New system

hi all,

ok this will be my 1st build,and just wanted to know if all is ok
this rig will be used purely for gaming, and maybe a little bit of fraps
the rig looks something like this

1)case http://www.ebuyer.com/227150-antec [...] 45-15238-9

2)hdd http://www.ebuyer.com/193712-wd-1t [...] wd1002faex

3)power http://www.scan.co.uk/products/650 [...] uiet-fan-a

4)ram http://www.ebuyer.com/274035-corsa [...] 3m2a1600c9

5)dvd http://www.ebuyer.com/176026-liteo [...] ihas124-19

6)o.s http://www.ebuyer.com/259863-micro [...] -gfc-02050

7) as for the mobo and the cpu ive been pointed in the direction of

a)mobo http://www.ebuyer.com/260484-asus- [...] d-p8h67-r3
b)cpu http://www.ebuyer.com/254976-intel [...] 0623i32100

8) grafix http://www.dabs.com/products/asus- [...] =464800000
£200 is the max for a card, but if there is another card which is better pls link
the power is overkill i know but i was going down the c/f line a little later,

its the last few bits i want to get right,mobo,card and cpu,

my minds been changed from a AMD phenom 11 965 to a i3 2100
will it be worth steping up on my cpu to the next stage or will a i3 be good for me?. there will be no o/c, will the card i picked go with the board i dont want to bottleneck things. think i covered all so ill leave it to you guys,and ill be happy to take other options, remember i have all apart from mobo,card,cpu, my max cost is £800

many thks

Unless you have some burning desire for that case, your wayyyy overspending. Get yourself a decent mid-Tower ATX for around £50 and pump that extra £60 into getting the next level GPU (6970 or GTX 570).

Caviar Black also much cheaper at SCAN - £63 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb [...] -cache-8ms
Windows 7 also cheaper at SCAN - £75 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/mic [...] single-oem
RAM thats in stock £45 - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb [...] 24-xmp-15v

Cheaper HDD if you wanted it (good quality) - £43 SpinPoint F3 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb [...] e-89ms-ncq

£247 ASUS GTX570 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/128 [...] i-plusfree
or
£256 MSI GTX570 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/128 [...] 40mhz-plus
or
£280 XFX 6970 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb [...] i-dvi-hdmi

Total savings there on case, hdd, win7 of getting on for £100. MOAAARRR GPU power

I did quite clearly say "Unless you have some burning desire for that case".

You would be amazed how many people think they need to buy a FULL Tower case for a standard build. Full towers are generally aimed towards watercooling and e-ATX motherboard sized builds. Just putting the facts out there.

ok the the build would be £800, or cheaper,as for the 3 bit i have around £400 mark sorry for the confusion

the prices i had are

1)mobo £77.99
2)cpu £91.35
3)card max £200ish (£220)

sorry i beat you to the reply,

ive been thinking and reading on forams that i might need to upgrade from the i3 to an i5 im not going to o/c so i wont need the k version i waiting for bf3 to come out and i want to run it on medium-max settings will this set up run bf3 and future games ?

so the i3 wont run with the 6950 card smoothly ? i know the i3 2100 is the min for gaming but i want to run them without loss of performance, thats why im thinking of the i5 and a 6950 card, im currently useing ebuyer for parts so if you could link a i5 along with a good mobo thks

Yes the cost difference is very small between i5-2500 and i5-2500k so may as well just buy the K. That way overclocking is always there if you want it.

Its not a combo deal, its just two items frequently bought together. No money off or anything like that.

www.SCAN.co.uk

If you check their "Today Only Deals" tab, they often have some pretty nice combo's on there where you can save like 10% or so.