Here is a link to the parts - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BTSY
Approximate Purchase Date: This week
Budget Range: £1000 max
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (dota2/CoD), surfing the web and the odd photoshop job for college
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: UK Based retailers
Location: UK
Parts Preferences: Intel for the CPU and Radeon for the GPU
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1440x900 (maybe1920x1080 if I upgrade)
Additional Comments: First time building a PC and I want to make sure that all the parts are compatible with each other, I also wanted to make sure this build would work fine with 2 monitors, although I will only be using the main monitor for gaming. Also one big thing that confuses me is all the different versions of the 7950, I dont understand why some are more expensive when they are the same GPU could someone explain the differences between a £250 version and a £300 one, thanks.
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor - £164.99
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard - £99.99
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory - £32.99
Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive - £38.40
Samsung 830 Series 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk - £58.08 (Is this SSD fine for just booting windows or will I need more space, for example 128 GB?)
XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card - £217.99
Corsair 650D ATX Mid Tower Case - £143.70
OCZ ZT 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply - £67.99
Sony DDU1681S-0B DVD/CD Drive - £24.27
Total price - £848
Approximate Purchase Date: This week
Budget Range: £1000 max
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (dota2/CoD), surfing the web and the odd photoshop job for college
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: UK Based retailers
Location: UK
Parts Preferences: Intel for the CPU and Radeon for the GPU
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1440x900 (maybe1920x1080 if I upgrade)
Additional Comments: First time building a PC and I want to make sure that all the parts are compatible with each other, I also wanted to make sure this build would work fine with 2 monitors, although I will only be using the main monitor for gaming. Also one big thing that confuses me is all the different versions of the 7950, I dont understand why some are more expensive when they are the same GPU could someone explain the differences between a £250 version and a £300 one, thanks.
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor - £164.99
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard - £99.99
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory - £32.99
Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive - £38.40
Samsung 830 Series 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk - £58.08 (Is this SSD fine for just booting windows or will I need more space, for example 128 GB?)
XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card - £217.99
Corsair 650D ATX Mid Tower Case - £143.70
OCZ ZT 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply - £67.99
Sony DDU1681S-0B DVD/CD Drive - £24.27
Total price - £848