Hey lads,
I'm gonna be building a new PC soon for my IT college course (and since my C2D is becoming a bit outdated now).
Of course, I'll be looking to run the latest games at high details. I have a 4870 which I'll upgrade later. I don't need an OS.
I'm going to need a case, a CPU, a Motherboard, RAM, PSU, thermal paste.
So far, I'm looking at the following:
[URL="http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Gigabyte-GA-P55A-UD3-Intel-P55-Express-S1156-PCI-E-20-DDR3-2200-SATA-6Gb-s-RAID-USB-30-ATX"]GA-P55a-UD3 (£102) [/URL]- I'm a Gigabyte man since 2004. Never failed me yet, heh.
[URL="http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Intel-Core-i5-750-Lynnfield-45nm-Quad-Core-266GHz-8MB-Cache-95W-Retail"]Intel Core i5 750 (£152)[/URL]
[URL="http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/4GB-%282x2GB%29-Corsair-Dominator-DDR3-PC3-12800-%281600%29-CAS-8-8-8-24-New-Connector-DHX-BEMP-165V"]Corsair Dominator 1600mhz 8-8-8-24 (£91)[/URL] - Haven't made up my mind on this or G. Skill.
[URL="http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Antec-300-Three-Hundred-Black-Midi-Tower-Ultimate-Gaming-Case-w-o-PSU"]Antec 300 Three-Hundred (£44) [/URL]- This seems to be the favoured gaming case on FP, after all!
[URL="http://www.scan.co.uk/products/Arctic-Silver-5-Thermal-Compound-for-CPU-and-Chipset-Coolers-35-gram"]Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Paste (£5)[/URL] - Used this in my last build, works great.
So far, the total is £394. I still need a PSU. Would anyone reccommend upgrading from the stock Intel cooler? I could buy a mounting bracket for my 2005 [URL="http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=156"]Zalman CU-7700[/URL].
I'd prefer Ebuyer or Scan, Aria is fine too. I don't really mind that much.
If anyone could reccommend any parts instead of those, that'd also be great.
Thanks.
Oh, by the way, I can go over the budget by about £50 depending on how well my Novint Falcon sells.
I'm actually upgrading my motherboard, ram, cpu and case when I get my salary, and it's around 347 at the moment. Here's an example:
[img]http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/2699/scanr.png[/img]
Now I may not be as demanding on the power as you, but I don't think you need all that. There's also a similar card as the Asus I chose but as Gigabyte, just not sure if it's available at scan.
Unless you are worried about noise or if you are overclocking a custom cooler is not required, the cooling paste is also not required since it comes pre-applied on the stock cooler.
The last time I had a stock cooler was for my Pentium 4 processor back in 2005 and that thing sounded like a jet engine, so I think I'd prefer to go for a custom cooler, although I haven't made up my mind on any specific model yet.
Also still looking for a PSU. Came across this on Scan:
[url]http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/550W-Corsair-CMPSU-550VXUK-ATX-PS-2-5-year-Warranty[/url]
[quote=ShinyChrome]I'm actually upgrading my motherboard, ram, cpu and case when I get my salary, and it's around 347 at the moment. Here's an example:
Now I may not be as demanding on the power as you, but I don't think you need all that. There's also a similar card as the Asus I chose but as Gigabyte, just not sure if it's available at scan.[/quote]That's interesting, I wasn't aware there was an i5 760. It's also cheaper than a regular i5 750, and I can only wonder why.
If your getting a custom cooler, get the Coolermaster V6GT, not sure if its available on scan.co.uk, but they're plenty of sites.
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