£650 Gaming PC Compatibility

[chrisdestroysall]

Hi, I would appreciate any comments on whether this rig would work

Processor: Intel i5-2500k
Graphics Card: XFX Radeon HD 6870
Power Supply Unit: Corsair GS600
Motherboard: Asus P8P67 EVO
Case: Corsair Carbide 300r
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB SATA III 64MB
CPU Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO

Any advice on this build is welcomed and thanks in advance

 

[rdx07]

yup! that'll work just fine

 

[metal orient]

Its all compatible but I think you could do better by putting more of your budget into the GPU.
e.g.
from dabs.com:

Seagate 1TB Barracuda SATA 6Gb/s 64MB 7200RPM Hard Drive
Quicklinx:7XD5Q200 | Mfr#: ST1000DM003
In stock £64.99 £64.99

XFX 550 Watt Core Edition Full Wired 80+ Bronze PSU
Quicklinx:7NSWQ200 | Mfr#: P1-550S-UKB9
In stock £49.99 £49.99

ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 S1155 Intel Z77 DDR3 ATX
Quicklinx:80XRQ200 | Mfr#: Z77 Extreme 4
In stock £109.99 £109.99

Sapphire Technology ATI Radeon 7850 860MHz 2GB PCI-Express 3.0 HDMI
Quicklinx:80T9Q200 | Mfr#: 11200-00-20G
In stock £179.98 £179.98

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz LGA1155 6MB
Quicklinx:79Q8Q200 | Mfr#: BX80623I52500K
In stock £167.98 £167.98

Fractal Design Core 3000 Mid-Tower Case
Quicklinx:7TMMQ200 | Mfr#: FD-CA-CORE-3000-BL
In stock £52.99 £52.99

Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) Ballistix Sport DDR3 1333MHz CL9 1.5v 240pin
Quicklinx:7Y8RQ200 | Mfr#: BLS2CP4G3D1339DS1S00CEU
In stock £34.99 £34.99

Total price with VAT and P&P: £665.30 but with £40 off from Dabs summer sale it comes to £625.30

If you wanted to add an aftermarket cooler you could get this for £23:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00432M068/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE