- Mar 26, 2013
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Hi.
I am building a PC, mainly for gaming, I have a few questions, both generally about my part choices and also some specifics. My graphics card died and I'm taking the chance to replace my old machine.
Here’s what I’ve got at the moment:
Approximate Purchase Date: As soon as humanly possible (nearly 2 months without a PC, I’m not coping well)
Budget Range: £600ish
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Games will be the main test. I’m planning on having dual monitors, although I wouldn’t be using both for gaming at the same time.
Parts Not Required: I recently got a new hard drive to increase the storage capacity for my old machine, I’m planning to use this as my OS drive, and I have DVD drives etc.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts:Scan I guess, but I'm UK based, so anything from over here.
Parts Preferences:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/asidonhopo/saved/1nUB
CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor (£90)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£68)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60)
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card (£93)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£46)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£57)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (£16)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£70)
Total: £500
Overclocking: Not really intending to. I might consider having a go some day, I think I would need an alternative motherboard and possible some other bits?
Monitor Resolution: 1920:1080 for the primary monitor. I do like having a dual monitor setup, currently my second monitor is 1680:1050
For the most part I’ve just made arbitrary choices taken from recommendations from here and elsewhere. Will everything work together?
I’m not really sure whether the PSU is over or under powered. Does running 2 monitors require much more in the way of power etc? I wouldn’t be playing games over both screens, it’s more for watching movies on 1 screen while I do other stuff. Also, I’ve got 3 separate HDs now, if I install them all would that need much extra power / cooling? Do I even need the additional CPU Cooler?
And the main question really, I’ve come in with about £100 to spare for my budget. Which is the best area to upgrade for the best results? Or should I just save the cash? I think that GPU will support 2 monitors, but that's based on looking at a little picture of the back of it rather than any actual knowledge.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions / comments etc.
I am building a PC, mainly for gaming, I have a few questions, both generally about my part choices and also some specifics. My graphics card died and I'm taking the chance to replace my old machine.
Here’s what I’ve got at the moment:
Approximate Purchase Date: As soon as humanly possible (nearly 2 months without a PC, I’m not coping well)
Budget Range: £600ish
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Games will be the main test. I’m planning on having dual monitors, although I wouldn’t be using both for gaming at the same time.
Parts Not Required: I recently got a new hard drive to increase the storage capacity for my old machine, I’m planning to use this as my OS drive, and I have DVD drives etc.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts:Scan I guess, but I'm UK based, so anything from over here.
Parts Preferences:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/asidonhopo/saved/1nUB
CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor (£90)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£68)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60)
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card (£93)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£46)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£57)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (£16)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£70)
Total: £500
Overclocking: Not really intending to. I might consider having a go some day, I think I would need an alternative motherboard and possible some other bits?
Monitor Resolution: 1920:1080 for the primary monitor. I do like having a dual monitor setup, currently my second monitor is 1680:1050
For the most part I’ve just made arbitrary choices taken from recommendations from here and elsewhere. Will everything work together?
I’m not really sure whether the PSU is over or under powered. Does running 2 monitors require much more in the way of power etc? I wouldn’t be playing games over both screens, it’s more for watching movies on 1 screen while I do other stuff. Also, I’ve got 3 separate HDs now, if I install them all would that need much extra power / cooling? Do I even need the additional CPU Cooler?
And the main question really, I’ve come in with about £100 to spare for my budget. Which is the best area to upgrade for the best results? Or should I just save the cash? I think that GPU will support 2 monitors, but that's based on looking at a little picture of the back of it rather than any actual knowledge.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions / comments etc.
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