Please spec this machine. Spend £700.

sonna · 26 Sep 2012 at 12:40

Hi guys. Long time reader, first time poster etc...

The wife has agreed to letting me have a new computer

which I plan to order in November (need to wait for a bit of coin to come in).

A colleague at work has drafted up a computer for me around the £700 mark (this is the maximum I really want to spend).

I don't need a monitor/OS/mouse or keyboard. I can source a DVD drive myself as well. I'm not particularly that fussed about over clocking. Will be used primarily for gaming. Most likely I will just end up playing CS haha but want a machine that will last a few good years.

Here is what my friend has suggested (sorry if it doesn't look very tidy):

KFA2 GeForce GTX 660 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99

OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £85.99

Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99

Antec High Current Gamer 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £44.99

Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £39.95

Sub Total : £575.74
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £117.65
Total : £705.89

So what do you think? I'm assuming the price might be slightly lower by the start of November.

I'm open to suggestions or any changes.

Cheers,
Sonna

Idleman · 26 Sep 2012 at 12:46

Welcome to the forum.

I take it you have a sata hdd for storage.

stulid · 26 Sep 2012 at 12:56

If you were buying now then a few tweaks,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 660 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £85.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x NZXT Tempest 410 Midi Tower - Black £54.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £23.99
Total : £685.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

But come November time it will all change.

Freddie1980 · 26 Sep 2012 at 12:56

The Antec 300 is a bit long in the tooth these days, if you going to spend that sort of money on a case get modern case like the Bitfenix Shinobi USB 3.

sonna · 26 Sep 2012 at 13:10

That Shinobi case looks alright actually. Might opt for that.

I don't have a sata drive for storage atm. My plan was to add to storage when needed. Is it worth getting a separate SSD for OS and another for storage? Or does it not matter.

Thanks for the suggestions so far.

stulid · 26 Sep 2012 at 13:13

SSD for the OS and other programs/games you can fit on it.

HDD for general storage.

sonna · 26 Sep 2012 at 13:22

OK. I'm not planning to fill it with crap yet (music etc...) so I'll hold off with the HDD just for now. I can always pick one up in the future and spend a rainy day putting my CD's on it.

From the items picked so far, does it look as though it will be OK for a couple of years?