New PC, check my spec please.

Roblam

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Hi all,

I've decided to buy a new PC for the for gaming @ 1920 x 1080 (Skyrim and Diablo III mainly, with some older games such as TF2, Dirt3 and Borderlands) as well as light photo/video editing.

Budget is between £400-£500. (With free delivery :P)

I only need processor, motherboard, ram and video card (My current PSU is a Xilence 480W, not sure if this will need upgrading as well).
My OS is Windows 7 64-bit.
I won't be overclocking.

I've been checking the recent threads from other posters with similar requirements to me and have come up with the following:

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(My case is full ATX, so if there are better motherboards out there they don't need to be Micro ATX)

How does this look? Any ideas on how well Skyrim would run on this?

I've still got around £75 worth of budget to play with. This can either go towards a new PSU if my current one isn't up to scratch, or be put towards a better graphics card..etc...

Thanks.
 
Done a slight re-tweak:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £157.99
(£131.66) £157.99
(£131.66)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Sub Total : £419.11
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : Free
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £86.17
Total : £505.28

Edit: You could go with the OCZ 550W PSU and save some money, or what is the make / model of your current PSU.
 
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Thanks everyone.

RJC said:
Edit: You could go with the OCZ 550W PSU and save some money, or what is the make / model of your current PSU.
Click to expand...

My current PSU is a Xilence XP480 480W.

I see the OCZ 650W is only £5 more than the 550W at the moment due to this weeks offer, so if a new PSU is reccomended I'll get the 650W one.


RJC said:
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
Click to expand...

Out of curiosity, what's the difference between this motherboard and the one I chose? Is it to do with the processor you suggested, or is it to make room for future upgrades? (SLI capabilities..etc..).
 
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I'm not too fussed about a modular PSU, I'd rather save the £10 as well as have an extra 100W from the OCZ brand.

I know I previously mentioned that I won't be overclocking...but I have always wanted to try it, so I think I'll go for your suggestion RJC:

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Unless there are any last minuet suggestions, I'll soon be hitting the 'Checkout' button.

Thanks everyone. :)

Edit: Bought! Looking forward to my delivery on Friday. :P
 
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