Can someone check my build before i buy?

[rpeach]

can someone check these main components?
I couldnt afford to spend too much and the entire build comes to about £650. I already have a spare PSU im going to use.

MSI P67A-GD53 (B3) - Motherboard - ATX - LGA1155 Socket - P67 £105



Samsung F3 HD103SJ 1TB internal Hard Drive SATAII 32MB Cache 7200RPM – OEM - Samsung £42.50



Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 Vengeance Memory Two Module Kit £48



Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K Unlocked Core i5 Quad-Core Processor (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache, Socket 1155) - Intel £170


Sapphire 11188-05-50G HD6950 Graphics Card (2GB, GDDR5) - SAPPHIRE £216


Antec Three Hundred Midi Case £50



LG GH22NS50.AUAA 22x SATA DVDRW Drive - Bare Black £16

 

[cutebeans]

It's compatible.

 

[rpeach]

thanks

also i have a spare 4870 graphics card, could I slot this into the other PCIe slot and crossfire them?

 

[michxymi]

What's your spare PSU? And also is this for gaming? what's your monitor's resolution?

 

[cutebeans]

Nope. You won't be able to crossfire it.

 

[rpeach]

yeah it is for gaming! the monitor resolution is 1680 x 1050

the spare PSU is 600w

 

[michxymi]

yeah it is for gaming! the monitor resolution is 1680 x 1050

the spare PSU is 600w

I mean the model of your PSU You can get a cheaper setup without losing perfomance (atleast not something noticeable)...what game do you plan to play?

 

[rpeach]

we play competitively on cod. so mostly on mw3 and future versions! probably bf3 as well!

the model of the PSU is OCZ gameextreme, it is about one year old!

 

[rpeach]

oh and another thing, would it be possible with that resolution to just use my 4870 grpahics card instead of buying a new 6950? would it still work with the new games?

 

[michxymi]

Case with USB III in front panel

NZXT Source 210 Elite White Gaming Chassis
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/nzxt-source-210-elite-white-mid-tower-gaming-case-with-usb-30-w-o-psu

Switch from i5 2500k to Phenom II X4 955

AMD CPU Phenom II 955 Black Edition Quad Core Processor
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-phenom-ii-x4-955-black-deneb-core-s-am3-32ghz-8mb-cache-ht-3600mhz-125w-retail

AM3+ motherboard from Asus

Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G AM3+ mATX Motherboard
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-m5a78l-m-usb3-amd-760g-s-am3plus-ddr3-sata-ii-3gb-s-raid-sata-pcie-%28x16%29-graphics-on-board-micr

8GB of RAM

Kingston Memory HyperX grey Dual Channel Kit 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600)
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-%282x4gb%29-kingston-ddr3-hyperx-genesis-grey-pc3-12800-%281600%29-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-27-xmp-1

6870 is more appropriate for your resolution

XFX HD 6870 DD cooling 1Gb AMD VGA Card Eyefinity Ready
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-xfx-hd-6870-double-d-cooling-4200mhz-gddr5-gpu-900mhz-1120-stream-processors-2x-dvi-hdmi-2x-mini

The classic HDD

Samsung 1Tb Spinpoint F3 Hard Drive - HDD
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-samsung-hd103sj-spinpoint-f3-sata-3gb-s-7200rpm-32mb-cache-89ms-ncq

And optical

SATA 22x DVD Writer SAMSUNG SH-S222AB/BEBE
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/samsung-writemaster-sh-s222ab-bebe-22x-dvdr-12x-dvdr-dvdplusrw-x8-rw-x6-sata-black-oem

SUM 434$ for about the same perfomance. And you keep the rest for newer CPUs & GPUs

 

[cutebeans]

Omg, everything from the CPU and the GPU downgraded in your build. It's also not the same performace.

 

[michxymi]

Omg, everything from the CPU and the GPU downgraded in your build. It's also not the same performace.

I said it's ABOUT the same perfomance first of all...and that's true

 

[rpeach]

if I was to just delay buying a graphics card for the time being.... and used my 4870 instead, would that be good enough for my resolution?

 

[cutebeans]

I said it's ABOUT the same perfomance first of all...and that's true

No. Seriously it's not. If it were then why would people buy an i5-2500k instead of an Phenom. The 6950 is a huge jump from the 6870/

 

[cutebeans]

if I was to just delay buying a graphics card for the time being.... and used my 4870 instead, would that be good enough for my resolution?

Yeah, it's still good.

 

[michxymi]

No. Seriously it's not. If it were then why would people buy an i5-2500k instead of an Phenom. The 6950 is a huge jump from the 6870/

He's not even playing at FULL HD resolution to get a 6950...other people buy i5 2500k because they have other needs....