I would first just like to state that living in the U.K, I use Pounds (£). There are some very simple money conversion sites on Google if you're more used to working with dollars, as I know most people are on this site. So here's the template filled in:
Approximate Purchase Date: Within 3 months at the most
Budget Range: £400 - £755
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Mmorpg and fps gaming, Internet browsing, Microsoft word
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse and monitor
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon.co.uk
Country: U.K
Parts Preferences: I'll list the parts I've chosen after the template.
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Monitor Resolution: Undecided- sorry!
The reason I've posted is because I'm a first time builder on a tight budget and I want to get everything right the first time. I've already chosen some parts from Amazon.co.uk, using reviews from that site and from Newegg.com.
Firstly, I want to know if all of the components are compatible with each other; I think they are already but a second opinion could never hurt!
Secondly, I want to know if I'll need anything else to go with the build; extra cables, adaptors, or a dedicated fan for instance.
Lastly, I also want to save as much money as possible, so if any components are "overkill", meaning they are far too powerful for what I want to do or if one component is being held back by another; any other suggestions would be most welcome as long as i can downgrade the price.
Additional comments: I honestly don't care what it looks like as long as it gets the job done efficiently and it runs smooth when i play mid range to high-end games. Also, I've gone for the whole SDD + HDD working in tandem option for my storage; If it's really not necessary and I can stick to mechanical hard drives without losing performance, by all means say!
Components list and prices:
Cpu/Processor: • Intel Sandybridge i5-2500 Quad-Core Processor (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache, Socket 1155) (Retail Boxed) - £157.97
Motherboard: • Asus P8Z68-V LX Motherboard (Socket 1155, DDR3, 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16, ATX, LucidLogix Virtu) – £74.13
Case: • Coolermaster HAF 922 Mid Tower
RAM: • Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 Vengeance Memory Two Module Kit (Basically a kit that comes with two sticks of 4GB memory each) - £40.72
Power supply: • OCZ 600W ModXStream Pro – £59.49
DVD Drive: • Asus DRW-24B3ST SATA Internal 24X – £20.33
Gpu/Graphics card: • EVGA NVidia GTX550Ti 1GB 192-Bit 3D Ready Graphics Card - GeForce – £103.10
SSD: • OCZ AGT3-25SAT3-60G Agility 3 60GB SATA III 2.5 inch - £64.34
HDD: • Seagate ST31000524AS 3.5 inch Barracuda 1TB GB 7200rpm SATA Drive with 32MB Buffer - £75.76
Operating software: • Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit with Service Pack 1 - DVD-ROM – £69.45
In all, that comes to a price of £755.28 or $1197.35
I know there's probably a lot of useless information in there, but I wanted to make sure you had enough information as possible.
Thanks for your time and patience!
Approximate Purchase Date: Within 3 months at the most
Budget Range: £400 - £755
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Mmorpg and fps gaming, Internet browsing, Microsoft word
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse and monitor
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon.co.uk
Country: U.K
Parts Preferences: I'll list the parts I've chosen after the template.
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Monitor Resolution: Undecided- sorry!
The reason I've posted is because I'm a first time builder on a tight budget and I want to get everything right the first time. I've already chosen some parts from Amazon.co.uk, using reviews from that site and from Newegg.com.
Firstly, I want to know if all of the components are compatible with each other; I think they are already but a second opinion could never hurt!
Secondly, I want to know if I'll need anything else to go with the build; extra cables, adaptors, or a dedicated fan for instance.
Lastly, I also want to save as much money as possible, so if any components are "overkill", meaning they are far too powerful for what I want to do or if one component is being held back by another; any other suggestions would be most welcome as long as i can downgrade the price.
Additional comments: I honestly don't care what it looks like as long as it gets the job done efficiently and it runs smooth when i play mid range to high-end games. Also, I've gone for the whole SDD + HDD working in tandem option for my storage; If it's really not necessary and I can stick to mechanical hard drives without losing performance, by all means say!
Components list and prices:
Cpu/Processor: • Intel Sandybridge i5-2500 Quad-Core Processor (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache, Socket 1155) (Retail Boxed) - £157.97
Motherboard: • Asus P8Z68-V LX Motherboard (Socket 1155, DDR3, 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16, ATX, LucidLogix Virtu) – £74.13
Case: • Coolermaster HAF 922 Mid Tower
RAM: • Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 Vengeance Memory Two Module Kit (Basically a kit that comes with two sticks of 4GB memory each) - £40.72
Power supply: • OCZ 600W ModXStream Pro – £59.49
DVD Drive: • Asus DRW-24B3ST SATA Internal 24X – £20.33
Gpu/Graphics card: • EVGA NVidia GTX550Ti 1GB 192-Bit 3D Ready Graphics Card - GeForce – £103.10
SSD: • OCZ AGT3-25SAT3-60G Agility 3 60GB SATA III 2.5 inch - £64.34
HDD: • Seagate ST31000524AS 3.5 inch Barracuda 1TB GB 7200rpm SATA Drive with 32MB Buffer - £75.76
Operating software: • Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit with Service Pack 1 - DVD-ROM – £69.45
In all, that comes to a price of £755.28 or $1197.35
I know there's probably a lot of useless information in there, but I wanted to make sure you had enough information as possible.
Thanks for your time and patience!
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