Thoughts & Advise on New Build

[Kazz]

Hey all

I'm planning to replace my aging 5 year old Q6600 system within the next few days and this is what I've came up with. It's a little over budget but I want something decent that I can I build in again in another 5 or so years. So I've tried to choose a decent case setup and PSU.
The only thing I'm not clued up on is memory, is this an ok selection for the motherboard selected?

I also need a couple of silent 140mm fans as stock cooling the R4 isn't that great from what I've read. An emphasis on "silent" (or quiet ) is one of the main things I have in mind for this build. Anyone recommend some?

Use is mainly gaming, no interest in SLI / Crossfire, or heavy overclocking.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Power Edition Twin Frozr IV OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £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 Fractal Design Define R4 Midi Tower Case - Titanium Grey £99.98
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 650W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020030-UK) £99.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer i30 Intel Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1155/1156) £32.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £966.37 (includes shipping : £11.25).




Cheers

 

[tamzzy]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7950 OC 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (11196-01-20G) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £149.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £953.88 (includes shipping : FREE).



i assume you are going to move your hdd over?

 

[Kazz]

i assume you are going to move your hdd over?

Thanks for the reply.

I was going to manage with the 256GB SSD until prices drop a little further and I'll pick up another one. The noise generated by hard disks would throw my liking for a quiet PC out of the window .

Interesting choice of PSU, I've not heard of them tbh, will look into it.


Anyone have answers for my questions in the first post? (RAM & fans)

 

[Gav_881]

The ram is fine mate, any DDR3 RAM up to 1600mhz will work with it.

You can even get faster ram it just wont work at the advertised speed so not worth the extra pennies

 

[stulid]

Anyone have answers for my questions in the first post? (RAM & fans)

Corsair AF140 fans are quiet, especially if you use the 7v adapter.

The RAM choice is ok, if you get faster rated RAM then it will more than likely contain an XMP profile which you can load within the BIOS, this then sets the RAM to the rated speed/timings and voltage.