Hello all,
I'm putting together a Sandy Bridge build to update my current Core 2 Duo setup [Intel E6600, Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro, 4Gb DDR2, Abit Aw9d-Max, AMD 5770 512Mb, Corsair 620HX, Dell U2410]
and would be grateful on any feedback
Usage will be mainly for games [BF3, Skyrim etc.], but also for office work, web deving, image editing and hooking up my camera to store/sort photos.
So far I'm looking at the following:
Intel Core i7 2600K CPU - £236.39
Be Quiet! Dark Rock Advanced CPU Fan - £39.90
Asus P8Z68-V PRO Motherboard - £137.99
760W SeaSonic X760 PSU - £133.16
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-10600 (CAS 9-9-9-24, 1.50V) - £44.16
Corsair Obsidian Series 650D Case - £119.99
Cherry G85-23100 eVolution STREAM XT Keyboard - £17.46
Crucial M4 128Gb SSD - [ca. £170 from amazon, but will be using gift certificates to pay for this]
[I already have an AMD 5770, so I'll be reusing this for a few months until I pick up a new card, probably an Nvidia 560ti, an AMD 6950 2Gb or the equivalent then].
I already have a decent mouse, speakers, 1Tb Western Digital HDD, 1.5Tb WD and monitor, so these aren't needed [but the keyboard is getting a bit old, hence the cherry keyboard in the list above].
What are your thoughts on the above build? Could I improve it within the budget? [£750, not including the SSD or the GPU later on]. Bearing in mind I'm looking to order sometime this coming week.
I priced the above components up on Scan's Today Only page, which came to £731.85, so nicely within what I'm looking to spend.
Thanks for looking.