New Build Advice

[alecj]

I'm building a PC for moderate gaming and multimedia. I have got all the components (I think!). I just would like to know if there are any flaws in my system.
Please remember this a budget PC, I am trying to stay between £500-£600. I already have a monitor.

Motherboard: Asus P8B75-M LX
Processor: Intel i5-2320
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 6670
RAM: 2x4GB Corsair Vengence DDR3 1600MHz
SSD: SanDisk 64GB
HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DGX 5.1
Wireless Card: Asus PCE-N10 150MBps
Heatsink: Cooler Master 212 Hyper Evo
Case: Aerocool Strike-X One Advance
PSU: Storm 600w

 

[szymek]

Don't buy a heatsink for that cpu. Total waste of money, you won't OC it while stock is enough. Also I don't think you need 8GB of ram, I myself have 4GB and when I put 4 more I don't see any difference in games, apps, benchmarks, but of course it's better to have more. I'd buy 8 anyway. I don't know about sandisks ssd's performance so I won't comment on this one. Next, hdd. I wouldn't buy Seagate. They're not the fastest and many are faulty. I'd pick WD black or Samsung F3. Don't buy sound card. If you're an audiophile, you won't be satisfied and if you're not, you won't hear a difference. PSU: 500wat is max you need. 600 is an overkill. Now, count how much £ you've saved and buy a faster graphic card for that money.

 

[alecj]

what graphics card should i get. I have around 75-100 to spend on it.

 

[szymek]

I've come up with something like this:
HDD: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Caviar-Black-7200-Internal-Drive/dp/B0036Q7MV0/ref=sr_1_8?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1362837602&sr=1-8
SSD: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Series-120GB-Solid-State/dp/B009LI7C5I/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1362837639&sr=1-2
RAM: 2x http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9-1600MHz-Vengeance-Memory/dp/B004CRSM48/ref=sr_1_8?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1362837673&sr=1-8
MB: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-P8B75-M-LX-Motherboard-PCI-Express/dp/B008P4ZS64/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1362837776&sr=1-2
PSU: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Builder-Series-Modular-Certified/dp/B00ALK1GFC/ref=sr_1_5?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1362837832&sr=1-5
Case: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aerocool-Strike-X-Advance-Tower-Gaming/dp/B00606NAXW/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1362837869&sr=1-2
CPU: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Processor-Socket-Sandy-Bridge/dp/B005JBPR9O/ref=sr_1_18?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1362837888&sr=1-18
GPU: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-DirectCU-CrossFireX-Technology-Eyefinity/dp/B007RS49EG/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1362838007&sr=1-2
Price for all: 580£. For that you get much faster graphic card, twice as large ssd and much faster one, faster and more reliable hdd, reliable psu.

 

[alecj]

Thanks alot szymek, I took your advice and ditched the heatsink and soundcard. I changed the SSD, HDD and GPU. I found a 550w PSU in one of my old computers. If you have any other suggestions I will be pleased to hear them. My total price is 485.58