Approximate Purchase Date: around June
Budget Range: no more than £718 ($1,139)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming and general entertainment, other
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Overclockers UK; Amazon is ok also
Country: UK
Parts Preferences: No specific preferences other than: ---1) generally well reviewed and decent --- 2) made by good companies
Overclocking: most likely not
SLI or Crossfire: If someone would explain these, I could provide an answer
Monitor Resolution: At first using old monitor with 1280x1024, Later on switching to widescreen
Additional Comments: I have gathered this so far, please make sure these components are compatible with each other. If you have better ideas, tell them, but do not go over price range:
CPU --- Intel Core i5-2500K £150 ($238)
Motherboard --- Asus P8P67 Pro Rev 3.1 £90 ($143)
Graphics card --- Gigabyte GTX 560 Ti OC 900MHz 1GB £180 ($285)
Memory --- 8GB Corsair Vengeance CL9 DDR3-1600 RAM £36 ($57)
Boot drive --- OCZ Agility 3 60GBSolid State Hard Drive £60 ($95)
Storage drive --- WD Caviar Blue 500GB 7200RPM HDD £64 ($101)
Power supply --- Corsair Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX £65 ($103)
Case --- Cooler Master HAF 912 £53 ($84)
Optical drive --- Samsung SH-B123 12x BD-ROM £20 ($32)
Total cost: £718 ($1,139)
Budget Range: no more than £718 ($1,139)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming and general entertainment, other
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Overclockers UK; Amazon is ok also
Country: UK
Parts Preferences: No specific preferences other than: ---1) generally well reviewed and decent --- 2) made by good companies
Overclocking: most likely not
SLI or Crossfire: If someone would explain these, I could provide an answer
Monitor Resolution: At first using old monitor with 1280x1024, Later on switching to widescreen
Additional Comments: I have gathered this so far, please make sure these components are compatible with each other. If you have better ideas, tell them, but do not go over price range:
CPU --- Intel Core i5-2500K £150 ($238)
Motherboard --- Asus P8P67 Pro Rev 3.1 £90 ($143)
Graphics card --- Gigabyte GTX 560 Ti OC 900MHz 1GB £180 ($285)
Memory --- 8GB Corsair Vengeance CL9 DDR3-1600 RAM £36 ($57)
Boot drive --- OCZ Agility 3 60GBSolid State Hard Drive £60 ($95)
Storage drive --- WD Caviar Blue 500GB 7200RPM HDD £64 ($101)
Power supply --- Corsair Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX £65 ($103)
Case --- Cooler Master HAF 912 £53 ($84)
Optical drive --- Samsung SH-B123 12x BD-ROM £20 ($32)
Total cost: £718 ($1,139)