I bought a Chillblast several years ago which has lasted me well, but it's getting a bit unreliable and I'm fed up with my mothers £300 eBuyer job outdoing my PC on Windows-based tasks.
I want something that will let me play the current games, and give me a bit of scope for the releases of the next year or two ahead. Most of the time when not gaming I want a blazing fast Windows machine for browsing, graphics, multitasking, etc.
I've come up with the following which is (just about) in budget. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 500R WHITE MID TOWER CASE
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.80GHz)
ASUS® SABERTOOTH P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR!
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
RAID 1 (MIRRORED VOLUME - 2 x same size & model HDD / SSD) (£9)
10x LG BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£65)
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C FAT BOY (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£79)
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Thanks
I want something that will let me play the current games, and give me a bit of scope for the releases of the next year or two ahead. Most of the time when not gaming I want a blazing fast Windows machine for browsing, graphics, multitasking, etc.
I've come up with the following which is (just about) in budget. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 500R WHITE MID TOWER CASE
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.80GHz)
ASUS® SABERTOOTH P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR!
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
RAID 1 (MIRRORED VOLUME - 2 x same size & model HDD / SSD) (£9)
10x LG BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£65)
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C FAT BOY (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£79)
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Thanks