Plans for new PC

[Chippiewill]

Trust, my mates have had cheap PSUs and they haven't lasted long at all lmao.

That's if you get a cheapo one yeah, but all 80+ rated PSUs will last a long time.

Thought they had fans

Yeah but fans don't break easily.

[mrwoooooooo]

720w is overkill. Just need a good quality 550w

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[Recursion]

Whoever is telling you not to get an SSD is silly.

Get an SSD, you'll kick yourself if you realise how much of a difference it makes when you don't have one.

[Lee]

Whoever is telling you not to get an SSD is silly.

Get an SSD, you'll kick yourself if you realise how much of a difference it makes when you don't have one.

What are the benefits of installing an OS on the SSD?

[mrwoooooooo]

What are the benefits of installing an OS on the SSD?

[Lee]

Ok so how about http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=HD-027-IN is 6GB enough. Presuming I'd be installing WIN7 etc on it?

[mrwoooooooo]

... That's 120gb, 6gb/s is the transfer speed lol but yes that's enough

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[Yonder]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£160.03 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£63.32 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.39 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£150.59 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card (£155.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Antec Three Hundred Two ATX Mid Tower Case (£54.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£36.98 @ Novatech)
Other: Keyboard
Other: Mouse
Other: Monitor
Total: £709.27
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-12-24 02:01 GMT+0000)

This is my build that i just put together couple of weeks ago. I am in Canada so with the Black Friday i got a few $$ of this. I am planning to buy an SSD then throw windows 7 on it. Works like a dream takes anything i can throw at it and it is super fast.

[Lee]

Come up with this:



Seriously pushing the budget now though

[Chippiewill]

Switch out the intel SSD for a "Corsair Force 3", slightly faster and it'll be just as reliable since they both use the same Sandforce chipset.

And for good sake switch out that cooler master crap for your original PSU - OR ANY PSU RATED "80 Plus Gold".