New copmuter, what do..

[Banana Joe]

Soo, I'm getting a new computer, and I've been looking a bit at one, (sharkgaming.dk, if anyone else wants to look, it's in danish though) and before I buy, I'd like to hear from some of you guys.

Basically, I need help at choosing parts. What I've been looking at is:

 

Intel i5-2500 Sandybridge 4x3.30 Ghz (3.70 Ghz Turbo)

8GB DDR3 Corsair/Kingston Ram, 1333 Mhz (Dual)

MSI Geforce GTX 560 Ti (TwinFrozer II OC)

ASUS P8H67-M

Samsung/Seagate 500GB, 7200rpm

CoolerMaster CM Storm + 3x120 fans

ASUS PCI-G31 54 Mbs

 

Is that a good setup? I choose most of the parts myself, but they gotta have the thing I wanna use. I can also get an Intel i7 2600-Sandybridge instead, but if I remember correctly, there shouldn't really be any difference when it comes to gaming. And also, there's no need to recommend 1TB, because I simply won't need that much space.

[Elfbarf]

Build it yourself, you'll save

[Banana Joe]

Build it yourself, you'll save

 

Everything is so expensive in Denmark, so it's not that much I'll save, and can't really be asked to do it either, and afaik it's a bit more than just using a screwdriver.. Also, it's the cheapest place I can find, and I get 2 years of guarantee and support etc. And the people there are really nice too, they've got their "headquarter" in a netcafé I play at sometimes, pretty chill place.

[Elfbarf]

Trust me, I was nervous about building my first PC but it only took a few hours and wasn't all that difficult. Most of the work involves a screwdriver and plugging things in correctly.

 

As far as the parts go, it'll hardly cost anything to get a 1TB drive, there's really no reason not to. You never know, you might get into video editing and you'll need that extra space.

[1nKsTeR]

You can NEVER have too much space

[Banana Joe]

Trust me, I was nervous about building my first PC but it only took a few hours and wasn't all that difficult. Most of the work involves a screwdriver and plugging things in correctly.

 

As far as the parts go, it'll hardly cost anything to get a 1TB drive, there's really no reason not to. You never know, you might get into video editing and you'll need that extra space.

 

Yeah, no and no, thanks for your suggestion though, but I'm pretty sure on what I'm gonna do(or start doing) and such.

 

You can NEVER have too much space

 

Already been suggested..

[Banana Joe]

Bump.

 

Anyone with something else than getting more space?

[trakaill]

get more space...

[Elfbarf]

I looked around the website a bit and while I don't speak Danish I could figure out what most things meant. From what I can tell they don't offer any option for different heatsinks, leaving you with a crappy stock heatsink with a (most likely) thermal pad on it. I'd advise contacting them and asking them if its possible to get a better heatsink with some actual thermal paste on it, it'll lower your CPU temp by quite a bit.

[trakaill]

I looked around the website a bit and while I don't speak Danish I could figure out what most things meant. From what I can tell they don't offer any option for different heatsinks, leaving you with a crappy stock heatsink with a (most likely) thermal pad on it. I'd advise contacting them and asking them if its possible to get a better heatsink with some actual thermal paste on it, it'll lower your CPU temp by quite a bit.

 

Whats with all the heatsink crap... the stock cooler does just fine if the CPU is not overclocked.. in fact with the latest architecture they run cooler then they used to..

 

I have a cooler on mine but it reall isnt necessary unless you do fancy stuff