New Build Opinion

The Omen 666

Hi there...Yet another noob looking for opinion

I am currwently gonna set about building a pc from yrs of buying Dell Pc's.

I gonna do an i5 750 build as i game but not intensively, but i use my pcs for nothing more than photo editing and gaming and a bit o 'tinternet

Anyway here is my suggested build, let me know what u think, any advice or comment is most welcome

Budget arounf €700 +/-and from scouring about on the net i can source the following for about that much:

Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail + Assassin's Creed II Game£163.99
(£139.57) £163.99
(£139.57)Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black£89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply£88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card (90-YAA055-1UAN00Z)£85.99
(£73.18) £85.99
(£73.18)Corsair 4GB (2X2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMV4GX3M2A1333C9)£84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)£64.99
(£55.31) £64.99
(£55.31)Akasa AK-178-BL 12" Cold Cathode - Blue£8.21
(£6.99) £16.42
(£13.98) Sub Total : £506.70Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout)Shipping : £11.75VAT is being charged at 17.50%VAT : £90.73

I gonna salgave my dvd rewriter and cd drive frmo current Dell 9200 along with speakers, keyboard and wireless mouse, webCam and my saphire radeon 4850 ( untill i can then afford a 5850 / 5870 )

I could do it cheaper if i get the antec 300 and and salvage my x-fi soundcard

any opinions out there... I looked at the msi range of boards with the oc genie...do u all think this is a noobs cop out or a useful tool, never overclocked b4 but i wanna try so it was either the MSi p55 gd 65 or the gigabyte Ga-p55-ud3r

Solitaire

CPU is fine, RAM is good enough, case is overpriced and has no window AFAIK so why the cathode? PSU also a bit pricey.

massy086

were are you living op uk or ireland

StopNotWorking

Looks good to me. I wouldn't recommend cutting cost by using an antec 300. They can get pretty cramped, consider dropping down to a centurion 590 to drop the cost a bit if you want. It's the old slightly less shiny 690 but with pretty much identical interior design and space.

Sound cards in general are getting a little useless unless you are an audiophile. Most motherboards now come with pretty good integrated audio so you could save a good bit on dropping the sound card

In regards to the OC Genie feature, I believe several vendors have automated OC features now(Both hardware and software based) I havent heard anything bad about OC genie but do look around as other companies have similar features too, its a great idea and I see no reason not to try it out(Sure if it doesnt work you can always do some OCing yourself in the bios)

The Omen 666

massy086 wrote: »

were are you living op uk or ireland

Living in ROI ( kilkenny) but gonna buy online depending on where i can get best value

The Omen 666

StopNotWorking wrote: »

Looks good to me. I wouldn't recommend cutting cost by using an antec 300. They can get pretty cramped, consider dropping down to a centurion 590 to drop the cost a bit if you want. It's the old slightly less shiny 690 but with pretty much identical interior design and space.

Sound cards in general are getting a little useless unless you are an audiophile. Most motherboards now come with pretty good integrated audio so you could save a good bit on dropping the sound card

In regards to the OC Genie feature, I believe several vendors have automated OC features now(Both hardware and software based) I havent heard anything bad about OC genie but do look around as other companies have similar features too, its a great idea and I see no reason not to try it out(Sure if it doesnt work you can always do some OCing yourself in the bios)

I been looking since and i can get the coolermaster on ebay for about 60 + postage and also from france similar price, i have heard that the antec was a little on the tight side but good cable management which is why i went with the cooler master initially. gonna have a look at the centurion 590. been looking at linustechtips and NCIXcom in you tube for tips and reviews and o/c tutorials etc

As for the sound card,

I dabble a bit in keyboards and song creation and wanted a good quality board for connecting to my pc eventually and had heard/ read that the sound from the asus way trumps that from the creative boards, there are speciality boards for studios but for me thats overkill.

The Omen 666

Solitaire wrote: »

CPU is fine, RAM is good enough, case is overpriced and has no window AFAIK so why the cathode? PSU also a bit pricey.

If u were choosing a psu would u goo with this type or a different make altogether, also would it be better to go for higher voltage if i wanna overclock!!!

There is a mismatch on the case and cathodes alright but was going thru my options on cases etc...also, have u used modular psu's and does it work out dearer from a cable point of view. i know its better for airflow in that u have less cables to get in the way and less unused cables etc

StopNotWorking

With a good case cable management shouldnt be an issue so as long as you're getting a good roomy case you shouldn't have to invest in a modular PSU.

The PSU is big enough for an i5 and 5870 or even two 5850s at a pinch. If you ever wanted to crossfire 5870s you would need something bigger, around 750 to 800W.

massy086

nah just watch the vat on overlockers they charge 21%irish vat