Planned budget gaming rig, what do you guys think?

Hey guys bit of a newb at this but this is my propsed rig. Any suggestions/comments would be greatly appreciated. Also is the 700w psu going to be overkill? I am planning on upgrading in the future.

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K

CPU Cooler: Xigmatek HDT-S963

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 LE (Rev. 3)

Memory: 4GB DDR3 1333mhz (2x 2GB)

Hard Drive : 500GB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s

Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA

Graphics card: NEW! ATI Radeon HD 6790 1GB

Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio

Internet: Wireless 802.11G PCI card

PSU: 700W Xigmatek

Cheers

Ludhaa

Not bad, but the PSU is way overkill and the GPU underwhelming.
What budget do you have ? Do you have peripherals and a license for Windows ?

Cheers for the reply!

My budget is about £550 that setup that has taken me up to £531. Do you think i should just upgrade the PSU when and if i need to in the future?

Yeh all peripherals and windows licences are sorted.

Have a look at this thread,
http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardwa...s-guide-3.html
particularly the last post to this.
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/buy...de-july-2011/2
But using your i5 and moBo

Awsome info wish i'd seen that before i started all this haha.

Ok so if I get a 500w psu and put the extra money into a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1GB?

That puts me up to 545 what do you think?

Cheers for all the info btw!

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Originally Posted by Ludhaa

Ok so if I get a 500w psu and put the extra money into a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1GB?

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That would be a far better bet

EDIT: is that CPU cooler compatiable with S1155 motherboards? The Novatech website suggests not (but I haven't checked more than that), so it may be worth swapping for a AC Freezer 13 or Gelid Tranquillo for £20 and £24 respectively.

Change the CPU cooler for the coolermaster Hyper212+.

Change the HDD for the Samsung F3 1TB.

How much is the Xigmatek and is it the captive cable version?
I'd suggest a 550W or 650W Antec TruePower as their modular to easy installation, aid cooling and give adapability for your upgrades. Both sub-£70 at Scan and well reviewed.

Tranquillo can be had for £20.

Remember as you improve the gfx card you'll need the right connectors on the PSU. Also don't fall into the trap of under-spending on the PSU. Even the most experienced of us have tried it in the past and suffered as a result.
I'd suggest thinking Corsair Builder-series or the equivalent as a minimum.

+1 on the F1 HDD. It's not cost effective to go smaller.

Also do you really need the WLAN card? Will a cable not reach?

DDR 1600MHz is the price/performance sweet spot if you can hit it...

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/s...he-best-ddr3/6

I take it a case is not needed?

Also wouldn't it be better to install an N wireless card for the future?

Are you bothered about QuickSync or Virtu?

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro v2 S775/1155/1156/1366/AM3/AM2+/AM2/939 Up to 130 Watts £15.62 £18.74

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500GB Samsung HD502HJ Spinpoint F3, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9ms, NCQ £24.90 £29.88

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500W Corsair CMPSU-500CXUK Builder Series, 80% Eff', 120mm Fan, Single Rail, ATX £37.50 £45.00

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Sony AD-7263S-0B 24x DVD±R, 12xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RWx6 ,12xRAM SATA, Black, Labelflash, OEM £13.97 £16.76

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Intel Core i5 2500K Unlocked, S1155, Sandy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.3GHz, GPU 850Mhz, 6MB Cache, 95W OEM £129.50 £155.40

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1GB Asus GTX 560, 40nm, 4008MHz GDDR5, GPU 810MHz, Shader 1620MHz, 336 Cores, 2 x DVI-I, mHDMI £116.56 £139.87

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4GB (2x2GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 8-8-8-24, XXP, 1.5V £35.16 £42.19

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Asus P8Z68-V LE, Intel Z68, S 1155, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR3 2133/2200, SATA 6GB/s, RAID, ATX, VGA £97.68 £117.22

Total £574.65