Yet other PC spec thread!

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Shikarilol

Shikarilol

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I know you guys get these a lot, but I really appreciate any advice I can get before I make the payments. I have a pretty decent idea of what I want, I just want some other opinions on the choices I've made and whether or not there is room for improvement. My budget is £650 and I will be getting a copy of Windows 7 from my Uni. I will not be needing a keyboard/mouse/monitor. I will be using this pc for work and a few games such as WoW, SC2, BF2 and eventually BF3.

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I plan to overclock the CPU to at least 4.2Ghz if that helps you with making any changes to the spec.

Lastly, will I benefit much from getting a SSD to boot from and store a few games...or is that just a luxury for those who hate to wait?
 
slightly over but nice :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £161.99
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £127.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £114.98
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.98
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £34.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £30.98
1 x LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £662.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).
 
Id strongly recomend spending A LOT less on CPU cooler, circa £20-£30 tops, and putting that money towards your gfx card, the 460s were good value cards at the time, but its still a low end generation old gamers card, Id want something better in a new £650 set up if it were me, also the Gigabyte Z68 board is cheaper than either of those above

Eg this, the cooler will still give about 95% the performance of your first one, whilst costing 50%, better mobo, the PSU is still plenty and the gfx card is now worthy of a new gaming system

KFA2 GeForce GTX 560Ti EX OC Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £161.99
Gigabyte Z68A-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £44.99
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £30.98
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £29.99
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £28.99
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Sub Total : £524.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout)
Shipping :£12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00%
VAT : £107.32
Total : £643.90
 
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Alright, I decided to go with a few upgrades. I'm pretty positive that I want a CPU water cooling rather than an air cooler, but I did take the graphics card advice. Here is what I'm planning for now, I'm going over budget, but i've rather save up and get the right stuff than have to replace parts early.

Just a few more questions about some of the parts 95thrifles linked...

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Why is the Z68 board so cheap? Why should I drop to that over the MSI P67?

Will the BeQuiet 530W SPU be enough for the system? What if I was to SLI the graphics card in the future?

I think i'm willing to make changes to the motherboard, PSU and graphics card... but everything else I'm fairly certain I want.

Thanks for all your advice, I still have much to learn!
 
The mobo I linked doesnt have SLi support, the PSU is enough for now, but wouldnt be enough for a dual card set up, if you want to keep SLi option open then the mobo you chose is better option, Id also go for the 750W version of the PSU you included 2nd time round, I was looking to keep things in budget but if your budgets flexible and you want SLi option then go for it
 
That setup may be fine as in benchmarks the 6950 is able to work on a 650w psu so just check some reviews to see how much power the 560s in sli draw and adjust the power supply as needed
 
I'll take the BeQuiet PSU then! I won't be upgraded to SLI for a while, so i'll deal with that then.

Thanks for the help guys... I'll post a build log when I get parts :)
 
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