Spec advice please

spudgun79 · 19 Apr 2011 at 14:11

Lo all,

Can you please give this the once over and make any recommendations if necessary? I'm lookin at a gaming build that will last as long as possible (surprise)

My budget was actually around £900 so if you can see anything that I could change to improve performance please let me know.

Also, the power supply - I might be getting another 6950 at some point, will this psu do?

Thanks a lot.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £204.98
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £167.99
1 x Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £137.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £98.39
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply - With FREE 3D Mark 2011 Advance £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000528AS) £42.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £39.98
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
Total : £849.28 (includes shipping : FREE).

stulid · 19 Apr 2011 at 14:12

The PSU is amazing and loads of power.

the spec is great, you can buy that in confidence.

Keep the £50 you got left over to buy a game, and you need a DVD drive?

Redmint · 19 Apr 2011 at 14:50

If you're not ordering today then these should be in soon: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-008-CR&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=910.

spudgun79 · 19 Apr 2011 at 15:47

Cheers. No, dont need drive or windows.

and cheers for the ssd advise, I assume this is a better drive then, or better due to the extra 4gb?

only think I might be changing is the case. I see that the new CM cases have usb3 on the front panel, is this easy to achieve with the antec 100 and the Advanced CM690? (this week only offer)
Or do you think there's going to be a new load of cases released that offer this? worth waiting?
Bit of a n00b when it comes to cases to be honest..

stulid · 19 Apr 2011 at 15:54

the motherboard will have about two USB3 ports on the rear, is that enough?

and I think most cases with USB3 ports, the connector wire goes through the case, out the back and into the rear anyway.

just pick a case that you like.

spudgun79 · 19 Apr 2011 at 16:33

Just seen the Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler on this week only as well, that much of an improvement on the A50?

Cleeecooo · 19 Apr 2011 at 17:38

spudgun79 said:
Just seen the Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler on this week only as well, that much of an improvement on the A50?

a bit better IIRC.
Also, I would go for the GTX480 SOC over the 6950. I've had both and I can say the 480 is better in every aspect

spudgun79 · 20 Apr 2011 at 17:33

yeah I've posted yet another thread as I really can't decide on that one! in theory should the SOC 560ti be better? I just dont get it ...lol noob.