Check my spec please!

[Hasta]

Check my specification please

Hello everyone, how is this looking. I've got a budget of £1300 but if there is anything that could save me money then I'd appreciate knowing as I'd like to buy a new monitor to go with it.

I'll be mainly gaming on it, games such as Shogun 2, WoW, COD:BO, Skyrim and BF3 (when they come out)? I'll be also using Photoshop, listening to music and watching Iplayer.

Will this be a stable setup if I am just air cooling and is the case the best to keep everything cool inside. I'm also a bit wary of spending so much money probably due to having ever only owned off the shelf PC world comps and I've fried one of them over the space of three years :whistling:

Finally will this last me a good few years before I will self upgrade parts?


Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE Need For Speed™ World Starter Pack with any Nvidia® GTS450 or above!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 510 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 450MB/sR | 210MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TX SERIES (TX750) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£89)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Speakers
PHILIPS SPA2602 5.1 Surround Speaker System (Special Offer) (£45)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price = £1,212.00 inc VAT

 

[Hasta]

Shameless self bump :euro:
How better is the Kingston 4GB RAM compared to the Samsung?

 

[Hasta]

Final bump. Can somebody please check this to see if I could save some money or whether there is something I am missing in terms of keeping it cool for long periods of use for gaming?

 

[Rakk]

Are you planning on overclocking at all, if not you can go for the i5-2500 CPU and stay with the Samsung RAM , since the 'k' variants are really meant for overclocking and you wont notice the difference the Kingston RAM makes if youre not overclocking either.
Also if you're not overclocking that cooling should be perfectly fine

 

[Hasta]

I plan to do a minimum-moderate overclocking when the warranty expires and when it's on its final legs (due to parts being outdated in the years to come) but not anytime soon.

Aslong as I am not going extreme with OC I should be okay? To save myself some money is the SSD I have chosen the best one?

 

[Luckless]

I take it you've chosen the next generation Intel SSD

Well, with your budget you have two choices:

1) stick with that and go with the GTX560ti.
2) drop the SSD to a cheaper one and upgrade your GPU to a GTX570.

Before you decide on what you should do, take a look around on the net comparing the SSDs on offer from PCS and decide which suits your needs.

Faster SSD or faster GPU?

Bear in mind, for gaming, the GPU will give you much better rewards!

 

[Nemesis]

The samsung RAM is more stable so definitely stick with that if your not overclocking!!
If you want to leave that doorway open then get the Kingston RAM!

And the choices Luckless suggested are both sound in their own ways!