Prospective I5-2500K Build.

[A Fine Frenzy]

I'm looking to replace my ancient pc, and I have decided to push the boat out a bit with me budget lol. I'll be using it for music, videos, games, a bit of photoshop and Internet browsing. Any feedback on my choice of components would be much appreciated. Cheers.


Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz @ max 4.80GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™ SUPPORT
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1280MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX570 - 2 DVI,mHDMI - DirectX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£78)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£59)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 13 working days


Price: £1,147.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[Phoenix]

Looks good

 

[PCS]

Great spec, well balanced. Ready to go!

 

[Meds]

Do you plan on overclocking this PC? If not then you could;

- Change CPU to i5 2500
- Change RAM to Samsung 1333MHz
- Change CPU Cooler to Triple Copper Heatpipe

The 2500k, Kingston 1600MHz & liquid CPU cooler will only really benefit you should you overclock the PC so you could save some cash by making the changes mentioned above.

 

[A Fine Frenzy]

Yeah, I'm looking to get this PC overclocked.

Thanks for the feedback, people. I shall be putting in an order fairly soon when payday arrives