Buying new PC components this week, need help and advice. FIRST BUILD

[lee1988m]

So I'm going to be buying a new CPU, Motherboard and Memory this week, I'm limited to about £250

 

Prefer an Intel i5 (2400k minimun, 2500k preffered)

 

8gb ram or higher

 

Never bought a motherboard before so pretty clueless.

 

Current hardware: Gigabyte gtx 560ti 1gb, Corsair 600w PSU, Corsair 60gb SSD and a bog standard 500gb HDD.

 

Used for gaming mostly, online gaming is quie CPU dependant these days from what I've heard.

 

UK based only please

 

(Posted a few days back and only got one answer from an american which sent me to some american shop which I'm not prepared to wait weeks for delivery and delivery fees.)

 

Help needed ASAP as I'll be ordering this week and want the best I can get for my money.

 

Thanks Lee

 

 

[lee1988m]

Are these parts compatible and ok for gaming?

 

CPU: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-2500-s1155-sandy-bridge-quad-33ghz-hd2000-igp-850mhz-6mb-cache-95w-retail

 

Motherboard: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-p8h61-m-le-usb3-rev-30-intel-h61-s-1155-ddr3-sata-ii-3gb-s-pcie-20-(x16)-micro-atx

 

Memory: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-ddr3-xms3-pc3-10600-(1333)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-150v

 

Already have my GPU and HDD's/SSD's sorted.

 

Looking for comments to see if they're compatible and ok for online gaming (MMO's mainly)

 

thanks alot

 

Lee

[KenB]

Hi and welcome to ExTS

 

I have merged your two threads.

 

I found your CPU a bit cheaper - and no delivery charges

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Sandybridge-i5-2500-Quad-Core-Processor/dp/B004FA8NNW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1326234254&sr=8-2

 

You don't mention the OS

I assume with 8GB RAM you are installing a 64 bit system ?

Have you taken the cost of this into account?