Please check my build

thirdchances · 27 Aug 2012 at 09:14

[WU-TANG]GZA · 27 Aug 2012 at 09:21

RAM is overkill. No need for that speed RAM and I doubt you would notice the difference. SSD better can be had also, same with GPU tbh. Not sure what your budget is or why you are going for ITX and if you HAVE to have ITX but: suggestions to come...

Question - what are the uses of the PC? If there are editing tasks involved then keep the i7, if it's gaming only than the i5 is exactly the same currently.

If it's just for gaming and sticking with ITX:

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7950 X-Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £158.99
1 x ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £123.98
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £64.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316G1600HC11DC) £59.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
Total : £928.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

And if it's for proper video editing tasks:

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £297.95
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £269.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £158.99
1 x ASRock Z77E-ITX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £123.98
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £64.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316G1600HC11DC) £59.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
Total : £1,083.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).

EDIT: I like that today only PSU RJC linked, not much more but a very solid brand.

RJC · 27 Aug 2012 at 09:24

What is the system going to be used for?

You could drop the cpu to the 3750K cpu, if youe going to use the the extra hyperthreading cores then retail version is only £10 more and comes with a cooler and 3 year warranty.

Ram is expensive, but I cant see any other ram which will match the colour

Modular PSU on offer today only:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-022-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

The controller would need to hidden inside as there is only one external bay.

thirdchances · 27 Aug 2012 at 09:47

The build is going to be for video editing and multi tasking on multiple monitors which is why I wanted to be as overkill as possible. Also to try and future proof the build a bit by getting more than I need for now so it wont be outdated as quickly. I wont be gaming on this build so I choose the graphics card as it wasn't too expensive, said it had a lot of CUDA cores and has support for 4 monitors. I will definitely swap the SSD for the one suggested as I had no idea about that. I will get the processor with the cooler so thank you for that. Thanks for your input and patience as I've never built a PC before.

RJC · 27 Aug 2012 at 09:54

I would stick with the Intel SSD or the Samsung below, the samsung offers £20 cashback as well.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-147-SA&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427