New PC

[Freshblood]

Hi All,

I am thinking of buying the below as a budget gaming machine. It will be my 1st build and I would like to keep the price below £500.

I already have a Geforce 560 TI, HDD, monitor, OS etc. I'm also planning to add an SSD next payday.

Do you think the 500W PSU will be ok?

Are there better value for money components?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £125.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/AM2/AM3) (CWCH60) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £31.19
Total : £506.23 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Thanks guys. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Freshblood]

Hi stulid,

Will be just running a single graphics card for the next few years but it's nice to have the option to upgrade.

Both HDD and DVD are SATA.

 

[Freshblood]

I would replace the RAM with this,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
Total : £38.96 (includes shipping : £2.48).

Low profile means they stick out less, right?

 

[Freshblood]

Have win7 64bit.

Is it worth spending the extra pounds because I recognise the Corsair brand? Or doesn't it matter for RAM?

 

[Freshblood]

I'm not too worried about the colour so I think I'll go with the Geil.

Thanks chaps. You've put my mind at rest so will shortly be ordering.