Spec Check Please

janp

janp

janp

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Greetings!

I'm looking to order the below items tomorrow, would somebody mind casting their eyes over the spec and making any suggestions?

I haven't put down a PSU as I was hoping somebody could recommend one. I've already got a monitor, 2tb hard drive, case and dvd drive. I'm going to stick with my HIS 4870 (1gb model) graphics card, mainly due to funds but I will look to upgrade this to a 560ti/570 in a month or two.

I'm looking to purely game (Witcher 2, SW:TOR, Minecraft etc).
Here is my proposed spec:

1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) - £23.99
1x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £59.99
1x MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £46.99
1x Windows 7 Home Premium - OEM - £79.99
1x Intel 320 Series 40gb 2.5" SATA-II 25nm Solid State Drive - £62.99

Thanks for your help :)
 
40GB about OK just for the OS. 50GB recommended minimum. M4 64GB ideal for OS and programs and a couple of games. Intel SSDs not very quick for the money.

Yeah, needs a P67 / Z68 motherboard.

For PSUs, Lepa B-series, Antec HCG 620W, XFX or corsair 650W.

Can get away with a a XFX core 550W with single GPU.
 
olivier renault said:
40GB about OK just for the OS. 50GB recommended minimum. M4 64GB ideal for OS and programs and a couple of games. Intel SSDs not very quick for the money.

Yeah, needs a P67 / Z68 motherboard.

For PSUs, Lepa B-series, Antec HCG 620W, XFX or corsair 650W.

Can get away with a a XFX core 550W with single GPU.
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Thanks for this, I'm only going to be using the SSD for the O/S, games will go on my other harddrives. I was always under the impression that Intel's SSDs were the best quality?

Thanks for your advice on the motherboard and PSU, I do plan on running a single GPU, but I'll probably go with the Antec just incase.
 
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