Suggest changes to new gaming PC

luanswan2002 · 8 Jul 2009 at 17:41

Asus GeForce GTX 275 896MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Includes Terminator Salvation PC Game)

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB) - Retail

Asus P5Q-E Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 600W Power Supply

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ)

OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (OCZ2RPR10664GK)

Akasa AK-967 Nero Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler (AM2/AM2+/939/LGA775/LGA1366)

Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Akasa AK-TK-01 Cable Tidy Kit

OCZ Freeze Extreme Thermal Conductivity Compound

Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU)

Good to go?

Ben M · 8 Jul 2009 at 17:50

Personally I much prefer having a storage drive and a separate drive for OS and games.

I'd go for this for storage
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-211-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279
it's cheap as it's on TWO, and it's only two platters. It's a bit faster than the F1.

and this for OS, programmes and games:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-057-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=768

You chose a good thermal paste, but be aware that your heatsink will come with some applied, so you will need a way of removing that if you want to use your OCZ.

luanswan2002 · 8 Jul 2009 at 17:53

Yeah I was aware of that Seagate drive, I guess I'll order that instead. And no thanks I'll just go with one HDD as I don't use much space.

Ben M · 8 Jul 2009 at 17:57

Fair enough. In that case make sure that you partition your drive.

luanswan2002 · 8 Jul 2009 at 22:07

So anything else to change??

cmndr_andi · 8 Jul 2009 at 22:12

Minus the cable tidy kit and TIM, that little lot totals up to £795 delivered. I'll go see if I can make a spec to beat it.

Edit: changed price as I forgot DVD drive

luanswan2002 · 8 Jul 2009 at 22:18

I was wondering if the Biostar motherboard would be a better option? The P5Q-E seems to have a lot of features I don't care/need and I just want a good overclocker to get the E8500 as far as possible.

cmndr_andi · 8 Jul 2009 at 22:19

How does this look, performance will be quite a bit better. Its also a bit under budget, but I would normally spec a Titan Fenrir cooler (all the great coolers seem to be out of stock), If you can get hold of a TRUE, Titan or megahalems i'd recommend it.

What u think?

Edit: Bugger sorry, I accidentally read the first post as saying gtx 285, hence the price quote. If you need the budget to come down I suggest getting this card with the rest of the above spec.

luanswan2002 · 8 Jul 2009 at 22:28

I think my list would be faster than the above as I've seen the 275 continually beat the 4890 in benchies and if I manage a 4.1 or 4.2 overclock I don't think the AMD will keep up. Thanks for the suggestions though. Maybe a few months down the line I'll try AMD.

luanswan2002 · 8 Jul 2009 at 22:30

Two more questions..

Kingston 1066 or OCZ 1066 (the former is a few quid cheaper and a bit smaller)

Biostar mobo instead of ASUS?

Ben M · 8 Jul 2009 at 22:34

luanswan2002 said:
I think my list would be faster than the above as I've seen the 275 continually beat the 4890 in benchies and if I manage a 4.1 or 4.2 overclock I don't think the AMD will keep up. Thanks for the suggestions though. Maybe a few months down the line I'll try AMD.

okay the 4890 beats the 275... but does it beat the 4870X2 in his spec? I think not.