advice on new pc

[mattgedd]

asked on other site:

 

(was) looking for more opinions/ideas

 

ty!!!!!

[mattgedd]

could i have more cooling stuff? and ram. in my mind those r important.

[KenB]

Hi,

 

I have removed the link to the other site - it was not necessary.

 

The guys there are giving you good advice.

Why go elsewhere?

 

CPU: i5 2500K. £161.21 LN37506Mobo: GA-Z68P-DS3 - £75.22 LN41414RAM: 4gb 1600mhz DDR3 - £24.48 LN37493SSD: OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E - £82.32 LN33702HDD: 1 x 500GB - £31.43 LN28751PSU: EZcool 500W - £25.67 LN8039GPU: XFX HD 6870 £137.62 LN37721CASE: Coolermaster Elite 430 £38.38 LN34936CD/DVD: SATA DVDRW £13.99 LN39605OS: Windows 7 32 BIT OEM £73.28 LN29160Which comes to about £697.32 with postage.

 

 

Are you building this or buying one off the shelf?

 

It would help if you gave us more to go on and a few ideas of your own.

[mattgedd]

i want a good, fast computer, that will still be, relatively, good and fast for as long as possible, and that will be able to have upgrades where and when necessary

i willing to pay up to £1000, but obviosuly want to pay as little as possible.

i will use it for, chatting, web browsing, watching movies, and mostly listening to music.

i was planning on building it. i assume this is cheaper.

i would like to play some games on it, tho not even necessarily games that r new now. i have also, in past made some music.

 

ty

[mattgedd]

here what i looking at now:

 

CPU: i5 2500K - £134.15 - Intel CPU Core i5 2500K Unlocked Sandy Bridge Quad Core Processor OEM - CM8062300833803 - Scan.co.uk

Mobo: GA-Z68P-DS3 - £61.68 - Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 Motherboard - Scan.co.uk

RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Blue, DDR3 PC3-14900 - £49.80 - Corsair Memory Vengeance Blue 8GB DDR3 1866 Mhz CAS 9 XMP Dual Channel Desktop - CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9B - Scan.co.uk

SSD: OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E - £66.60 - OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E SSD - Solid State Drive - OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G - Scan.co.uk

HDD: 250GB Western Digital WD2500AAKX Caviar Blue - £49.94 - Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB WD2500AAKX Hard Drive - HDD - Scan.co.uk

PSU: EZcool 500W - £21.39 - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/550w-...-quiet-fan-atx

GPU: 1GB Asus HD 6670 - £51.66 - Asus HD 6670 AMD Radeon Graphics Card - 1GB - EAH6670/DIS/1GD3 - Scan.co.uk

CASE: Coolermaster Elite 430 - £31.98 - Coolermaster Elite 430 Black Mid Tower Computer Case Front/Rear 120mm fans and Side Window No PSU - RC-430-KWN1 - Scan.co.uk

CD/DVD: SATA DVDRW - £11.98 - SATA DVDRW IHAS122-18 LiteOn - Scan.co.uk

OS: Windows 7 64 BIT OEM - £61.07 - Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM Operating System - GFC-02050 - Scan.co.uk

SOUND CARD: Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCI-E 7.1 - £63.23 - Creative SB X-Fi Titanium PCI-E 7.1 Soundcard - 30SB088200000 - Scan.co.uk

£728.32 with postage.

 

will this work? what would u advise? ty.

i still not certain on PSU and Mobo. and if it will go in smaller case that would be cool.

[Neil Cooper]

here what i looking at now:

 

CPU: i5 2500K - £134.15 - Intel CPU Core i5 2500K Unlocked Sandy Bridge Quad Core Processor OEM - CM8062300833803 - Scan.co.uk

Mobo: GA-Z68P-DS3 - £61.68 - Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3 Motherboard - Scan.co.uk

RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Blue, DDR3 PC3-14900 - £49.80 - Corsair Memory Vengeance Blue 8GB DDR3 1866 Mhz CAS 9 XMP Dual Channel Desktop - CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9B - Scan.co.uk

SSD: OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E - £66.60 - OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E SSD - Solid State Drive - OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G - Scan.co.uk

HDD: 250GB Western Digital WD2500AAKX Caviar Blue - £49.94 - Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB WD2500AAKX Hard Drive - HDD - Scan.co.uk

PSU: EZcool 500W - £21.39 - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/550w-...-quiet-fan-atx

GPU: 1GB Asus HD 6670 - £51.66 - Asus HD 6670 AMD Radeon Graphics Card - 1GB - EAH6670/DIS/1GD3 - Scan.co.uk

CASE: Coolermaster Elite 430 - £31.98 - Coolermaster Elite 430 Black Mid Tower Computer Case Front/Rear 120mm fans and Side Window No PSU - RC-430-KWN1 - Scan.co.uk

CD/DVD: SATA DVDRW - £11.98 - SATA DVDRW IHAS122-18 LiteOn - Scan.co.uk

OS: Windows 7 64 BIT OEM - £61.07 - Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM Operating System - GFC-02050 - Scan.co.uk

SOUND CARD: Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCI-E 7.1 - £63.23 - Creative SB X-Fi Titanium PCI-E 7.1 Soundcard - 30SB088200000 - Scan.co.uk

£728.32 with postage.

 

will this work? what would u advise? ty.

i still not certain on PSU and Mobo. and if it will go in smaller case that would be cool.

 

Hi'

id recommend a power supply with a little more kick about 600w and maybe a bigger HDD

[JasonJT]

That seems expensive mate... but for what you want to do with it - it's more than enough. I found a similar PC but with i7 Core processor for roughly the same price from these guys: CoolerMaster 430 Extreme CM430i7

link removed by KenB

 

I'll be ordering a pink phantom from those guys soon. Building yourself can sometimes be cheaper - my current PC is self build and cost £600 odd a couple years ago - only problem is if hardware goes faulty you have to do all the running around yourself vs buying a premade PC. Just a thought as when my Graphics card died It took almost 2 months getting a replacement under warranty from Nvidia. anyway that's my 2 pence. Good luck and do let us know how your experience goes.