New PC build for gaming mainly

[steve wilson]

Hi,
I'm thinking of building a new PC for gaming mainly. I'm a wowcrack arena addict for the most part. Will probably play a few FPS like MW2 and maybe Assassins creed 2 or starcraft 2.

This is what I'm thinking of getting

1TB Seagate ST31000528AS Barracuda 7200.12, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ

24" Acer V243HBD Black Full HD 1080P, Widescreen LCD, 1920x1080, 40,000:1 DCR, 300 cd/m², 2ms,VESA

80GB Intel SSD M25-M Gen 2, MLC-Flash, 2.5" , SATA 3Gb/s, Read 250MB/s, Write 70MB/s, OEM

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Green) 32 & 64 Bit

Intel Core i7 860 Lynnfield 45nm, Quad Core, 2.8GHz, DMI 2.5 GT/s, 8MB Cache, 21x Ratio, 95W, Retail

Colours IT CIT1010B, Black, Front panel Line Out/ Mic In/ 2x USB 2.0, Midi Tower, w/o PSU

Asus P7P55-M, Intel P55 Express, S1156, PCI-E 2.0(x16), DDR3 2200(OC), SATA 3Gb/s, SATA RAID, mATX

6GB (3x2GB) Corsair XMS3 Classic, DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600) Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 7-8-7-20, XMP, 1.65V

1GB XFX HD5850, PCI-E 2.1, 4000MHz GDDR5, GPU 725MHz, 1440Cores, DP/ DVI/ HDMI, Aliens vs Predator

750W Powercool 80+ Dual 12v Rail V2.2 High Efficiency Black Psu

I have a mouse already. I'm not to sure on the memory and the power supply. Anyone got any suggestions/comments on what could be better, please let me know.

I'm from the UK and I'm probably gonna buy it all from scan. Anyone know of a better website?

 

[mfenn]

Looks pretty good to me except for the PSU, RAM, and HDD.

I've never heard of Powercool, and you definitely don't need a 750W PSU for this rig. Look into the Corsair 650TX or Antex TruePower New TP-550.

You want to stick to either 2 or 4 DIMMs with the i7 860 so that you can utilize the dual-channel memory controller. There are some nice G.Skill kits available and of course Corsair is usually a good bet.

I would generally avoid Seagate drives. Since you'll likely be using 1TB drive for storage, you could probably go down to something like the WD Green.

 

[steve wilson]

Thanks for the info mfenn, I'll swap some stuff around.