Hi everyone, I have just joined this forum and was hoping for someone to give me some advice before i go ahead and order parts for my custom build. I'll be using it for general use, as well as Uni work including photoshop and video editing etc. as well as some gaming.
Im looking to spend less than £700 and I am shopping at scan. This is what I have put together so far:
CASE: XClio Touch 320 Full Black Mid Tower Case with 2x120mm Blue LED Silent Blade Fans w/o PSU (£35)
MOTHERBOARD: Asus P8Z68-V LX (£72)
CPU: Intel 2nd Gen i5 2500k (getting for £100!)
MEMORY: 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black, PC3-12800 (1600) (£35)
GPU: 1GB XFX HD 6870 (£134)
HARD DRIVE: 60GB Corsair Force Series 3, SATA III SSD, SandForce SF-2200, Read 525MB/s, Write 490MB/s, 80K IOPS (£72)
+ 1TB Seagate ST1000DL002 Barracuda Green, SATA 3Gb/s, 5900rpm, 32MB Cache, 12ms, NCQ (£72)
CPU FAN: Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 PRO Extreme Performance CPU Cooler (£25)
PSU: 700W PSU, Coolermaster Silent Pro M RS-700AMBAD3-EU, Modular, 85%Eff', 80 PLUS, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 1
TOTAL: ~£640 or $1006
I have a few questions:
Is this system easily overclockable, and can you estimate what I could overclock it to?
Is a 60gb SSD big enough for the system drive? (bigger ones are too expensive)
Is this PSU powerful enough or too powerful (I could get a 600/650 for cheaper) , and is it the best one I could get for the money?
and last of all: Is there any parts which you wouldnt recommend, or that i should replace for under the £700 budget? (could go slightly higher if it really made a huge difference)
Thanks!
Im looking to spend less than £700 and I am shopping at scan. This is what I have put together so far:
CASE: XClio Touch 320 Full Black Mid Tower Case with 2x120mm Blue LED Silent Blade Fans w/o PSU (£35)
MOTHERBOARD: Asus P8Z68-V LX (£72)
CPU: Intel 2nd Gen i5 2500k (getting for £100!)
MEMORY: 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black, PC3-12800 (1600) (£35)
GPU: 1GB XFX HD 6870 (£134)
HARD DRIVE: 60GB Corsair Force Series 3, SATA III SSD, SandForce SF-2200, Read 525MB/s, Write 490MB/s, 80K IOPS (£72)
+ 1TB Seagate ST1000DL002 Barracuda Green, SATA 3Gb/s, 5900rpm, 32MB Cache, 12ms, NCQ (£72)
CPU FAN: Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 PRO Extreme Performance CPU Cooler (£25)
PSU: 700W PSU, Coolermaster Silent Pro M RS-700AMBAD3-EU, Modular, 85%Eff', 80 PLUS, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 1
TOTAL: ~£640 or $1006
I have a few questions:
Is this system easily overclockable, and can you estimate what I could overclock it to?
Is a 60gb SSD big enough for the system drive? (bigger ones are too expensive)
Is this PSU powerful enough or too powerful (I could get a 600/650 for cheaper) , and is it the best one I could get for the money?
and last of all: Is there any parts which you wouldnt recommend, or that i should replace for under the £700 budget? (could go slightly higher if it really made a huge difference)
Thanks!
