Opinions on new build

SweetZombie Jesus

Going to build a new computer soon and could use a few opinions on it

Case: Cooler Master HAF 992

Motherboard: Asus p8p67 pro

Graphics Card: Asus GTX 570

Processor: Intel i7 2600k

Ram: Corsair Vengeance 8gb

HDD: Western Digital 2TB

Disc Drive: LG blu-ray DWDR

Power Supply: CoolMaster Silent Pro 700W

Also Windows 7 Ultimate

Sorry if I screwed up any links, first time posting here.This computer is mainly going to be used for gaming.

So any improvements that can be made also is amazon a good site to get parts from? was going to use komplett but they have nothing in stock atm.

Serephucus

You're going to end up paying a lot in shipping from Amazon. Have a look at hardwareversand.de. They have a flat €30 shipping rate, and are probably a decent bit cheaper than Amazon too.

- You might want an SSD in there somewhere. A 2TB green drive is going to be slow to boot from.
- Windows 7 Ultimate doesn't add a lot of features over Home Premium, might be worth a look.

Looks like a nice build though. What's it being used for?

Edit:

Total from Amazon: €1,380.
Total from HWVS: €1,340.

Wow, that's actually not nearly as bad as I had thought.

longshotvalue

Haven't Amazon got free shipping for anything over 25 quid..

SweetZombie Jesus

Serephucus wrote: »

You're going to end up paying a lot in shipping from Amazon. Have a look at hardwareversand.de. They have a flat €30 shipping rate, and are probably a decent bit cheaper than Amazon too.

- You might want an SSD in there somewhere. A 2TB green drive is going to be slow to boot from.
- Windows 7 Ultimate doesn't add a lot of features over Home Premium, might be worth a look.

Looks like a nice build though. What's it being used for?

Edit:

Total from Amazon: €1,380.
Total from HWVS: €1,340.

Wow, that's actually not nearly as bad as I had thought.

Any SSD you would recommend or will any of them do?
Home Premium is alot cheaper so I will get then instead.

This build is mainly for gaming but might be doing some programming in the future so will be used for that aswell

Serephucus

In that case, switch to the 2500K. The 2600 doesn't add anything to games.

SSD: Crucial M4 64GB, most-probably.

If you're getting HP, be sure and get the OEM version. The Retail copy is just charging you double the price for a nicer box.

SweetZombie Jesus

Serephucus wrote: »

In that case, switch to the 2500K. The 2600 doesn't add anything to games.

SSD: Crucial M4 64GB, most-probably.

If you're getting HP, be sure and get the OEM version. The Retail copy is just charging you double the price for a nicer box.

I'll get the 2500k then.Thanks for the help

deconduo

Serephucus wrote: »

The Retail copy is just charging you double the price for a nicer box.

Not quite, the OEM version is tied to your motherboard. If you ever want to upgrade you need to buy a new copy.

The retail version you can re-use on as many computers as you want as long as you deactivate it first on the old computer.

Serephucus

deconduo wrote: »

Not quite, the OEM version is tied to your motherboard. If you ever want to upgrade you need to buy a new copy.

The retail version you can re-use on as many computers as you want as long as you deactivate it first on the old computer.

I've been using the same copy of Windows 7 on three different motherboards, and two different hard drives. I haven't had a problem yet...

As far as I know, if that does happen, you can call Microsoft, and they'll reactivate it for you. Sometimes it can happen that with a reinstall on the same hardware it won't activate (for whatever reason), so Microsoft allows this. When they ask you if you've changed the motherboard, you tell a whitie, as it were.

SweetZombie Jesus

Can't find the motherboard in stock on amazon, anyone know of the different motherboard or a website that has it in stock?