Hey guys, i have $1500 max to work with (keeping in mind the postage is ~ $60 to get to mine) , i had a play around with this build :


it would be helpful if anyone could tell me any mistakes or anything with the build; personally i doubt i will be overclocking so im not sure the External heatsink is really worth it but who knows. Just give me your thoughts it would be greatly appreciated

EDIT: the image is really small haha
the build is
MOBO :ASUS P8Z68-V LE
GFX : ASUS GTX560
CPU: intel i5 2500K
RAM: Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600mhz
HDD : western digital 1tb caviar green
HEATSINK : noctua d-14
CASE: antec 900
PSU: silverstone strider 600W
SOUND CARD : creative blaster x-fi
MONITOR : ASUS 24" LED 2ms

I also forgot all about a DVD drive and an OS
so
OS : windows 7 (32 or 64 bit im not sure ? )
DVD DRIVE : LG GH24NS70 24x SATA DVD-RW Drive OEM
thanks

Edited once, 28/12/11 - 12:29pm.

Looks good man.
Maybe change for some vengeance ram, and a different hard drive. Apart from that, should do fine.
Also, get an ssd,

Edited once, 28/12/11 - 12:29pm.

Yeah thanks for that im thinking ditch the sound card for the time being and maybe the heatsink until i save a bit more then i can get nicer ram and afford the OS and Dvd drive etc

64 bit windows. should cost around $150, and the Optical drive should only cost like $20.

Ditch the sound card for now, and when you go to buy another one, get an Asus Xonar STX.

thanks man,
what about this i didnt include the OS because i can get it cheaper at my local computer fair

if i could suggest upgrading your gpu to a gtx570 and chaging soundcards to a xonar stx or something and maybe changing to a smaller case as thats enormous for your not so big hardware

yeah sounds good, i may ditch the sound card for the time being though,
what is a descent case thats smaller?
thanks

MOBO : fine as long as you dont want sli etc
GFX : good card, at this budget you should be getting a gtx570
CPU: you dont need the K, nor do you NEED to overclock.
RAM: fine
HDD : dont use a green drive for your OS EVER!!. should be running and SSD at this price point.
HEATSINK : ******ed overkill, the $30 or so coolermaster/aywuns do the job. Again, you dont need some giant ******ed cooler to OC anyway.
CASE: living in the 90's. Not bad cases, old and horrid for cabling in though.
PSU: solid PSU
SOUND CARD : dont waste the money, wait til you can afford a good on, ie: ST or STX
MONITOR : Nice enough screens, purists will cry 120hz but its not in your budget. Tho the AOC 120hz panels are only $279 ish
OS : 64 bit is what you want
DVD DRIVE : dvd is dvd, theyre all the same

thankyou haha, thats a lot to take in. First off is the recommended cpu just the i5 2500?
and is the seagate barracuda a descent hdd should i also get an SSD with the HDD?
and finally what is a suitable case
thanks for your time

maybe it would be better if you just wrote it down for me.. i would go on gotgames and look at the sticky guide but its down. i just need help with a couple of the things haha

A Barracuda drive will do you fine, but invest in a SSD if you can afford one. Use that for your OS and the HDD for data - win/win.

^ best idea if you want performance and also want a cheap hard drive

I would wait until the next batch of hardware is released. Buying this late in the release cycle is a bit silly....

no way man im not waiting.. ive been waiting for like a year cos i didnt have a job etc so im just gonna do it haha

Wait..