Hi there guys, i'm currently looking to replace my 3 year old laptop with a big ass desktop, and have decided to go down the self build route, as i recon i can pull it off!
I'm looking to spend near the £1000 mark, and i'd like to get into some overclocking, gonna mainly use it for gaming, with a bit of DJ software heavily used, rest of the usage is pretty much standard stuff
Looking around, i've pretty much decided to go for a Core i5 750
Motherboard wise, is it worth spending a bit and geting sata 6.0 gbps and usb 3 now, or saving the money and getting a pci card later, bearing in the mind the pci bandwidth issues with P55
A good board i've found that sorts the bandwidth bottleneck is the Asus P7P55d-E Pro
http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-s1156-intel-p55-ddr3-atx-a-l--sata-6gb--usb-3-0--6CXS.html
Is this gonna be good for overclocking?
Next choice i made was the graphics card, intereseted in the Ati 5850, but open to other suggestions
http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-ati-radeon-hd-5850-1gb-pci-express-hdmi-6L3L.html?refs=442000000
I like the look of the coolermaster Haf 922 case, and interested in keeping everything cool, quietness isnt the biggest issue for me, again, open to other suggestions, i like the price/size/width of the case
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-176-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=29
Everything else i'm not too sure about, as in how much ram, psw rating, modular or not, bluray drive or not
Any and all input is welcome!
Cheers
I'm looking to spend near the £1000 mark, and i'd like to get into some overclocking, gonna mainly use it for gaming, with a bit of DJ software heavily used, rest of the usage is pretty much standard stuff
Looking around, i've pretty much decided to go for a Core i5 750
Motherboard wise, is it worth spending a bit and geting sata 6.0 gbps and usb 3 now, or saving the money and getting a pci card later, bearing in the mind the pci bandwidth issues with P55
A good board i've found that sorts the bandwidth bottleneck is the Asus P7P55d-E Pro
http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-s1156-intel-p55-ddr3-atx-a-l--sata-6gb--usb-3-0--6CXS.html
Is this gonna be good for overclocking?
Next choice i made was the graphics card, intereseted in the Ati 5850, but open to other suggestions
http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-ati-radeon-hd-5850-1gb-pci-express-hdmi-6L3L.html?refs=442000000
I like the look of the coolermaster Haf 922 case, and interested in keeping everything cool, quietness isnt the biggest issue for me, again, open to other suggestions, i like the price/size/width of the case
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-176-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=29
Everything else i'm not too sure about, as in how much ram, psw rating, modular or not, bluray drive or not
Any and all input is welcome!
Cheers