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Building a Gaming Computer - Need Feedback

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July 7, 2013 2:42:14 PM

Firstly i'd like to say i've never even attempted to build a computer before, all these parts were chosen upon research and use of these forums, so some compatibility issues may arise! I'd just like to know if these parts are optimal for what i need it for, predominantly World of Warcraft, and various steam games, looking to run them at medium-high, alongside casual word processing and general university stuff (nothing intensive aside from the gaming).

Around the £800 mark is what i'm looking for price wise, so if anyone can suggest places to trim off £50 it'd be much appreciated, however if any parts desperately need upgrading in this build then the price is flexible, it's just more of a guide.

The parts are as follows:
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz Socket 1155 6MB (intend on OCing)
Mobo: Asus P8Z77-V PRO Z77 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio ATX Motherboard
Graphics Card: Asus GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II OC 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz Ballistix Sport Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V
SSD: MZ-7td250bw - Samsung 840 SSD
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit
Opical Drive: Liteon Ihas124 24x Dvd±rw (dual ±r)/ram Sata Drive (internal Black)
Case and PSU: Coolermaster K350 Case and Elite 500W PSU Bundle

Any feedback will be HUGELY appreciated, as a side note im pretty set on an SSD over a HDD, was deciding between a 120GB SSD for the OS and a 1TB HDD for everything else or a 250GB SSD on it's own (as you can see i went with the 250GB SSD, feel free to suggest otherwise).

Thanks for any replies, Alex

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July 10, 2013 10:26:08 PM

I profess no knowledge of gaming so I'll leave the WoW and GPU issues to others but on the hard disks, I reckon your first thought is the better. A 120Gb SSD will be sufficient to run the system and it should work faster sitting on a disk of its own. All the other files and folders should go on another disk. If a 250 SSD was going to be enough, save some on the SATA dive by just going to a 500Gb.

My only other comment would be to up the PSU to 550W but the graphics and gaming folks will doubtless comment on that.

Where did you source your prices?
July 11, 2013 4:22:37 AM

Thanks for your response - ill look into downgrading the SSD to 120gb and source a 500GB / 1TB HDD then to store everything on. Only reason i decided on a 250GB SSD as sole storage was due to currently i use a MBP and the terrible storage on that seems to suffice (i have to clear it off every 6 months or so, but thats no real hardship), but if using a HDD for storage will improve the SSD speed then that's definitely what i'll look into doing.

Regarding the PSU since posting i'd already decided to up it to a 550w PSU since general opinion is 500w wont be enough, and i decided on a CPU Cooler.

All prices are off eBuyer, i havent looked around for cheaper deals yet since i was just trying to decide on parts before actually looking into how cheap i can get them, eBuyer just provided me with a basis for pricing

Seems i've got some research to do for a reputable PSU and Case then before i can finalise the build, many thanks
July 11, 2013 5:42:41 AM

i think you'd do well with something from Coolermaster's range . Novatech in Portsmouth would be enquiring for prices in general. I've bought several Barebones systems from them to develop and sell to order and have always been happy with their service. www.novatech.co.uk will find them..
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