£550-£650

[hbriggs]

Approximate Purchase Date: 2-4 weeks

Budget Range: £550-£650

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming battle field high settings, surfing the internet, watching movies

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS

Preferred Website(s) for Parts:scan / amazon.co.uk

Country: UK

Parts Preferences:good quality brands

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Yes in the future

Monitor Resolution: 2048x1152

Parts

Case

LN40449
Corsair Carbide Series 500R White Mid Tower Gaming Case w/o PSU
£87.00inc VAT

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-carbide-series-500r-white-mid-tower-gaming-case-w-o-psu

CPU

LN42270
HOT SELLER AMD Phenom II X4 960T Black Edition, S AM3, 3.0GHz, 8MB Cache, 95W, Retail
£95.95inc VAT

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-phenom-ii-x4-960t-black-edition-s-am3-30ghz-8mb-cache-95w-retail

LN37506
HOT SELLER Intel Core i5 2500K Unlocked, S1155, Sandy Bridge, Quad, 3.3GHz, HD3000 IGP 850Mhz, 6MB Cache, 95W OEM
£167.94inc VAT

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-2500k-unlocked-s1155-sandy-bridge-quad-33ghz-hd3000-igp-850mhz-6mb-cache-95w-oem

Motherboard

LN39765
Asus M5A99X EVO, AMD 990X, S AM3+, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, RAID SATA, PCIe 2.0 (x16), ATX
£95.99inc VAT

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-m5a99x-evo-amd-990x-s-am3plus-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-raid-sata-pcie-20-(x16)-atx

LN41909
HOT SELLER Asus P8Z68-V/GEN3, Intel Z68, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, PCIe 3.0 (x16), D-Sub/DVI-D/HDMI, ATX
£135.22inc VAT

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-p8z68-v-gen3-intel-z68-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-30-(x16)-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-atx

Memory

LN36550
HOT SELLER 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.50V
£39.36inc VAT

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-ddr3-vengeance-jet-black-pc3-12800-(1600)-non-ecc-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-150v

Hard Drive

LN39245
HOT SELLER 60GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD, 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s, SandForce 2281, Read 525MB/s, Write 475MB/s, 80K IOPS
£72.98inc VAT

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/60gb-ocz-agility-3-ssd-25-sata-6gb-s-sandforce-2281-read-525mb-s-write-475mb-s-80k-iops

Graphics Card

waiting for 7000 series and 600 series

Power Supply Unit

LN27645
750W PSU, Corsair HX CMPSU-750HXUK, Modular, 90% Eff', 80 PLUS Silver, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Fan, ATX v2.91
£114.90inc VAT

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/750w-psu-corsair-hx-cmpsu-750hxuk-modular-90-eff-80-plus-silver-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-fan-atx-v291

Optical Drive

LN40284
HOT SELLER LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±R, 16xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RWx6 ,12xRAM SATA, Black, OEM
£13.79inc VAT

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/lg-gh22ns70-22x-dvdr-16xdvddl-dvdplusrw-x8-rwx6-12xram-sata-black-oem

Cooling

LN29319
HOT SELLER Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO, 4 Heat Pipes Direct Contact, with 120mm Quiet Fan LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1
£22.78inc VAT

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/coolermaster-hyper-212-evo-4-heat-pipes-direct-contact-with-120mm-quiet-fan-lga775-1155-1156-1366-am

Hi guys building my first pc in the next few weeks and want know if the parts are good, i am considering spending a hundred quid more and getting the 2500k over the phenom II and am wondering weather it is worth it.

Thanks in advance

 

[metal orient]

Everything looks good, and yes if it were me i'd go for the 2500k over the Phenom II while it's £100 extra, the performance gains are large enough to justify the cost in my opinion. You may want to think about getting a slightly bigger PSU for multiple cards as 750W is the minimum suggested:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-7970-crossfire-review/7

 

[hbriggs]

thanks for the reply im going to get the 2500k now, do you think the psu will be a serious problem if its only 750w?

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Assuming its one card that'll be fine, unless the new cards are beastly on the juice hehe
Moto

 

[hbriggs]

well i may cf or sli in the next year but one card may be enough

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Make sure your mobo choice has sufficent x16 lanes for future sli/Cf desires too,
the 750 should hold you fine though
Moto