Hello, I'm new to building pcs and this will be my first so please bear with me...
As the title says, I can probably stretch the budget to £800 although obviously I'd prefer to keep it a little under. I DO need a new monitor, mouse, and speakers. One thing I am unsure of is sound cards, I am a music lover and want to listen to a lot of high-quality music, will a sound card make much of a difference? Or not seeing as how you can't really get decent speakers on my budget anyway.
Use will be a bit of everything really, some gaming (nothing too intensive), internet, films...and I'd quite like to experiment with some audio production software (cubase etc) although this is more of a curiosity/amateur interest than a necessity.
I'm thinking of going for an i5, 4GB ram and a mid range gpu. Here's what I've quickly knocked together although I'm really not sure about it?
CPU Scan.co.uk: Intel CPU Core i5 2400 Sandy Bridge Quad Core Processor - BX80623I52400
MOBO Scan.co.uk: Asus P8H67-M REV 3.0, Intel H57, S 1155, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR3 1066/1333, SATA 6Gb/s, RAID, MATX
GPU Scan.co.uk: XFX HD 6850 Black Edition AMD / ATI Radeon Graphics Card - 1GB + Free Shogun 2* - HD-685X-ZNBC
CASE Scan.co.uk: Thermaltake WingRS 201 Black Mid Tower Case - VJ60001N2Z
PSU http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500w-coolermaster-elite-power-power-supply-(psu))
MONITOR Scan.co.uk: Viewsonic VX2239WM 22" LCD Monitor
HD Scan.co.uk: Seagate Barracuda 500Gb Hard Drive ST3500418AS
RAM Scan.co.uk: Corsair Memory XMS3 Classic 4GB DDR3 1333 Mhz CAS 9 Dual Channel Desktop - TW3X4G1333C9A
DVD DRIVE Scan.co.uk: Samsung DVD Writer, SH-S223C/BEBE, SATA, Black, OEM
SPEAKERS Scan.co.uk: Creative Labs 2.1 Speakers 25 W RMS Sound System - 51MF0395AA003
MOUSE Scan.co.uk: Logitech M115 Black Mouse, 3 Button, Optical, USB - 910-001268
OS Scan.co.uk: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM Operating System - GFC-02050
total £764.57 including VAT
Is everything compatible? Suggestions and improvements? I'd like to buy from scan.co.uk or misco.co.uk
Thank you
As the title says, I can probably stretch the budget to £800 although obviously I'd prefer to keep it a little under. I DO need a new monitor, mouse, and speakers. One thing I am unsure of is sound cards, I am a music lover and want to listen to a lot of high-quality music, will a sound card make much of a difference? Or not seeing as how you can't really get decent speakers on my budget anyway.
Use will be a bit of everything really, some gaming (nothing too intensive), internet, films...and I'd quite like to experiment with some audio production software (cubase etc) although this is more of a curiosity/amateur interest than a necessity.
I'm thinking of going for an i5, 4GB ram and a mid range gpu. Here's what I've quickly knocked together although I'm really not sure about it?
CPU Scan.co.uk: Intel CPU Core i5 2400 Sandy Bridge Quad Core Processor - BX80623I52400
MOBO Scan.co.uk: Asus P8H67-M REV 3.0, Intel H57, S 1155, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR3 1066/1333, SATA 6Gb/s, RAID, MATX
GPU Scan.co.uk: XFX HD 6850 Black Edition AMD / ATI Radeon Graphics Card - 1GB + Free Shogun 2* - HD-685X-ZNBC
CASE Scan.co.uk: Thermaltake WingRS 201 Black Mid Tower Case - VJ60001N2Z
PSU http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500w-coolermaster-elite-power-power-supply-(psu))
MONITOR Scan.co.uk: Viewsonic VX2239WM 22" LCD Monitor
HD Scan.co.uk: Seagate Barracuda 500Gb Hard Drive ST3500418AS
RAM Scan.co.uk: Corsair Memory XMS3 Classic 4GB DDR3 1333 Mhz CAS 9 Dual Channel Desktop - TW3X4G1333C9A
DVD DRIVE Scan.co.uk: Samsung DVD Writer, SH-S223C/BEBE, SATA, Black, OEM
SPEAKERS Scan.co.uk: Creative Labs 2.1 Speakers 25 W RMS Sound System - 51MF0395AA003
MOUSE Scan.co.uk: Logitech M115 Black Mouse, 3 Button, Optical, USB - 910-001268
OS Scan.co.uk: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM Operating System - GFC-02050
total £764.57 including VAT
Is everything compatible? Suggestions and improvements? I'd like to buy from scan.co.uk or misco.co.uk
Thank you
