New budget mATX gaming build

[Stompy]

Hi guys
I used to build PCs a few years back so I know what I'm doing, just slightly out of touch with the latest hardware! My last PC was an Athlon 64 3000+, 1gb, 6600GT, it's been dead a while now!

Looking to get back into gaming with a new budget PC, but I don't have much room so I'm after something small, and quiet as well. Really don't care about looks as it'll probably be hidden away!

I already have monitors (Dell U2412M and E228WFP) and couple of external HDDs (2TB and 640GB) for storage.

Here's what I've come up with:

Intel Core i5 2550K 3.4GHz Socker 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £181.00
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz CL9 1.5V Non-ECC Unbuffered £46.66
Gigabyte GTX 560 OC Edition 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI Mini HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card £137.97
Coolermaster Elite 343 Micro ATX Case £34.00
Corsair Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £49.95
Fractal Design 92mm Case Fan £4.64
Sony AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW with DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black £13.98
Asus P8H61-M LE/USB3 Intel H61 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio mATX Motherboard £50.57
Corsair TX550M 550W Modular PSU £67.00
OCZ 120GB Agility 3 SSD - SATA-III - Read 525MB/s Write 500MB/s 85,000 IOPS £109.98


Total price £695.75
Prices are from ebuyer but I'll buy from whoever has the best deal at the time!

What do you think?

[Terbinator]

the 2550K and H61 board are a pointless combo as you can't overclock on H61 boards. If you want to overclock you need P67/Z68.

[Stompy]

the 2550K and H61 board are a pointless combo as you can't overclock on H61 boards. If you want to overclock you need P67/Z68.

Wasn't planning on OCing

[Terbinator]

Wasn't planning on OCing

drop the CPU to a i5 2400 then. You won't notice the drop in clockspeed and you're not paying over the odds for a overclockable part.

TBH: I'd probably go with an i3 2120 myself.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

This motherboard is better:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigab...hdmi-micro-atx

If you are not going to upgrade for quite a few years,this CPU is also worth considering:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigab...hdmi-micro-atx

It is basically a slightly underclocked Core i7 2600 with no IGP and has a lower 80W TDP too.

Also,ditch the water cooler. The standard Intel cooler should do the job.

[Stompy]

drop the CPU to a i5 2400 then. You won't notice the drop in clockspeed and you're not paying over the odds for a overclockable part.

TBH: I'd probably go with an i3 2120 myself.

Noted Probs will go for the i5-2400 over the i3, just because I don't like the name =P

This motherboard is better:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigab...hdmi-micro-atx

If you are not going to upgrade for quite a few years,this CPU is also worth considering:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigab...hdmi-micro-atx

It is basically a slightly underclocked Core i7 2600 with no IGP and has a lower 80W TDP too.

Also,ditch the water cooler. The standard Intel cooler should do the job.

Which CPU did you mean?

The water cooler was mainly for noise purposes, and for a bit of a play really. What are the stock coolers like these days? Last time I built, the intel ones were crap, but that was in the days of the P4 Prescott...

Ta for help guys!

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Noted Probs will go for the i5-2400 over the i3, just because I don't like the name =P


Which CPU did you mean?

The water cooler was mainly for noise purposes, and for a bit of a play really. What are the stock coolers like these days? Last time I built, the intel ones were crap, but that was in the days of the P4 Prescott...

Ta for help guys!

I meant this CPU:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel...tio-80w-retail

I have a Core i3 2100 and it is fine with my HD5850 1GB.