Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Time To Upgrade Part 3

O.K. so this is the kit so far, I know I don't have a graphics card but I am willing to wait a few months and save up. That also goes for the RAM, I just got that one strip to keep me going.
So a run down of that I have bought and what is coming. (Most without VAT)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 1155 - £14.64
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 775, 1156, 1155, 1366, AM2, AM3 Heatpipe CPU Cooler

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal paste - £6.10
Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound Thermal paste 3.5gram
Xenta Wireless Mini Keyboard - £22.98
Xenta Wireless Mini Keyboard with Touchpad and Multimedia Keys - USB
Xenta SATA 3 Cable 6Gbps 64cm - £1.49
Xenta SATA 3 Cable 6Gbps - 64cm
Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache - £141.83
Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache OEM Processor
Xenta Black Full Size Keyboard - £2.49
Xenta Black Full Size Keyboard - USB UK Layout
LINDY Cable Grips 6 Pack - £2.40
LINDY Cable Grips 6 Pack
Kingston 120GB SSD 2.5"SATA-III - Read535 Write480 - £58.32
Kingston 120GB V+200 SSD - 2.5" SATA-III - Read 535MB/s Write 480MB/s
Xenta 2 MegaPixel 1600*1200 Video Webcam - £4.57
Xenta 2 MegaPixel 1600*1200 Video Webcam - USB - With 6 LED Lights and Microphone
Cosonic CD-760MV Black Headset - £4.15
Cosonic CD-760MV Black Headphone with Microphone - 3.5mm Jack Connection
Asus P8Z68-V PRO Z68 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio ATX Motherboard - £107.45
EXDISPLAY Asus P8Z68-V PRO Z68 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio ATX Motherboard
Kingston 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory Module Non-ECC CL9 1.5V - £14.15
Kingston 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory Module Non-ECC CL9 1.5V
BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case Black - £39.15
BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - £11.65

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

What I want to buy

Well the title is right. I still need to pick out these bits.
- Graphics Card
- RAM
- Monitors
Just to let you know the number before the ? = BlahProduct. This is how many I want to buy,
Anyway here we go.

3 = Startech PC Speaker Extension Cable 3.6m - £1.90
Startech PC Speaker Extension Cable 3.6m
1/2 = Plexus Single-slot USB2.0 Card Reader - £0.99
Plexus Single-slot USB2.0 Card Reader - Compatible With SD, SDHC, MMC
1/2 = Belkin Headphone Splitter Stereo 3.5 mm - £2.81
Belkin Headphone Splitter Audio Miniphone Stereo 3.5 mm(M) - 3.5 mm(F) White
1 = Xenta USB 2.0 Device Cable White 2m - £0.94
Xenta Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Device Cable (White) 2m
3 = Xenta SATA 3 Cable 6Gbps 64cm - £1.79
Xenta SATA 3 Cable 6Gbps - 64cm
2 = Transcend 32GB Class 4 MicroSDHC Card - £11.98
Transcend 32GB Class 4 MicroSDHC Card - With Adapter
2 = Seagate 2TB 3.5" SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - £81.99
Seagate 2TB 3.5" SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - 5900RPM 64MB Cache -  BARRACUDA GREEN

O.K. to get this P.C. up and running asap and well I need to get a power supply desperately for it to at least turn on. Next is the Graphics Card.
So Power Supply, I thought of going something that seems middle of the road without my girlfriend killing me for spending money on the P.C. instead of bills and rent :P.

1 = Xenta 800W Modular 13.5cm Fan PSU - 80plus Certified 6x SATA 4x PCI-E - £59.99
Xenta 800W Modular 13.5cm Fan PSU - 80plus Certified 6x SATA 4x PCI-E

In regards to my graphics card I have been looking a lot at this graph found on the Nvidia GeForce Graphics Cards.

With looking at this and again I'm looking to not to die by girlfriend but try and still have some sort of DirectX 11 capability. I am thinking of going for a GTX 560, a really cheap version just to get me off the ground, unlesas I do more research and find something better.

Gainward GTX 560SE 1GB GDDR5 HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card - £89.99
Gainward GTX 560SE 1GB GDDR5 VGA DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card

With regards to monitors the one that keeps coming up is the monitor that I bought for my girlfriend which was:
Philips LED LCD 18.5" DVI Monitor - £62.99
Philips 196V3LSB LED LCD 18.5" DVI Monitor

But on ExDisplay that looks good (but may be sold before I have the money) is this:
Asus VH242S 24" LCD Full HD Monitor - £105.75
EXDISPLAY Asus VH242S 24" LCD Full HD Monitor
I know in the back of my mind I'm thinking that "If I just put £20 more into the kitty that I could just have 2 screens and that would be awesome", but remember silly me that I want to be doing gaming and editing on this machine and the bigger the screen the more fun I will have. In saying that I still want to get a HDMI lead about the length of 2-3 stories of a house so I can thread it through my house and connect it into my 42" TV, now that would be fun. Anyway I should really be doing the last 2 Biology Assignments. If I have convinced myself to getting a Monitor that is just above the £100 mark there are a few below if the above is gone.

BenQ G2320HDB TFT LCD 23" DVI Monitor - £106.88
BenQ G2320HDB TFT LCD 23" DVI Monitor
Philips 236V3LSB LED LCD 23" DVI Monitor - £107.46
Philips 236V3LSB LED LCD 23" DVI Monitor
HannsG HL249DPB LED LCD 23.6" DVI Monitor - £107.16
HannsG HL249DPB LED LCD 23.6" DVI Monitor