Spec check for a newbie please

Dai P · 3 Dec 2012 at 21:09

Evening all. The time has come to replace my ancient desktop and I'd appreciate it if you could take the time to look over the basket below and let me know if there's any problems with the build. This will be my first build from scratch so I'd like to make it as painless as possible. :cool:

Many thanks,

Dai

RJC · 3 Dec 2012 at 21:27

Not bad, PSU is overkill for single GPU, A 600w will be ample.

PSU:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-014-PP&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2179

Memory option below:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Dai P · 3 Dec 2012 at 22:23

Went for that psu for reliability and a bit of future proofing. Have read good things about the Samsung ram so fancied giving it a try.

May swap out the K2 for a silver arrow sb e extreme. Seems better for the same sort of price.

BluSky · 4 Dec 2012 at 11:02

You won't be dissapointed with the samsung green, especially if you plan on overclocking. Build looks solid to me

dunn2010 · 4 Dec 2012 at 11:07

id swap the psu for this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-000-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

all the future proffing and reliabilty you need

then witth he 45 quid you saved get a 7950. below is good one. wanna fork out more msi and gigabyte 7950's are good

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-065-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

you will then also have more moneys left over which could be pumped into getting the z77x-d3h which would allow for a solid crossfire in future if it was needed.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-390-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

just some thoughts

Also whats computer going to be used for? just gaming?

Dai P · 4 Dec 2012 at 11:20

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll look into them further this evening.

It'll be used for gaming, photoshop, general office stuff (mrs Dai is a teacher so lots of this) and browsing.

markyboy91 · 4 Dec 2012 at 11:27

get the 2tb drive it's not much more expensive than the 1tb one

dunn2010 · 4 Dec 2012 at 11:32

if you toke my advice would look like below

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III OC V2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with SIX FREE PC GAMES £249.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Full Tower Case with USB3.0 - Black £99.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
1 x Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £93.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** £58.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,117.55 (includes shipping : £14.75).