Thinking about building a PC

[Scotford]

Hey. I am thinking about building a gaming PC over the next few months and have chosen components within an affordable price range.

The components I have chosen are:-

Case - Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid-Tower Gaming Case

Power Supply - Corsair CMPSU-600CXV2UK Builder Series 600W Power Supply

Optical Drive - Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x Blu-ray Player (Bare Drive with Software)

Storage - Western Digital WD1002FAEX Caviar Black 1 TB 7200 RPM Internal Hard Disk Drive

CPU - Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K Unlocked Core i5 Quad-Core Processor (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache, Socket 1155)

Memory - Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 Vengeance Memory Two Module Kit

Motherboard - ASUS 1155 P8P67-M PRO REV 3.0 M-ATX

Video Card - Asus 1GB Radeon HD 6850 DirectCU PCI-E 2

I would appreciate any advice on this matter and would appreciate it if anyone knows these components are fully compatible before making my first purchase. Especially where the CPU and RAM in compatibility of the Motherboard.

Also any recommendations for components aims towards the gaming variety that are afford is helpful.

Kind Regards.

 

[Okedokey]

Looks fine. Just double check the ram model number is on the QVL list for RAM (available on the Asus website) - for your motherboard.

Secondly, you need a OS too? Windows 7? Make sure you get 64 bit.

 

[Scotford]

Oh right cheers. I will check out that right away then.

Yea I am going to use Windows 7 64 bit Operating System anyway

Cheers again mate.

 

[Scotford]

Just for reference mate, if it is on the list does that mean is it compatible? And I take it if it isn't on the list, it's not?

Regards

 

[spirit]

Just for reference mate, if it is on the list does that mean is it compatible? And I take it if it isn't on the list, it's not?

Regards

If it is on the list it is definitely compatible, however as there are countless brands out there, ASUS can't check to see if each brand has compatible RAM. So long as the RAM is the correct type (DDR3) and the correct speed for the motherboard then it will be compatible. ASUS will list the type and speed of memory/RAM you need for that particular board on their site.

Also, you may want to get a Z77 board, P67 is from the previous generation and Z77 will be faster, and of course forwards compatible with Ivy Bridge. Take a look into the P8Z77-V series from ASUS.

 

[wolfeking]

Another good board in place of Asus is the ASrock Z77 Extreme4 with the 8+4 phase power. Great board and really fast, even on a puny Celeron dual core.

 

[spirit]

Another good board in place of Asus is the ASrock Z77 Extreme4

Yep that's a good choice too. I like the ASUS boards, others on here haven't great experience with them though. Gigabyte also make some great Z77 boards.