jamafamalam
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So this will be the first custom built PC I've had and I've had a little help from a friend with getting some of the spec sorted.
I've mainly been gaming on budget laptops (and i mean budget) so far, so being super powerful isn't really a concern but i don't want to feel too restricted.
I'd like to be able to play games like fallout 4 with no lag or fps below 30 on decent graphics settings and from the advice from my friend the spec I've got here feels pretty good for that.
There are 3 things I'm not sure about at all though, the case, the cooling and the power supply.
The case i just don't know any sort of benefits or flaws with any of them, so any advice on what case i should get would be great.
With regards to the cooling, i know AMD does tend to run quite hot so I've put some extra money into the cooling, preferring to be safe than sorry. The same story with the power supply, i'm just not sure whether 550 will be enough.
Any advice or tips would be great, Thanks
Case
PCS ALPHA TRION 7622B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD FX-8320 Eight Core CPU (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3+)
Free Item
FREE Total War: WARHAMMER with AMD R9 390 Series or AMD FX Processor
Motherboard
ASUS® 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s, CrossFireX/SLI)
Memory (RAM)
8GB Kingston DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB AMD RADEON™ R9 380X - 2 x DVI, HDMI, DP - DX® 12, Eyefinity
Free Item
FREE CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 3 with select AMD R9 380 Series GPUs!
1st Hard Disk
1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
2nd Hard Disk
120GB SAMSUNG 750 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
Corsair H60 Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans (£75)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Apache Black Quiet Fan (fitted to extract from rear/roof) (£15)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD (£8)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Monitor
IIYAMA E2283HS-B1 22" Widescreen Monitor (£90)
Surge Protection
MasterPlug SRG62 6 Socket 2m Surge Protector (£9)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
I've mainly been gaming on budget laptops (and i mean budget) so far, so being super powerful isn't really a concern but i don't want to feel too restricted.
I'd like to be able to play games like fallout 4 with no lag or fps below 30 on decent graphics settings and from the advice from my friend the spec I've got here feels pretty good for that.
There are 3 things I'm not sure about at all though, the case, the cooling and the power supply.
The case i just don't know any sort of benefits or flaws with any of them, so any advice on what case i should get would be great.
With regards to the cooling, i know AMD does tend to run quite hot so I've put some extra money into the cooling, preferring to be safe than sorry. The same story with the power supply, i'm just not sure whether 550 will be enough.
Any advice or tips would be great, Thanks
Case
PCS ALPHA TRION 7622B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD FX-8320 Eight Core CPU (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3+)
Free Item
FREE Total War: WARHAMMER with AMD R9 390 Series or AMD FX Processor
Motherboard
ASUS® 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (DDR3, USB3.0, 6Gb/s, CrossFireX/SLI)
Memory (RAM)
8GB Kingston DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB AMD RADEON™ R9 380X - 2 x DVI, HDMI, DP - DX® 12, Eyefinity
Free Item
FREE CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 3 with select AMD R9 380 Series GPUs!
1st Hard Disk
1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
2nd Hard Disk
120GB SAMSUNG 750 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
Corsair H60 Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans (£75)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Apache Black Quiet Fan (fitted to extract from rear/roof) (£15)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD (£8)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Monitor
IIYAMA E2283HS-B1 22" Widescreen Monitor (£90)
Surge Protection
MasterPlug SRG62 6 Socket 2m Surge Protector (£9)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
