PC Build

[turtlexx]

Ok, so I'm planning on building a new pc for myself which I want to be able to play games at good settings and be able to edit videos in hd. my target price is around £1000 but my taste seems to be a bit more expensive any suggestions on what to downgrade on from this list? I will be buying all this in around 2 months.

CPU - Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA 1155 Processor £175.99

Motherboard - Asus P8P67 DELUXE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £184.98

Memory - Corsair Dominator 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Triple Channel Kit £109.99

GPU - Gainward GeForce GTX 560Ti "Phantom" 2048MB GDDR5 £239.99

PSU - Corsair TX 950W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply £124.54

Case - NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Case £109.99

CPU Cooler - Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler £69.98

SSD - Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £179.99

HDD - Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM £119.99
- Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive £61.99


Total : £1377.43 / 1567.21 eur
Date 31/03/2011

 

[stulid]

You need a dual channel memory kit for that build, either 4 or 8GB.

GPU is expensive for what it others, a GTX480 is £200 and faster, or a 5870 can be pre-ordered for £150.

But you also say in 2 months, which is a long time and prices will rise and fall, meaning that spec will change significantly by then.

 

[cmndr_andi]

Changing the PSU to this and the motherboard to this will save you a few pennies and not really impact on performance.

Also, P67 uses dual channel memory - so instead of the triple channel kit, I would go for this one instead.

That said - if you are buying in two month I would come back then and get an up-to-date spec. Things chance so quickly in the tech world - and by then AMD Bulldozer may be out and for your uses and budget it may well be a better choice.

 

[turtlexx]

Thanks for the fast replies. I have changed my choices around now but will not be changing the psu because I will be most likely be getting a second gpu for sli and I do not want to have any problems with power.