First time build £700ish

[hbriggs]

Hello,


Approximate Purchase Date: this weekend

Budget Range: £700

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, surfing the internet,

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS, gpu

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: all from scan http://www.scan.co.uk/

Country: England

Parts Preferences: intel , corsair, asus (just well known reliable brands)

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire:
e
Monitor Resolution: 2048x1152

Additional Comments: im not sure weather to overclock and i am not going to get a graphics card until they come down in price,


DVD writer- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/lg-gh24ns90-24x-dvdr-16xdvddl-dvdplusrw-x8-rwx6-12xram-sata-black-retail

Case- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-carbide-series-500r-white-mid-tower-gaming-case-w-o-psu

CPU- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/29-4intel-core-i5-3570k-s-1155-ivy-bridge-quad-core-34ghz-5-gt-s-dmi-650mhz-gpu-6mb-smart-cache-34x-

boot drive- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/128gb-samsung-830-series-ssd-basic-kit-sata-iii-read-520mb-s-write-320mb-s

memory- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-vengeance-blue-ddr3-pc3-12800(1600)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-15v

mobo- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-p8z77-v-pro-intel-z77-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-d-sub-(vga)-displayport-dvi-i-hdmi-atx

psu- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/650w-psu-corsair-pro-series-gold-9020006-modular-90-eff-80-plus-gold-sli-crossfire-eps-12vquient-fan


is this all okay,, is the mobo a little OTT shold i just go with the normal asus board, should i buy a decent cooler now?

Thanks in advance,

Henry

 

[adgjlsfhk]

Do you want a graphics card? You do not have one.
I would go with the cheapest ASUS z77 mobo.
Get a cooler when you want to overclock, no reason to now.
Get this ram. It is low profile.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-ddr3-xms3-pc3-12800-(1600)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-27-165v

 

[hbriggs]

ill get a gpu later on,
why go with the cheaper mobo
i like the blue ram it matches the board and i dont need low profile.

 

[metal orient]

There is very little difference between the Pro and standard versions ( i think you get an extra usb 3 internal header and one more 4 pin fan header not worth the
£20 extra).

There are blue low profile models:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-ddr3-vengeance-lp-cerulean-blue-pc3-12800-(1600)-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-15v
You may as well get low profile but if you really like the massive heat spreaders it's your computer.

You do realise that GPU prices won't be going down for a while though? and you'll be stuck with a really underpowered system for that time.

 

[hbriggs]

id say they are getting cheaper.

http://www.ebuyer.com/341498-powercolor-hd-7950-3gb-dvi-hdmi-dual-mini-displayport-pci-e-graphics-card-ax7950-3gbd5-2dh

ill go with the cheaper mobo then, i just prefer the looks of the normal ram.

 

[adgjlsfhk]

The one advantage of low profile ram is that sometimes ram with heat sinks does not fit with an after market cpu cooler

 

[hbriggs]

if i do get a decent cpu cooler it will be the H100 so the size of heat spreaders will not matter.

The pro version of the mobo has different controllers for the hard drives is it worth the £20 extra?

 

[fearless92]

Just wondering I see you put a boot drive there, but are you going to want another drive for storage? If so what size drive would you be wanting?

 

[hbriggs]

a 1TB, probs samsung, seagate or a western digital black. im just gonna wait till they come down a bit more

 

[hbriggs]

i just ordered woop woop