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June 9, 2012 6:57:07 PM

Just looking for opinions

(prices from dabs for a rough gauge)

Spec:

Intel Core i5-3570K £179.98
Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE (since it has WiFi) £189.99
Corsair Carbide Series 400R £77.98
Corsair Vengeance 4GB DDR3 1600MHz £19.99
Corsair 550W Enthusiast Series TX550 Modular Power Supply £66.99
Hitachi 500GB Deskstar 7K1000.C SATA-300 7200rpm 16mb £54.99 (data)
Corsair Memory 120GB Force Series 3 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Drive (Read 550MB/s, Write 510MB/s) £86.98 (OS + Apps)
Sony 24x DVD-RW/RAM SATA Black LightScribe Drive £16.99
LG IPS235V-BN IPS 23 Inch LED Wide Screen Monitor £134.99 (price from amazon)
Using intel GPU

Total: £824.18

Any thoughts?

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June 9, 2012 7:04:55 PM

Hi :) 

Operating system ?

All the best Brett :) 
June 9, 2012 7:05:51 PM

what will you be using it for?
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June 9, 2012 7:08:57 PM

using it for day to day, going to run windows 7 (already have a licence)
June 9, 2012 7:09:36 PM

A good system, if your going to add a graphics card later on and use it for gaming I would up the PSU so you have headroom for upgrading other parts. Overall, the 3570K is the choice that everyone is raving about so that was a good choice and I was considering going for the P8Z77 myself for near on the same build but with a EVGA Superclocked GTX 550 Ti. The only bad thing is that, with the P8Z77 it can only take 1600MHz RAM but then needs to be overclocked to be able to run higher speed RAM. If you build that, you will have a potent system that will be able to take nearly everything you throw at it and if you need any more convincing all you have to do is look at the benchmarks!
June 9, 2012 7:10:16 PM

(not for gaming) - would like to have the option of easily being able to use it for gaming in the future (i.e. add in gpu)
June 9, 2012 7:16:52 PM

I would just change the PSU then, so that way you have room for upgrades (deciding to add a graphics card like you said). Maybe go up to a 650W?
June 9, 2012 7:25:39 PM

Such as? (preferably modular so no cable mess)
June 22, 2012 11:42:10 PM

A 550w is fine for pretty much any single gpu out there. no need to worry
June 23, 2012 12:24:40 AM

Hi :) 

You realise Windows 7 licences are for ONE machine only ?

All the best Brett :) 
June 23, 2012 8:07:41 AM

Personally I would spend less on the motherboard and add a £13 wireless card but the build looks good.... like brett says though if your windows is OEM (installed on a system you previously bought) it's only valid on that, if its retail (you bought and have disks) then its ok.
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