Build Advice New gaming PC - Thoughts?

OK, that page is excellent.

It calculated I need 365W: The Be Quiet is 530W, while the Powercool HE is 550W. So a little overkill

The Powercool is also available in 450W, but I could just keep it where it is - the 100W drop only saves £5.

CCL doesn't sell the Be Quiet, and i'm thinking that ordering everything from one place would be easier. Depends who's got the best prices on the day, CCL or eBuyer...

 

OK. Wireless cards seem to go out of stock/be discontinued as soon as I glance at them, and now Samsung are selling out i'm not confident in buying the Spinpoint drive.

Gonna check out the sales this Easter weekend, but not holding out much hope for bargain-taculars. Of course, delivery will be an issue too until Monday/Tuesday (and the in-store prices add a good £20/£25 on). I'll work it out.

CCL basket:

* Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz Processor
* Gigabyte GA-H61M-USB3-B3 Motherboard
* MSI GeForce GTX 460 Hawk OC Edition 1024MB
* Kingston 4GB (1x4GB) Memory Module 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC 240pin DIMM
* 1TB Western Digital Caviar Green 3.5" Hard Disk Drive
* Samsung SH-S223L Internal 22x DVD Writer Drive SATA
* 550W Powercool High Efficiency Power Supply
* TP-Link TL-WN851N 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adaptor
* Cooler Master Elite 342 Mini Tower Chassis
* 46cm SATA Data Cable x2
* Arctic Cooling Arctic F8 Case Fan x2

Total = £563.30

I don't know which items include cables, or how many / what kinds. I could always borrow kettle leads and Molex cables from my current rig if falling short.

I got Windows 7 in a deal with a friend, cost about £55. That leaves the grand total around £620!



Any better HDD or GPU makers? Any Wireless N cards that stay in stock?

 

Not heard of Powercool for the PSU, personally I'd switch to a more well known brand, perhaps Tagan or Enermax - it shouldn't add much to the price. Other than that, it looks like capable build for a reasonable price!

 

IT IS DONE
*thunderclap*

Spoken to the sales team. A combination of the Easter holidays and out-of-stock parts means my DPD van should arrive on Thursday. It should still be free delivery, I checked about 3 times ¬__¬


Royal Wedding Weekend build!

* Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz Processor
* Gigabyte GA-H61M-USB3-B3 Motherboard
* MSI GeForce GTX 460 Hawk OC Edition 1024MB
* Kingston 4GB (1x4GB) Memory Module 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC 240pin DIMM
* 1TB Western Digital Caviar Green 3.5" Hard Disk Drive
* Samsung SH-S223L Internal 22x DVD Writer Drive SATA
* FSP Everest 85PLUS 600 Power Supply Unit
* TP-Link TL-WN851N 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adaptor
* Cooler Master Elite 342 Mini Tower Chassis
* 46cm SATA Data Cable
* Arctic Cooling Arctic F8 Case Fan x2
* Mains Power Cable

Total = £568.33


Thanks for your help choosing parts guys Here's hoping it's simple to put my first rig together!*

*I've had PCs before, but always bought complete from web or brick stores - this will be my first time receiving a pile of parts!

 

Nice, roll on Thursday!

 

Its not too hard to put together as long as u b careful u should b fine