Bought it
Like I mentioned earlier I was looking into buying a computer. During the Christmas holiday (smart move, not) I decided to actually place the order. The components arrived last friday.
| # | Product | Prijs | Subtotaal |
| 1 | Intel Core i5 3570K Boxed | € 203,90 | € 203,90 |
| 1 | Gigabyte GA-Z77MX-D3H | € 104,50 | € 104,50 |
| 1 | Club3D Radeon HD 7870 royalKing | € 208,89 | € 208,89 |
| 1 | Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST1000DM003, 1TB | € 64,99 | € 64,99 |
| 1 | Fractal Design Core 1000 | € 30,89 | € 30,89 |
| 1 | Microsoft Windows 8 Pro (OEM) 64bit | € 124,- | € 124,- |
| 1 | Corsair Vengeance CML8GX3M2A1600C9 Low Profile | € 41,90 | € 41,90 |
| 1 | LG GH24NS90 Zwart | € 16,20 | € 16,20 |
| 1 | XFX Pro 550W | € 54,50 | € 54,50 |
| 1 | Samsung 840 series SSD 120GB | € 88,- | € 88,- |
| Totaal | € 937,77 | ||
Instead of a regular ATX motherboard and case I went with the much smaller micro-ATX form factor. The system I ended up with is quite tiny; it fits neatly behind a cabinet.
Windows 8 both pleases and disappoints. It’s lighting fast running from SSD and Metro really does look nice. Switching between Metro and the Desktop however, is not that great.
I was worried that the configuration I went with didn’t pack enough of a punch to run new games at the highest visual settings, but Metro 2033, Witcher 2 and some other games I threw at it were no problem. Which is awesome.
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