New build :)

[Le Frosty]

Hello everyone, as you can probably see I am a 'newbie' in OC3D

I need some help/advice on the new rig I am going to be building. I am new to the PC world therefore there might be things that I won't understand but I should be able to understand most because I've read a lot about PC's, overclocking etc. Enough talky talky, here's the rig my friend designed me :

i3 3220
z77 Pro3
HD 7870 Tahiti LE
Corsair CX500/600
500GB/1TB Seagate Barracuda (7200rpm)
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600mhz.
I will be getting a rosewill ranger case with a dvd drive for £25 from iBeInspire, my very good friend.

My budget is approximately £550 :lol: What do you think about it ? Is there anything I could change ?

+ I will be upgrading into an i5 or an i7 cpu later on and I am definitely going to get a SSD when I have the money for it.

Thanks

 

[seumasbeathan]

If the budget is £550 then you can get an SSD right from the get go

i3 - £85 - http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/...roductId=52002
MSI Z77A G43 - £75 - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=48876
CX500 - £45 - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=52661
8GB Vengenace - £35 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008E3M4T...SIN=B008E3M4TU
7870 - £175 - http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/...roductId=53474
1TB Drive - £53 - http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials...003+3.5"+SATA+III+Hard+Drive+?productId=48501
120GB SSD - £75 - http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials...A-III+Solid+State+Hard+Drive+?productId=53690

Total = £543

 

[Feronix]

As already said in the other topic:
http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=50388

Pretty solid set-up, although the suggestions by seumasbeathan are very good and I would personally go for that
Also; when you do get an i5 or i7, make sure to get a decent cooler so you can overclock! The MSI boards work great for that

 

[Le Frosty]

seumasbeathan and Feronix, what can I cut down on ? do you have an idea for that ? + I dont think ill need a 1tb hard drive to be honest. The ssd will have windows on it and my editing programs etc as I want to do graphic design when Im older after Uni etc. I'll probably throw in one or two games on the ssd aswell ... I won't need much more space on the hard drive x.x I might have some games on the hard drive but nothing much more ... Im thinking because a 250GB hard drive might be enough, not too sure. Thanks a lot for your help

 

[seumasbeathan]

Tbh 250GB or 500GB drives are only like £10-£15 cheaper than a 1TB drive, so I would recommend you just get the 1TB, after all you can never have to much storage

 

[Feronix]

Also, a clean Windows install takes up about 20GB. Basically, you could just get a 32GB drive. Even if you install your programs like PhotoSoup and whatnot on the mechanical drive they will still benefit from the performance increase that's on Windows itself

Honestly, the only other thing that you can massively cut down on is the GPU, but then you'd want a new one after a while :lol: I often end up suggesting people to buy *just* over their budget as it does add a fair bit of performance that I think is worth it, just like in your case

 

[Le Frosty]

I agree Ill just stick to what I have listed at the top but apply the changes seumasbeathan suggested Thanks a lot for all the help P