First Build.. Need Help..

[Lewis]

Update: Computer is built, thanks to the communities help..

Coolermaster GLite 430 Black Case (chose this over antec, because it is 1/3 the price and looks and performs similar)

Intel i5 Sandy Bridge 2500k (unlocked version) Quad Core Processor

Asaka AK960E S775 Heatpipe and Cooler (doesn't fit 1155 socket, so in the process of buying a new Asaka cooler.

ASUS P8P67-M Motherboard (1155 socket for sandy bridge build)

Corsair XMS3 DDR3 8GB RAM (4x2GB to save on costs)

NVIDIA Zotac gts 450 1GB Graphics card (again had to compromise performance, for costs, however, still a decent card)

Be Quiet! 600W 89% ef. straight power PSU. (Nicest and quietest PSU i've ever seen or heard)

1TB Seagate 5700RPM HDD. (was very cheap, so picked it up Quickly)

Sony DVD RW SATA Drive 24x

Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit version Operating System.


Other hardware and software purchased aswell:
BENQ 21.5" HDMI monitor
Windows Office 2010
Norton 360
Brother QL-500 Label Printer
BitFenix 120mm Fans Blue LED's x3
BitFenix LED Fan adjuster
Sharkoon LED strips x 2
Sharkoon Jumpstart + additional USB ports
Nexus Silent click mouse
Some cheap Keyboard from Amazon
£60 worth of custom stickers (I know it was alot, but worth it imo.)

 

[Shane]

Hi,

Set us a max budget to go on

What do you intend to do on the Pc? Gaming?

Do you need an Operating system?

 

[Lewis]

Hi,

Set us a max budget to go on

What do you intend to do on the Pc? Gaming?

Do you need an Operating system?

Hi, i was hoping you'd reply to this...
Max i'd want to spend is £700

Max i can spend is £1000... but i'd rather spend £700 on just the hardware..
I do need an os, but I'm buying that seperately... just need to worry about the hardware...

I also noticed, i don't think that motherboard is HD?

 

[Shane]

Do you do any gaming?

 

[Lewis]

Do you do any gaming?

Forgot to add that to the last post... Yeah, build will be intended for gaming, and a small amount of HD video editing, and my coursework for the next 2 years..

Needs to be good all rounder, but good for gaming

 

[Shane]

Okay hows this. ...new sandy bridge based build.

Intel CPU Core i5 2500K Unlocked Sandy Bridge Quad Core Processor OEM
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/inte...-quad-core-33ghz-gpu-850mhz-6mb-cache-95w-oem

Gigabyte GA-PH67A-UD3-B3 Intel H67 Express Socket 1155 Motherboard
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/giga...-pci-e-20-(x16)-ddr3-1333-sata-6gb-s-raid-atx

Corsair Memory Vengeance Blue 4GB DDR3 1600 MHz CAS 9 XMP Dual Channel Desktop
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-...(1600)-nonecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-15v

Asus HD 6950 OC ATI - AMD Radeon Graphics Card - 2GB
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-...ddr5-gpu-810mhz-1408-cores-2x-mdp-2x-dvi-hdmi

1TB Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.9ms, NCQ
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-...int-f3-sata-3gb-s-7200rpm-32mb-cache-89ms-ncq

Corsair Builder Series CMPSU-600CX 600W Power Supply (PSU)
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/600w...ies-80-eff-120mm-fan-single-12v-rail-atx-ps-2

Antec Nine Hundred Two V3 Chassis
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ante...-tower-atx-case-usb3-with-side-window-w-o-psu

LG GH22NP21 22X DVD Writer
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/lg-g...-dvdplusrw-x8-rw-x6-dvd-ram-x12-ide-black-oem

Total
£706.05



I only went with 4gb of ram,8gb is overkill really...you could always just get another 4gb at a later date if you want.

I thought it would be better (for now) to drop 4gb of ram and go for a better grahics card,then like i said at a later date you could always get yourself that additional 4gb of ram if needed.

Im off to bed now,But il check back in this post later

 

[Lewis]

Okay hows this. ...new sandy bridge based build.

Intel CPU Core i5 2500K Unlocked Sandy Bridge Quad Core Processor OEM
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/inte...-quad-core-33ghz-gpu-850mhz-6mb-cache-95w-oem

Gigabyte GA-PH67A-UD3-B3 Intel H67 Express Socket 1155 Motherboard
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/giga...-pci-e-20-(x16)-ddr3-1333-sata-6gb-s-raid-atx

Corsair Memory Vengeance Blue 4GB DDR3 1600 MHz CAS 9 XMP Dual Channel Desktop
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-...(1600)-nonecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-15v

Asus HD 6950 OC ATI - AMD Radeon Graphics Card - 2GB
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-...ddr5-gpu-810mhz-1408-cores-2x-mdp-2x-dvi-hdmi

1TB Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.9ms, NCQ
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-...int-f3-sata-3gb-s-7200rpm-32mb-cache-89ms-ncq

Corsair Builder Series CMPSU-600CX 600W Power Supply (PSU)
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/600w...ies-80-eff-120mm-fan-single-12v-rail-atx-ps-2

Antec Nine Hundred Two V3 Chassis
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ante...-tower-atx-case-usb3-with-side-window-w-o-psu

LG GH22NP21 22X DVD Writer
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/lg-g...-dvdplusrw-x8-rw-x6-dvd-ram-x12-ide-black-oem

Total
£706.05



I only went with 4gb of ram,8gb is overkill really...you could always just get another 4gb at a later date if you want.

I thought it would be better (for now) to drop 4gb of ram and go for a better grahics card,then like i said at a later date you could always get yourself that additional 4gb of ram if needed.

Im off to bed now,But il check back in this post later

Okay thanks for the help, I might buy 2 of them (2x2GB) corsair RAM, to upgrade to 8GB RAM.. and downgrade to this GPU: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NVIDIA-GTX-55...TV_Cards_TW&hash=item3f08ff91ec#ht_1356wt_905

It's still a decent GPU, isn't it?
Only trouble is.. that PSU and CPU is sold out, and I was hoping to start the build Tuesday of next week..

 

[daisymtc]

Okay thanks for the help, I might buy 2 of them (2x2GB) corsair RAM, to upgrade to 8GB RAM.. and downgrade to this GPU: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NVIDIA-GTX-55...TV_Cards_TW&hash=item3f08ff91ec#ht_1356wt_905

It's still a decent GPU, isn't it?
Only trouble is.. that PSU and CPU is sold out, and I was hoping to start the build Tuesday of next week..

At around £140, Ati 5850 is a better card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-103-MS&utm_source=froogle
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-...25mhz-1440cores-2x-dl-dvi-i-hdmi-dp-plus-game

RAM - If you want 8 GB, you should get 2 x 4GB.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-...1600)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-15v

DVD burner - SATA with 24x is what you need!!! I don't think the motherboard have IDE
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/pion...x8-rw-x6-ram-x12-sata-black-retail-labelflash

 

[Lewis]

Okay.. I've allready bough 4 x 2GB RAM, is that bad?

I've got Corsair XMS3 DDR3 (4x2GB) RAM..
I'm in the middle of shopping for the rest, looking for some nice prices..

 

[daisymtc]

Okay.. I've allready bough 4 x 2GB RAM, is that bad?

I've got Corsair XMS3 DDR3 (4x2GB) RAM..
I'm in the middle of shopping for the rest, looking for some nice prices..

The reason of going for 2 x 4GB is that there is another 2 slot availiable for future upgrade. There is no problem for 4 x 2GB.

 

[Lewis]

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-PH67A-UD3-B3 Intel H67 Express Socket 1155. £90.80

Processor: Intel Sandybridge i5 Quad Core @ 3.3GHz. 164.25

Graphics Card: Suggestions? Max.£150.00-170.00

Memory: Corsair XMS3 DDR3 8GB (4x2GB). £50.00

Case: Antek 902 Nine Hundred Two V3 Tower Case. £85.25

Hard Drive: Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3. £39.43

Power Unit: Be Quiet! Straight Power E7 BN117 600W (89%.Eff). £62.26

DVD-Drive: Pioneer DVR-S19LBK Sata x24 DVD Writer. £17.98

Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit. £90.94

Monitor: BenQ G2220HD 22" inch TFT Widescreen LCD Monitor. £113.80

Accessories: Acer Wireless Keyboard + Mouse. £18.00

Delivery etc will be around £20 ontop..

Total Without Graphics Card: £752.71

Need a GPU!?!?

 

[Shane]

Lewis ive tidy up your thread.

The 550ti is still a good card,But id still consider the 5850 like Daisy mentioned OR a 6850.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-...gddr5-gpu-820mhz-960-cores-plus-free-shogun-2

I never even noticed that DVD-RW you choose was IDE ,was tired....the one you have now choosen looks good!

Do you REALLY have to get windows 7 Ultimate?

You could just get Home premium OEM 64Bit and save yourself some money.

 

[Lewis]

Lewis ive tidy up your thread.

The 550ti is still a good card,But id still consider the 5850 like Daisy mentioned OR a 6850.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-...gddr5-gpu-820mhz-960-cores-plus-free-shogun-2

I never even noticed that DVD-RW you choose was IDE ,was tired....the one you have now choosen looks good!

Do you REALLY have to get windows 7 Ultimate?

You could just get Home premium OEM 64Bit and save yourself some money.

Thanks for tidying the thread up..
I transfered my savings yesterday, so will buy components at the start of next week.. Still not 100% sure on what Graphics Card to get...

And on the Windows 7 Ultimate point: I'm buying it from eBay, where windows Home premium OEM cost's £20 less... So to me, it isn't much of a price difference, and I want to see what it's like anyway, never had Ultimate before..

 

[Shane]

Id go for the 6850 i linked too,I think the 5850 is slightly faster but with newer games that make use of tesselation the 6850 might just pull ahead.

As for windows off Ebay,All i can say is be wary and make sure you dont get a pirated copy!

 

[Lewis]

Id go for the 6850 i linked too,I think the 5850 is slightly faster but with newer games that use tesselation the 6850 might just pull ahead.

As for windows off Ebay,All i can say is be wary and make sure you dont get a pirated copy!

The 5850 is quite abit cheaper, although the performance comparison is quite similar.. Think I might go with the 5850, as I'm into oldschool MMORPG's, so I don't need a superior card anyway, just a good one.

And on the Windows topic... I'm very wary on eBay.. However eBay buyer protection has increased recently, and I know what to look out for.

Buying Components tonight, should have most by Tuesday, the rest by Saturday. Build should take place next weekend. Yay!

Also, thanks for your help Nevakonaza and daisymtc, wouldn't be able to build this without your help :good:

 

[Lewis]

Update: Computer is built, thanks to the communities help..

Coolermaster GLite 430 Black Case (chose this over antec, because it is 1/3 the price and looks and performs similar)

Intel i5 Sandy Bridge 2500k (unlocked version) Quad Core Processor

Asaka AK960E S775 Heatpipe and Cooler (doesn't fit 1155 socket, so in the process of buying a new Asaka cooler.

ASUS P8P67-M Motherboard (1155 socket for sandy bridge build)

Corsair XMS3 DDR3 8GB RAM (4x2GB to save on costs)

NVIDIA Zotac gts 450 1GB Graphics card (again had to compromise performance, for costs, however, still a decent card)

Be Quiet! 600W 89% ef. straight power PSU. (Nicest and quietest PSU i've ever seen or heard)

1TB Seagate 5700RPM HDD. (was very cheap, so picked it up Quickly)

Sony DVD RW SATA Drive 24x

Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit version Operating System.


Other hardware and software purchased aswell:
BENQ 21.5" HDMI monitor
Windows Office 2010
Norton 360
Brother QL-500 Label Printer
BitFenix 120mm Fans Blue LED's x3
BitFenix LED Fan adjuster
Sharkoon LED strips x 2
Sharkoon Jumpstart + additional USB ports
Nexus Silent click mouse
Some cheap Keyboard from Amazon
£60 worth of custom stickers (I know it was alot, but worth it imo.)

 

[Shane]

Looking good. got any pics of the inside?
You shoud upload your images to Photobucket instead,That site youve been using are Resizing it too small :/

 

[Lewis]

Looking good. got any pics of the inside?
You shoud upload your images to Photobucket instead,That site youve been using are Resizing it too small :/

Posted the resized pics off my photobucket accounts, got 2 more pics of new inside.. (Bought new asaka heatsink, and an extra 120mm fan for side Window)

CUSTOM SANDY BRIDGE STICKER FTW.. LGA1155 FTW.