Gaming Build

conorhickey

Item|Price
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€37.72
Seagate Barracuda 7200 500GB SATA 6GB's|€61.80
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W|€42.64
LiteOn iHAS122-18 schwarz SATA|€16.61
BitFenix Merc Alpha|€32.16
HIS HD 6870 IceQ X GDDR5 1024MB Native HDMI 2xDVI 2xMiniDP|€146.55
TP-Link TL-WN781N, 150Mbps, PCIe x1|€10.12
BenQ G2255|€100.98
Intel Core i3-2120 Box, LGA1155|€106.46
ASRock H61M-HVS (B3), Sockel 1155, mATX|€40.69
Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit|€89.00
Shipping|€18.99
Total build cost | €705.23



What do you think that is my price limit, any changes?

Incompetent

Save a few euro on windows here

Don't think you need to be a student

conorhickey

Incompetent wrote: »

Save a few euro on windows here

Don't think you need to be a student

i am a student well, just finished my leaving cert, but they only give you upgrade cds and i feel more confident installing a full version

Eboggles

conorhickey wrote: »

i am a student well, just finished my leaving cert, but they only give you upgrade cds and i feel more confident installing a full version

Just get the upgrade version, it's really easy to install it as a fresh install. Loads of guides on the internet if you have a look, and with that money you could up the motherboard to this.

conorhickey

Eboggles wrote: »

Just get the upgrade version, it's really easy to install it as a fresh install. Loads of guides on the internet if you have a look, and with that money you could up the motherboard to this.

In what ways is that motherboard better?

smileyj1987

http://www2.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?adp=0&aid=46920&agid=1601&apop=3

If you could add a few more quid this board would be so much better because you could upgrade to a quad and overclock .

Eboggles

conorhickey wrote: »

In what ways is that motherboard better?

SATA 3 6GB/S, and USB 3.0.

conorhickey

Eboggles wrote: »

SATA 3 6GB/S, and USB 3.0.

Is the Sata 3 for things like a SSD or will it make all sata components faster (Sorry im new at this :L)

N64

only SSDs will benefit from sata 3 ports. The data transfer rates of conventional storage devices (hard drives, dvd drive, etc) will not benefit at all from being connected to sata 3 ports. SSD's will still blow hard drives out of the water when connected to a sata 2 port, however the transfer speeds will be bottlenecked (reduced) by the limitations of sata 2.

Sata 3/2 are backward compatible.

Eboggles

What I'm trying to say is: What's better? Win7 + USB 2.0 + SATA 2, or Win7 + USB 3.0 + SATA 3?

N64

Eboggles wrote: »

What I'm trying to say is: What's better? Win7 + USB 2.0 + SATA 2, or Win7 + USB 3.0 + SATA 3?

USB 3.0 + SATA 3 is better.

conorhickey

I think i have to go with the cheaper motherboard, i have to keep the costs as low as possible it is a present and dont want to be ****ing with my parents but thanks for you

Eboggles

conorhickey wrote: »

I think i have to go with the cheaper motherboard, i have to keep the costs as low as possible it is a present and dont want to be ****ing with my parents but thanks for you

It's the same price?

conorhickey

Eboggles wrote: »

It's the same price?

its 15 euro dearer,

Eboggles

But you're saving €25 by getting Windows from software4students, thus negating the extra €15. Surely you can scab from your parents a tiny bit more even if you don't get the upgrade edition?

conorhickey

So its really worth it? And yeh im getting the upgrade

Eboggles

Yes I think it's well worth it.