Advice on £850 Computer build please

[jfs123]

Approximate Purchase Date: Around end of august

Budget Range: £850

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Browsing

Parts Not Required: Monitor keyboard mouse

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Overclockers.co.uk Scan.co.uk Ebuyer.co.uk

Country of Origin: UK

Overclocking: maybe

SLI or Crossfire: maybe at a later date


Additional Comments:

HDD: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-336-WD&tool=3 £65

CPU: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-2500k-unlocked-s1155-sandy-bridge-quad-core-33ghz-gpu-850mhz-6mb-cache-95w-retail £164

Ram: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/264750 £65

Mobo: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-342-GI £150

GPU: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-scanfx-radeon-hd-6950-pci-e-21#ProductFeatures £190

OS: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/259863 £71

Case: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-214-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=29 £34

CPU Cooler: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/249937 £5

I need PSU and DVD dont know whether its worth me getting Blue Ray optical drive all i would be doing is playing games really I also may in the future put another GPU.

Quick question are you allowed to have two GPU running at the same time but they are different makes and spec?

Without PSU and Optical Drives: £744

 

[mosox]

The CPU cooler is for the 775 socket, not good. The video card link isn't working.

 

[jfs123]

ok the cpu coller i didnt really look at and the GPU is Radeon 6950

 

[devroz]

You are purchasing in August, come back 1 week before you want to order. Preferable 3 days before order and then make sure no last-minute deals are better.

 

[jfs123]

ok but could you answer this "Quick question are you allowed to have two GPU running at the same time but they are different makes and spec? "

 

[devroz]

Technically yes, but it is unadvisable. The normal limitations still apply, i.e. both need to be either amd or both need to be nvidia. Also, you will get throttled to the slower cards speeds.

It is rarely worth it to do so.

 

[ps3hacker12]

that will be fine, i assume you mean for example a evga gts 450 and a sapphire gts 450. if they are the same model eg gts 450 or ati 6950 or ati 5770 etc. then they can crossfire/sli even if the brand is difference, eg evga, sapphire, gigabyte.

if they are different models eg a gts 450 and a gtx 570 it WONT work. although you can put two different model cards although you wont be able to use the SLI/crossfire bridge.