First time build

[a_l3x]

Hi All,

Im look to build my fist budget pc and would like some imput if possible, this is what im looking at so far.

Approximate Purchase Date: Not sure

Budget Range: £500 - £700

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com

Country of Origin: uk tho moving to oz in a few months

Parts Preferences: No real preferance, open to advise

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: yes

Additional Comments: case needs room for improvement

Case
NZXT Tempest

CPU
AMD Athlon II X3 455 – $88
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103911&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10440897&PID=3067296&SID=

Motherboard
ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD - $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157176&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10440897&PID=3067296&SID=

Ram
GeIL Value PLUS 4GB (2 x 2GB) - $45
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144461&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10440897&PID=3067296&SID=

Video card
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 - $199
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130596&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10440897&PID=3067296&SID=

Hard drive
Samsung 1 TB Spinpoint 7200 - $55
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001U3S5S0?ie=UTF8&tag=hardwarevol03-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001U3S5S0

Optical drive
Not sure?

Cooler
Not sure?

Power supply
Might steal one from my old comp

Thanks in advanced

 

[cluelessONE]

hehehe you can try using a e6500 with your gtx 460, works great, i know, ive triedXD hahaha goes up to full high settings, but yours might be more effective because i used the non-overclocked version of the 460

 

[cluelessONE]

and you might need a 450w psu for that gpu, i think thats the minimum, says it on the box XD haha

 

[a_l3x]

Any ideas for a Optical drive? Blue ray would prob be nice, also I foregot to ask about sound cards?

 

[simon12]

You say you want crossfire so get the Asrock 870 Extreme 3 and an ATI/AMD card like a 6850. For overclocking the 212+ should be all you need. For the optical drive just get the cheapest that does what you need. You only need a sound card if you are doing music stuff.

 

[cluelessONE]

yeah if youre like recording ,music, otherwise an onboard HD audio on most boards will do the job,

for the optical drive, a dvdwriter would be fine, its only around $20 for a good oem, but if you want to watch blue-ray movies, well, you can look at drives theyre around about 45-55, but those are only drives, not burners

 

[cluelessONE]

and if youre going to overclock, you can try this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341022

it works well in my system, but not really for sli,

you can try this if you really have menough money for sli

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341041

but both of the fans are a bit noisy, but like whisper noisyXD hahaha

*remember, save electricityXD ahaha