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Spend more on a power supply. You don't want something with 70% efficiency. Pay the extra £15-£20 or whatever's needed to get a Bronze Certified one.

Everything else seems fine.

Would any of these be suitable? Id prefer the first is its fine, cheaper.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007Y68IJI/sr=8-11/qid=1338935783/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1338935783&sr=8-11&seller=

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMPSU-500CXV2UK-Builder-Series-CX500V2/dp/B005851O16/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1338935248&sr=8-2

Would any of these be suitable? Id prefer the first is its fine, cheaper.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007Y68IJI/sr=8-11/qid=1338935783/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1338935783&sr=8-11&seller=

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMPSU-500CXV2UK-Builder-Series-CX500V2/dp/B005851O16/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1338935248&sr=8-2

The second.

But buy it from here: http://www.ebuyer.com/278634-corsair-500w-cx-v2-psu-cmpsu-500cxv2uk?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products along with the motherboard here: http://www.ebuyer.com/351598-gigabyte-ga-z77-d3h-socket-1155-vga-dvi-hdmi-8-channel-audio-atx-motherboard-ga-z77-d3h

As you then get a third party cooler free (and it's cheaper - you need to buy both the PSU and motherboard together for the free delivery )

Love it. Plastic door doesn't bother me, mine is under the desk anyway. But I still think it looks fine. It replaced an Antec 300 which had zero cable management and was hideously grey inside. It's pretty quiet, and I haven't really got expensive quiet/slow fans. They are 1000rpm fans though which are fairly quiet I guess. There is one 1200rpm rear fan that is the only one I can really hear much of. It comes with a fan controller, but it's a bit **** and I think mine is broken anyway, but I got my case for £40 second hand.

But yeah, I haven't seen any negative reviews either.

Hi,

I'm looking to buy a new laptop which is suitable for moderate gaming and A level work.

I've found an Acer Aspire 5775 and was wandering if you could look over the specs of it and see if its any good for my use.

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5755G_Core_i5_Windows_7_Gaming_Laptop__NX.RV3EK.002/version.asp

Any other recommendations are appreciated

Thank You!

Guys, I have hardly any idea about Building and made this in 20 mins out of boredom and to learn more, is it any good? (the things that aren't included are on purpose, cos i found it better and cheaper somewhere else)

http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/9Hpu

THe motherboard is not very good - especially for the processor. You should get a z77 to allow proper overclocking capability. Something like this: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte-ga-z77-ds3h-intel-z77-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-30-(x16)-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-a - will cost an extra £13 but definitely worth it for having an unlocked multiplier + things like SATA III and PCIe 3.0 and 4 RAM slots as opposed to 2 on the one you've chosen..


Also spend an extra £5ish to buy a Radeon 6850 rather than the 6770. The 6850 is much much better.

Oh and the DVD drive you've selected is a laptop one - and a thin laptop one at that. Get a desktop one like this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LiteOn-iHAS124-DVD-RW-Internal-Optical-Drive-DL-DVD-RAM-24x-SATA-Black-/320915689559?pt=UK_Computing_Drives_Storage_CD_DVD_Drives_ET&hash=item4ab810d057

(Don't worry it's from Dabs, not just a random ebay seller, so the seller's reliable and comes with a 1 year warranty)

I just came across this site and thought I'd come up with a budget build for a gaming computer without sacrificing speed or appearance in any way! I'm not planning to buy it myself, but it might be a good starting point for someone looking to build an amazingly fast gaming PC for under £800. Are there any improvements that could be made?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks


CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£177.11 @ CCL Computers)
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS7000C-Cu Ball Bearing CPU Cooler (£15.53 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£71.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£51.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Hard Drive: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£70.00 @ Ebuyer)
Hard Drive: Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£86.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card (£179.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.99 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: OCZ 650W ATX12V Power Supply (£71.58 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Sony AD-7280S-0B DVD/CD Writer (£12.53 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £796.55
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-06-09 13:17 BST+0100)

GIGABYTE Z77 D3H MOTHERBOARD with a free arctic freezer cooler 7 better than the Zalmans £79.99
http://www.ebuyer.com/gigabyte-motherboard

CM Storm Enforcer Case with Coolermaster 650W GX £99.99PSUhttp://www.ebuyer.com/270605-cm-storm-enforcer-case-with-coolermaster-650w-gx-psu-sgc-1000-kwa-650w

That motherboard bundle is a good find. I don't think there's much difference in performance between the Zalman and the Arctic (I think the Zalman is a little quieter but the Arctic might have marginally better temps), but it brings the price down by £8.

The PSU in that bundle isn't modular, which I thought was fairly important when choosing quality components that you'd be willing to use in future builds.

Well getting modular is a good choice, but overall it depends on the 80plus certificate of your psu and then the brand.
I got that power supply with the 690 II bundle, so far I still got quite a lot to spare in terms of power connections available for extra things.
Modular does provide the fact that extra cables can be taken out and clears up your case, but it depends of individual preference I suppose.

I suppose so. I currently have a Corsair HX650 which is very good, and it really helps with the cable management because you don't have to resort to zip-tying loose cables to the hard drive cage like I've had to do in a few super-budget builds in cramped cases. It looks quite a bit messier like that, especially if you don't need all those Molex and PCI-E connections.

Well if the enforcer is as large as the 690 II and a similar layout, you definitely keep the other cables out the way, my power connections for HDD go through to the other side. And the ones not in use are laid down on the bottom.

Fair enough, I guess it wouldn't be as big an issue in the Enforcer, but it's still nice not to deal with such cables in the first place. Furthermore, what happens if you decide to change to a case like the Fractal R3, which has a lot less room between the motherboard tray and side panel?