Review my parts?

[petrou58]

Okay so first off, I'm not really that skilled in this sort of area, so I'm looking for good opinions. I'll get the shop to build it for me, not really confident about building it myself
What I have is:
- Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30Ghz (which I hear is good due to overclocking I guess...and I've never overclocked before by the way)

- 3GB Radeon HD 7950 PCI-E VGA Card

- 8GB DDR3 1333 Memory

- Acer V243HL 5ms DVI LED Monitor

And windows 7, speakers and a DVD writer and some extra little stuff and it equals to about $1650-1700

Opinions? Good for gaming? Skyrim sorta stuff. Is it a good price or not?

By the way I'm not too familiar with overclocking things.

 

[WR2]

Hello petrou58;

Core i5-2500K is VERY good even without overclocking.
With overclocking? It's just that much better.

What you have listed is fine. Really excellent basis for a gaming build.

What did you get for a power supply and gaming case?
Did you include a CPU cooler for overclocking?

 

[petrou58]

It says Intel Boxed Cooling Fan
And case is SHAW Quality USB2.0 Front Medium Tower Case
To be honest, it's kind of a system preset listed here:
http://www.msy.com.au/SYSTEMS/INTELAMD-Pro3.pdf
and it doesn't really say what power supply it is.

I'm quite new to this...

 

[WR2]

With just the 'standard' Intel CPU fan you won't have the type of cooling performance needed to get the most out of the K model CPU.

I'll have a look at the listings.

 

[WR2]

It's the one with the Radeon HD 6670 graphics card?
Is this for a mostly gaming system?

 

[petrou58]

Okay take a look, thanks for helping me out here.

 

[petrou58]

Yeah it is, but if you take a look at the bottom of the page you can upgrade little things in the package. I'm choosig to upgrade to the 7950

 

[WR2]

Im glad HD 7950 is included in the total price - I was starting to worry you were getting royally ripped off.

 

[petrou58]

So what I've chosen is fairly decent in terms of a gaming PC?

 

[WR2]

A few things don't seem to match the overall quality of the CPU and GPU.
My concerns would be:
(1) no CPU cooler option besides the pretty wimpy stock cooler
(2) case cooling with that SHAW 'Quality' Case - see if you can find a model number and a review.
(3) power supply - it's not even mentioned and it's a very important part of a gaming build where you might overclock the CPU and the GPU.

 

[petrou58]

I'll find out those things tomorrow then report back here.

 

[petrou58]

But does my hardware really need overclocking?

 

[WR2]

You can ask how many fans / what size fans are installed in the case. Maybe even a link to the case on a website.
And a make/model of PSU would be handy. Link to the PSU website would be nice.
And if you have any aftermarket CPU cooler options.