Gaming PC under £1,000

[jamsin]

Hi All,

I'm new to designing my own computer like this, so would much appreciate any comments people have. This will be the main house computer, but I do like to play games and I also do a lot of photo editing.

The reason for the third hard disk is as backup.

Any thoughts welcome.

Thank you,
James.

Case COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB
KIT)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 660 Ti - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR |
510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE
(7200rpm)
3rd Hard Disk 1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB 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 450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling COOLIT ECO II A.L.C ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER (£59)

 

[keynes]

Morning James,
Are you planning in overclocking the CPU? Do you need an OS? If you plan to overclocked your system I'd suggest a pre-overclocked system from PCS to avoid instability issues and it is also going to be covered by your warranty.

 

[jamsin]

Thank you for the quick response rubensolo.

No - I don't think I will be overclocking - not sure how to do that! I already have an OS, so was planning on installing that myself and saving a few pounds. Any comments on the power supply chosen? And does a liquid processor cooler add anything over a standard one in this setup?

Thanks!
James.

 

[keynes]

Thank you for the quick response rubensolo.

No - I don't think I will be overclocking - not sure how to do that! I already have an OS, so was planning on installing that myself and saving a few pounds. Any comments on the power supply chosen? And does a liquid processor cooler add anything over a standard one in this setup?

Thanks!
James.

I'd suggest the i5-3570 (non-k), you do not need a liquid cooler since you are not plannig to overclock. The triple copper heatpipe will be a better choice. The power supply for the spec you posted is fine, are you including windows in your budget?