Lookign to build a new rig, found this on Scan that pretty much matches what ive been researching. Any advice? Concerns? Changes? • Coolermaster Silencio RC-550 Mid Tower Full Black (In/Out) Silent Case USB 3.0 with 3.5" X-Dock w/o PSU •650W PSU, Xclio Modular, 80%Eff', 80 PLUS Bronze 140mm Silent Fan, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX •Intel Core i5 2500K Unlocked, S1155, Sandy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.3GHz GPU 850Mhz 6MB Cache 95W Retail •Asus P8Z68-V LX, Intel Z68, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, PCIe 2.0 (x16), D-Sub/ DVI-D/ HDMI, ATX •2TB Western Digital WD20EARX Caviar Green Quiet SATA 6Gb/s IntelliPower (5900rpm) 64MB Cache 8ms HDD OEM •8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-10600 (1333), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, 1.50V •Pioneer DVR-S19LBK 24x DVD±R, 12x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, RAM x12, SATA, Black, Retail Labelflash Total: £443 And • HIS ATI 5770 GPU For £50 from housemate Total: £493 Whatch'alllll Think? :0
The standard advice on psu buying is to always buy big brand and avoid unknowns like the plague. Xclio isn't a brand I have dealt with or heard of before so it may fall in the unknown catagory.
Everything looks ok except for the case and psu which are not on the same level as the quality of the other components, I echo the thoughts on the psu, big brand is usually best. The psu and case are cheap and nasty to keep the costs down, but I take it that was what you were looking to do no? Not keen on the graphics card if you are a gamer, what monitor and resolution you at? if you can scrape together another £80 you are in HD 6870 country which is a significant improvement.
I believe what he has linked, is from Scans today only deal. Which will be changing soon anyway, so it's probably a better idea to just pick all the parts yourself. For gaming, the case and PSU are abit meh. I wouldn't want a 5900RPM HDD either.
last i heard xclio was made by channel well...and not to the highest qa standards...spend a little and get a corsair, antec, seasonic...etc...it's the most important piece of equipment in your list...the case is always subjective, i'd do some research and see how well it does at cooling and noise...hdd is slow too...
What will you be using it for? Its difficult to comment not knowing this. Overall what youve listed is pretty good, especially the i5. The 5770 will be fine for 'casual' gaming if thats all you want it for.
