Proposed Christmas present build...

[CraiGl0]

Hi, im looking to build my very first Hackintosh after christmas using the money. will be doing a bit of gaming but not loads (xbox ftw). I've done quite a bit of reading around and this is my proposed built, feel free to criticise:

Fractal Design Define R3 Arctic White Case £83
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/249093

Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 P55 Socket 1156 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard £88
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/194679

G Skill Ripjaws 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600mhz Cas9 Dual Channel Memory £50
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/240501

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 775, 1156, 1366, AM2, AM3 Heatpipe CPU Cooler £15
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176157

Intel i5 760 2.8GHz Socket 1156 8MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor £158
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/229999

Sapphire HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort HDCP PCI-E Graphics Card £100
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/189741

Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache £43
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173804

Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW & DL SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black £12
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/220986

Corsair Memory TX650W 650 Watt PSU ATX £65
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135514

Totalling: £626

If anybody has cheaper alternatives or cheaper websites without compromising quality (much) please lemme know.

Much thanks.

 

[Stork]

Looks like a workable system. The only thing I find that you'd want to investigate is the graphics card. Check the Wiki Graphics Card Section for your make/model card as there are some extra steps you'll have to go through to get it working.

If you're planning either not to or accomplish mild overclocking, the Arctic Freeze should be find. However, if you get ambitious with your overclocking, I'd look at this forum's recommended CPU cooler - the Scythe Mugen 2 - which I think your case can accommodate. I noticed eBuyer.com doesn't carry the Scythe Mugen 2. Check out this Tom's Hardware cooler review for more choices.

 

[melon]

 

[CraiGl0]

If you're planning either not to or accomplish mild overclocking, the Arctic Freeze should be find. However, if you get ambitious with your overclocking, I'd look at this forum's recommended CPU cooler - the Scythe Mugen 2 - which I think your case can accommodate. I noticed eBuyer.com doesn't carry the Scythe Mugen 2. Check out this Tom's Hardware cooler review for more choices.

Ok thanks I'll have to think about that one. About the GPU, which one would you recommend? I don't know much about them i just figured this one looked a good compromise between price and performance.

also could i get away a cheaper PSU or is 650W suitable?

 

[adamsmasher]

Another decent CPU cooler is the Coolermaster 212. It's huge but it works very nicely on my i5 750.

For a PSU, depending on how much expanding you plan on doing you would do just fine with a 500 watt, although if you want to keep your options open for more drives and such then I would go with the 650.

 

[CraiGl0]

For a PSU, depending on how much expanding you plan on doing you would do just fine with a 500 watt, although if you want to keep your options open for more drives and such then I would go with the 650.

i may end up buying another hard drive later on but i dont see myself adding other stuff apart from that, possibly a wireless card. stick with the 650 d'yu reckon?

i've just discovered this baby http://www.ebuyer.com/product/240815
it's expensive! but it looks so good not sure if its worth the money :/