, which on its own will struggle to fit the top version of Windows 7 + any applications or games.

Everything aside from the OS, applications and games will be stored on a seperate non solid state drive anyway, so it's pretty pointless until I can afford to purchase 60GB+.

My main problem is coming down to the video card, what card would you guys recommend at or around £100? And what gains would I get over a card costing £20-30 more?
 
At £100, it's pretty easy. the GTX 460 OC, no contest.

With an extra £20, you wont see much improvements (HD 5850, HD6850). You'd have to go to £150 to make it worthwhile (GTX 560).

I wouldn't bother with a 30GB either. 50GB minimum.
 
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OCUK EZCool NA-705 Case - Black (500w PSU)
Lepa N-Series 500W Power Supply
Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
Gigabyte H61M-S2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit
OcUK GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Akasa AK-455 Thermal Compound

Total: £422.28

Don't think i'll get much cheaper than that.

I don't see why that wouldn't play everything for the next 1-2 years at a decent frame rate. The build also gives me the option of upgrading to i7, better video card, 8GB RAM and an SSD in the future.

Worth it?
 
Right, I think everything is sorted. Don't worry about how I came to the price.

What do you guys think of this spec?

- Case: Cooler Master Elite 335 Case - Black
- PSU: Cooler Master Elite Power 500W Power Supply
- CPU: Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
- Mobo: MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION**
- RAM: OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit
- GFX: XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition 1024MB
- HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM
- Optical: LiteOn IHAS122 22x DVD±RW

Total: £441.53
 
not bad,, but if you can, do change the psu/case to something like, corsair cx430/be quite l7 530w and cooler master 430.
 
I think an extra SATA cable will be wise in case the motherboard only comes with one (should come with two really)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-035-OK&groupid=1929&catid=1928&subcat=

And the PSU only has a single 6pin PCI-E connector and the 6870 needs two (again it should come with and adapter, but the website makes no mention of it http://xfxforce.com/en-gb/products/GraphicCards/HD 6000series/6870.aspx?lang=en-gb)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-018-AK&groupid=1929&catid=153&subcat=
 
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It means that the next adjacent shout is physically blocked by its cooler.
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Thanks for all the help stulid.

Ordered all the parts earlier today, with a few added extras. I haven't built a system in 5 years so this should be fun!

I was a bit stuck with which motherboard to use, gave OcUK a call and everything was sorted!
 
Oh and that should have read "slot" not "shout"

Damn predictive text.

What you order in the end?
 
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