£600 Gaming Build - i5 & 460 - Checking

[Dooms]

Hey guys... couldn't buy the last machine I specced up due to becoming basically homeless for a month but now I have a new flat and time for a new machine! Just wanted some opinions on the following spec:

Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3 - £100
i5 760 - £140
CoolerMaster 430 with 500W PSU - £53
4GB Corsair XMS3 (2x 2GB) - £51
nVidia 1GB GTX 460 - £140~
Samsung F3 500GB - £31
Samsung F3/4 2TB - £65
Samsung 22x DVD-RW - £12
300MBs Wifi N card - £17

Any changes? The 500GB is system / install drive and the 2TB is storage (to be expanded with future 2TB's as needed).

I know sandybridge is round the corner but we don't know 100% what the cost will be like and to be honest its never the right time to buy a computer so if I got the cash and want a PC might as well just take the plunge... at least its tried and tested

Leon

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Do you have a copy of an OS??

[Dooms]

Yer have a copy of Win7 so thats fine

Also using my old Keyboard, Mouse and Dell 24" UltraSharp.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Skimping on the PSU is not a good idea IMHO and the Coolermaster Elite series are not that great AFAIK.

I would consider the following build:

Phenom II X4 955BE ~ £114

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/190673

MSI 870A-G54 ~ £65

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/205849

Has USB3.0 and SATA3.0 and can do RAID 0,1,5 and 10.

4GB 1600MHZ DDR3 ~ £57

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169240

HD5870 1GB ~ £190

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/248887

Antec 520W High Current Gamer PSU ~ £60

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/245671

Coolermaster Elite 430 ~ £37

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/233740

Samsung F3 500GB ~ £32

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146252

Samsung F4 2TB ~ £70

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/237908

SATA DVD rewriter ~ £12

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176026

Tenda Wireless-N300 PCI Adapter ~ £15

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/155641

The total comes to around £652.

[garin94]

I agree with CAT-THE-FIFTH on the PSU, don't get a cheap one. You can get a 500W modular OCZ psu for around £54.

Also, make sure that the WiFi N Card supports Windows7.

I've heard that Samsung HDD's aren't that reliable, I suggest you get a Western Digital (blue) for roughly the same price.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I have had Samsung hard drives in my desktops for the last few years and they were fine although YMMV. If you are getting a Western Digital hard disk the Caviar Black is similar in speed to the standard Samsung F3 AFAIK.