hello, i plan to build my own gaming pc in summer (august) and i would like it if someone could give any tips regarding building and the components. here is what i have so far- Case:
Cooler Master HAF X £130
Power Supply: OCZ 600W ModXStream Pro Power Supply £69
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 840 "95W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) – Retail £80
Motherboard:ASUS M4N75TD - Motherboard - ATX - Socket AM3 - nForce 750a SLI - FireWire - Gigabit Ethernet - HD Audio £77
RAM: Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £40
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache – OEM £31
Graphics Card: MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Car £200
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S223L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) – Retail £19
Headset – SpeedLink Medusa NX 5.1 v2 Surround Headset £55
Keyboard – Saitek Cyborg V7 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £53
OS – Windows 7 Home Premium 32/64 BIT-retail £100
Display - Acer S221HQL 21.5 inch LED TFT Monitor £92
Mouse mat - Qpad UC Large Cloth Gaming Surface £10
Mouse - Razer Naga Molten Special Edition Expert MMO Gaming Mouse £75
Total - £1031
keep in mind that i dont yet know my own budget but i would like it to be cheap or midrange but still powerful enough to play games such as crysis 2 and battlefield 3 on max settings. all tips are most welcome. thanks.
p.s i may consider using sli in future so u can take this into consideration, as i do want a reasonably future proof pc with room for improvement in a few years when necessary.
Power Supply: OCZ 600W ModXStream Pro Power Supply £69
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 840 "95W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) – Retail £80
Motherboard:ASUS M4N75TD - Motherboard - ATX - Socket AM3 - nForce 750a SLI - FireWire - Gigabit Ethernet - HD Audio £77
RAM: Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £40
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache – OEM £31
Graphics Card: MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Car £200
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S223L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) – Retail £19
Headset – SpeedLink Medusa NX 5.1 v2 Surround Headset £55
Keyboard – Saitek Cyborg V7 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £53
OS – Windows 7 Home Premium 32/64 BIT-retail £100
Display - Acer S221HQL 21.5 inch LED TFT Monitor £92
Mouse mat - Qpad UC Large Cloth Gaming Surface £10
Mouse - Razer Naga Molten Special Edition Expert MMO Gaming Mouse £75
Total - £1031
keep in mind that i dont yet know my own budget but i would like it to be cheap or midrange but still powerful enough to play games such as crysis 2 and battlefield 3 on max settings. all tips are most welcome. thanks.
p.s i may consider using sli in future so u can take this into consideration, as i do want a reasonably future proof pc with room for improvement in a few years when necessary.