Is this a good PC Build?

[Frootism]

CPU:  Intel core i5 2500k
CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler 
Motherboard:  ASRock H77M Micro ATX  LGA1155 Motherboard  
Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  
Video Card:  MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC Graphics card - 1 GB - GDDR5 SDRAM
Case:  CiT Vantage Midi Mesh Gaming Case with HD Audio, 4 Fans, Card Reader and No PSU - Black
Power Supply:  XFX 550W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply 
Optical Drive:  Sony DDU1681S-0B DVD/CD Drive 
Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit)  

thoughts on this pc build? I managed to finally get it in my budget (£650)

I a first time builder so can someone confirm that all of this is compatible? thank you

 

[Frootism]

oh and should i get the Radeon HD 6950 or the GTX 560TI?

 

[obsama1]

Compatible, but the 7850 is the same price as the 560Ti, has twice the VRAM and performs a lot better. No point in getting a 2500K and H77 mobo.0.

 

[obsama1]

It also beats the 6950.

 

[arzbhatia]

Get the HD 7850 and G.Skill RipJaws X 8gb 1600Mhz instead.

And I recommend you get a Z77 board, not H77.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157304

Everything else is fine.

 

[IamAutiz]

Depending on which brand of the 7850 you would get as they have mentioned above, I would go with the 560 ti 448 cores instead. Im not a fan boy of either AMD or Nvidia but I have had more luck with Nvidia. and It will run you around 230 US dollars idk what that is in Euros.

 

[IamAutiz]

Also if you are on a budget, like me and you dont want to go but so far and dont feel comfortable going to far out of your budget then I would get the 7850 and if you were ever to get another and run them in crossfire then you would have 4 GB of vram which will be better when more modern games come out like BF4 or whatever the next triple A title is.

 

[maskills24]

Also if you are on a budget, like me and you dont want to go but so far and dont feel comfortable going to far out of your budget then I would get the 7850 and if you were ever to get another and run them in crossfire then you would have 4 GB of vram which will be better when more modern games come out like BF4 or whatever the next triple A title is.

Crossfire doesn't double your vram, the system still recognizes them as 2 separate 2 gig cards, but they are working together and splitting the load in half since each card renders half a screen instead of a full screen like a single card would normally do.

 

[IamAutiz]

Crossfire doesn't double your vram, the system still recognizes them as 2 separate 2 gig cards, but they are working together and splitting the load in half since each card renders half a screen instead of a full screen like a single card would normally do.

oh i know, sorry i didnt mean like it would read as 4GB, i just mean that when a game becomes more demanding on the gpu it will be better to have 2GB working on top hald of the screen and the other 2GB o nthe bottom so it will help with FPS

 

[Frootism]

Get the HD 7850 and G.Skill RipJaws X 8gb 1600Mhz instead.

And I recommend you get a Z77 board, not H77.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157304

Everything else is fine.

thanks for the link.
are there any other motherboards like that which are cheaper because on UK Websites its at least £80 on a reliable website. it's about £65 on really dodgy websites.

oh and also why would i need the ripjaws ram instead?

last thing is that i've heard that AMD drivers are apparently really bad, im a noob to all this sort of stuff so i wanna know if thats a big deal or not.

 

[Frootism]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-XKT-1155-Z68AP-D3-Motherboard-Rev/dp/B0054X4I4M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1346269226&sr=8-2

is this anygood?

 

[sheepsnowadays]

thanks for the link.
are there any other motherboards like that which are cheaper because on UK Websites its at least £80 on a reliable website. it's about £65 on really dodgy websites.

oh and also why would i need the ripjaws ram instead?

last thing is that i've heard that AMD drivers are apparently really bad, im a noob to all this sort of stuff so i wanna know if thats a big deal or not.

There will always be the odd driver issue with any card (including Nvidia) but yes AMD was bad back in they day but now I would say are on par with Nvidia. Updates are on a regular basis and havn't had any problems.

 

[arzbhatia]

Oh wait I linked the Z75 by mistake. Get a Z77 board -

This is a nice website to get stuff -

Get any of these if possible -

http://www.ebuyer.com/351598-gigabyte-ga-z77-d3h-socket-1155-vga-dvi-hdmi-8-channel-audio-atx-motherboard-ga-z77-d3h

or

http://www.ebuyer.com/345353-msi-z77a-g43-z77-socket-1155-8-channel-hd-audio-atx-motherboard-z77a-g43

or

http://www.ebuyer.com/363228-asus-p8z77-v-lx-socket-1155-vga-dvi-hdmi-8-channel-audio-atx-p8z77-v-lx

The ASUS one is the best out of those.