Should this be final?

newbieclocker

newbieclocker

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Hello guys,

I have finally saved £1000 and recently downgraded my PC build to match this price (the odd £30 I can find). So I was wondering should I wait until March for my £1200 and get the PC then or buy it now.

Here's my build;

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe (Socket 1155/Intel Z77.DDR3/S-ATA 600/Mini ITX) £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £149.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML16GX3M2A1600C10) £79.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £64.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow SB E Extreme CPU Cooler TY-143 Fans (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £64.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £56.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,035.90 (includes shipping : FREE).



Originally I had a blu-ray player and an i7 as I had this idea in my head of maybe wanting to do video editing but I just think it is me hesitating to buy this. Also I thought of getting a GTX 670 but people have said the 7950 is faster.

Upgrade or buy now I have no idea.

EDIT: Plus any issues I may come across my main concerns being too large a PSU and heatsink to fit in my case.

Thanks.
 
hsf is good, has a clearence of 165mm you have a max of 170mm

same with the psu, the case can take 140mm non modular or 160mm with a modular psu.

get the camera out and do a build log, dont see enough prodigy's getting built.
 
opstrat said:
hsf is good, has a clearence of 165mm you have a max of 170mm

same with the psu, the case can take 140mm non modular or 160mm with a modular psu.

get the camera out and do a build log, dont see enough prodigy's getting built.
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YES!! Can't wait to see the progress.
 
You might want to check that the cooler with fit with the optical drive installed. I would worry more about the width of the cooler than the height.
 
Must have been a different card on the benchmarks. I am still not sure whether I should get an i7 as I don't want to find out in the future that I wish to do video editing.

EDIT: I have had this idea in my head of doing youtube videos.
 
Here's how it looks now;

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-X OC 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (11196-09-40G) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £259.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe (Socket 1155/Intel Z77.DDR3/S-ATA 600/Mini ITX) £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £149.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML16GX3M2A1600C10) £79.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £64.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow SB E Extreme CPU Cooler TY-143 Fans (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £64.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £56.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,104.91 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
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