building new pc

tool123 · 23 Jul 2009 at 15:39

Hi everyone,

I'm building a new pc with these specs (so far) -
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3),
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard,
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G).

Can someone recomend a harddrive to go with this.Ideally from the £40 to £80 range.

Thanks for your help.

Kennysevenfold · 23 Jul 2009 at 15:42

That motherboard uses DDR3 Memory not DDR2

Ram

Hard Drive

longqoo · 23 Jul 2009 at 15:43

WD black or Samsung F1 or Seagat 7200.12 would be ur choice

tool123 · 23 Jul 2009 at 19:36

Thanks for the reply guys,

would an antec 380w power supply out of my old pc be ok for this?
Also my old graphics card geoforce 9600gt.

cheers

mollymoo · 23 Jul 2009 at 19:51

What are you going to use it for ?

tool123 · 23 Jul 2009 at 19:56

Gaming.
Mainly for arma 2 and hopefully the new modern war 2 and operation flashpoint games when they come out.

I'm on a budget and don't want to spend a fortune but would like the games to run smoothly on a medium graphic setting.

It doesn't need to be the best everything or the most powerful, i only play a few games but my current system is stopping me from enjoying arma 2 to it's full potential (having to play on all the lowest settings and still having slowdown and jerky movements on screen).

tool123 · 24 Jul 2009 at 13:53

TTT

Can anyone help me with the power supply question, so i can place my order,please.

Thanks.

PIJ123 · 24 Jul 2009 at 14:06

I personally would go with at least 550w for that spec, maybe 650w for future proofing.

tool123 · 24 Jul 2009 at 16:08

Thanks PIJ123,

does it matter what brand or are they all compatible.

longqoo · 24 Jul 2009 at 17:14

tool123 said:
does it matter what brand or are they all compatible.

i would recommand corsair or antec, ocz's new series is looking pretty good as well..

VonScar · 24 Jul 2009 at 18:03

OCZ 600 watt is £57.99 in This Week Only, oh and it is modular.

tool123 · 24 Jul 2009 at 18:25

vonscar, i couldn't find the one you recommended will this one do http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-032-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

RJC · 24 Jul 2009 at 18:28

Yep, PSU will be fine, a bit overkill

VonScar · 24 Jul 2009 at 18:34

Hi,

That should be more then adequate. In fact that PSU could be used for the next PC you build. But there is, or was a 600 watt version on TWO, but it is now the same price as the 700 watt now on TWO.

However I have noted that you are going to use a 9600GT graphics card, I think you would only need a 450 watt, for example Corsair do a 450 watt PSU for £54.99

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-006-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

To sum up.

A Nvidia GTX 260 GPU would need a 550 watt PSU, however for your 9600GT, 450 watts would be fine.

Cheers

Von

PermaBanned · 24 Jul 2009 at 18:36

What's your budget overall? I might be able to give you a better build all together.

tool123 · 24 Jul 2009 at 18:45

Superewza,

ideally i wanted to spend between £300 - £400 but i think that's looking like wishfull thinking right now.

Will the new phenom chip need a new fan and heat sink as well?.

RJC · 24 Jul 2009 at 18:49

CPU is retail and comes with heatsink and fan.
Done a quick build below.

AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £105.00
(£91.30) £105.00
(£91.30)

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £105.00
(£91.30) £105.00
(£91.30)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £72.99
(£63.47) £72.99
(£63.47)

Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £53.99
(£46.95) £53.99
(£46.95)

OCZ Platinum AM3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P1333LVAM4GK) £47.99
(£41.73) £47.99
(£41.73) Sub Total : £334.75 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £51.71 Total : £396.46

tool123 · 24 Jul 2009 at 18:58

Thanks rjc, that looks like a good deal for me

RJC · 24 Jul 2009 at 19:09

No probs

Post back what you have decided to do.

tool123 · 24 Jul 2009 at 19:54

RJC,

i'll most probably order the sugestion you made.
Just one last question, i have an old antec case with one fan attached to the back and two vents on the side.Will i have any over heating problems do you think?