- May 18, 2012
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Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next week
Budget Range: Up to around £700 all in, but less is always nice.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (mainly fps) Video Editing (1080p) web/illustration work + some music production
Parts Not Required: I don't require a mouse/keyboard/monitor/optical drive/OS (plan to use windows 7 via a bootable USB - if this is likely to cause issues on a new build please let me know!)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Scan.co.uk or cclonline.com have been recommended, however I'm open to suggestions.
Country: United Kingdom
Parts Preferences: I've been recommended to go with Intel particularly with video editing in mind, however if I can get as good/better performance from AMD at a noticeably better price i have no brand loyalty whatsoever.
Overclocking: I've never tried this before, but I'd be open to suggestions about what my eventual build can get away with and/or whether I'll need to look at implementing more cooling measures.
SLI or Crossfire: Wasn't planning on this unless it'll save money somehow, which I doubt! Wouldn't mind having the option to add in another graphics card later on if it's a possibility.
Monitor Resolution: I don't know off the top of my head! My old desktop has died. I have a ~2 year old 24" lcd if that helps...
Additional Comments: Saving money on the build would be great, I've based my build on existing pre-made builds that SCAN offer so I have a feeling some of the parts may be a bit overkill. I'm also pretty patient, I don't mind waiting a little extra for video rendering or turning the graphics quality down a bit if it will have a big impact on price! I don't care how ugly the case is, and I'm not really concerned about noise from it. I've helped to build a couple of pcs before years ago but never done it by myself before, so I'd really appreciate any advice on compatibility, getting a good deal, any pointers for having a SSD primary hard drive for my OS and regularly used programs (no experience with them) and also the potential to go for a smaller case if possible.
Initial build suggestion:
Case: Rasurbo Basic & Case BC-12 black ATX Midi-Tower Chassis w/o PSU
£19.16
Cooling: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler
£16.45
Power Supply: Corsair Gaming Series GS 600
£58.78
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H Intel Z77
£83.72
Processor: Intel CPU Core i5 3570K Quad Core IvyBridge Processor OEM
£161.94
RAM: Corsair Memory Vengeance LP Black 16GB DDR3 1600 MHz
£78.19
Primary (SSD) Hard Disk-Drive: 60GB Sandisk Ultra, 2.5" SSD, SATA II - 3Gb/s, Read 280MB/s, Write 270MB/s, Retail
£43.92
Secondary Hard Disk-drive: 500GB Seagate Barracuda
£53.98
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 560
£169.87
Audio card: ASUS XONAR DG SOUND CARD *OEM*
£19.81
Total
£707.42
Budget Range: Up to around £700 all in, but less is always nice.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (mainly fps) Video Editing (1080p) web/illustration work + some music production
Parts Not Required: I don't require a mouse/keyboard/monitor/optical drive/OS (plan to use windows 7 via a bootable USB - if this is likely to cause issues on a new build please let me know!)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Scan.co.uk or cclonline.com have been recommended, however I'm open to suggestions.
Country: United Kingdom
Parts Preferences: I've been recommended to go with Intel particularly with video editing in mind, however if I can get as good/better performance from AMD at a noticeably better price i have no brand loyalty whatsoever.
Overclocking: I've never tried this before, but I'd be open to suggestions about what my eventual build can get away with and/or whether I'll need to look at implementing more cooling measures.
SLI or Crossfire: Wasn't planning on this unless it'll save money somehow, which I doubt! Wouldn't mind having the option to add in another graphics card later on if it's a possibility.
Monitor Resolution: I don't know off the top of my head! My old desktop has died. I have a ~2 year old 24" lcd if that helps...
Additional Comments: Saving money on the build would be great, I've based my build on existing pre-made builds that SCAN offer so I have a feeling some of the parts may be a bit overkill. I'm also pretty patient, I don't mind waiting a little extra for video rendering or turning the graphics quality down a bit if it will have a big impact on price! I don't care how ugly the case is, and I'm not really concerned about noise from it. I've helped to build a couple of pcs before years ago but never done it by myself before, so I'd really appreciate any advice on compatibility, getting a good deal, any pointers for having a SSD primary hard drive for my OS and regularly used programs (no experience with them) and also the potential to go for a smaller case if possible.
Initial build suggestion:
Case: Rasurbo Basic & Case BC-12 black ATX Midi-Tower Chassis w/o PSU
£19.16
Cooling: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler
£16.45
Power Supply: Corsair Gaming Series GS 600
£58.78
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H Intel Z77
£83.72
Processor: Intel CPU Core i5 3570K Quad Core IvyBridge Processor OEM
£161.94
RAM: Corsair Memory Vengeance LP Black 16GB DDR3 1600 MHz
£78.19
Primary (SSD) Hard Disk-Drive: 60GB Sandisk Ultra, 2.5" SSD, SATA II - 3Gb/s, Read 280MB/s, Write 270MB/s, Retail
£43.92
Secondary Hard Disk-drive: 500GB Seagate Barracuda
£53.98
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 560
£169.87
Audio card: ASUS XONAR DG SOUND CARD *OEM*
£19.81
Total
£707.42
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