New PC Spec Help

Abernus

Abernus

Abernus

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Hi,

A friend of mine has been looking into building his first PC and has a budget of about £1000. He has given me the following spec and asked me what I think. Well first of all it's been 3 years since I last looked at building a PC so I am a little out of touch, but here is what he has given me, The main aim is to play GW2 with everything on max but this is for gaming and he doesn't want to have to upgrade for a few years

CPU:

Intel Core i7-3820 3.6GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA2011

Mobo:

Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 Intel X79 Socket 2011 Motherboard
RAM:

Corsair Memory Vengeance Racing Red 16GB DDR3 2133 MHz CAS 11-11-11-27 XMP Quad Channel Desktop

GFX:

Asus HD 7950 TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

PSU:

OCZ Technology PSU, ModXStream Pro, 700W - UK

HDD:

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache WD10EALX

DVD:

LiteOn 12x Blu-Ray Combo Internal SATA Black

Cooling:

Akasa AK-CC4008HP01 Venom Voodoo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3 [AK-CC4008HP01]

Case:

Zalman Z11 Plus High Performance Mid Tower Case

Monitor:

Viewsonic VX2210MH-LED 22" Monitor with HDMI

Keyboard:
Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006


My initial thoughts were would the Heatsink allow all the RAM to be fitted or would it block the RAM slots? Also can anyone suggest any changes to the kit. He is moving from Laptop and this will be his first PC so he does need the Monitor.

Thanks for any help you can provide.
 
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£1000 i'd get something like this:


YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Sleeping Dogs, Nexuiz, Dirt Showdown & CODMW2 PC Games £233.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x BenQ GL2250 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.95
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ / ST1000DM005) £67.99
1 x Xigmatek Midgard II Gaming Tower Case - Black £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUKV2) £54.98
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.19
1 x Xigmatek Red Scorpion CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/AM2) £25.99
Total : £1,020.53 (includes shipping : £13.75).



(edit: woops plus a dvd drive)
 
Thanks for the suggestions. I wasn't sure if Core i5 would still be any good or not. As for RAM yeah 8Gb is what I run and I see no problems. With the Shopping list given I see he would be getting an SSD as well, so a big boost in performance.
 
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