Quick check of my gaming rig (ordering tonight :D )

w1llyg · 30 Dec 2009 at 21:12

Check my rig before i buy please

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail

Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P 790FX Socket AM3 DDR3 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P13334GK)

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB

Corsair 650W TX Series PSU

Lancool Dragon-Lord

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2

Sony AD7241S 24x DVD±RW

Arctic mx 3 thermal paste

total = £775

Can go up to £800 if you see any problem or any slight improvements

Yewen · 30 Dec 2009 at 21:17

One comment that springs up in my mind is the CPU cooler, at OcUK we nudge towards the Titan Fenrir as it offers superior cooling performance to the Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2. With the 965 black you would notice a bit of a difference in the performance.

It will be pushing your budget but you might be able to squeeze in the Corsair H50-1 Watercooler, extremely popular (most popular cooler) and with superb performance it is one of the best coolers around. Entry level watercooling.

With the H50-1 you could remove the MX3 as well.

w1llyg · 30 Dec 2009 at 21:23

i was considering them both yesterday but missed out on the offer which was -£5 on both of them

I suppose i could use another competitive site that sells those items at the discounted price all year round, but really i wanted to use just one site so it all comes together

ill see if i can get some more money out of my parents for the H50

antipacker · 30 Dec 2009 at 21:25

get a better cpu cooler you wont regret it

Yewen · 30 Dec 2009 at 21:30

w1llyg said:
i was considering them both yesterday but missed out on the offer which was -£5 on both of them
I suppose i could use another competitive site that sells those items at the discounted price all year round, but really i wanted to use just one site so it all comes together

ill see if i can get some more money out of my parents for the H50

It is a worthy cause, but I know all to well from past experience how difficult it can be to get that last "just £10 gets me this!" out of your parents.

I would suggest lowering something else down but the spec is all pretty much spot on for the budget with little you could change without hurting performance in other areas.

The other alternative is to of course run the stock cooler for a couple of weeks until you can grab a H50-1. Drum up enough posts on the forum and in time you will be able to get free shipping as well.

antipacker · 30 Dec 2009 at 21:32

the H50 is a great bit of kit

Vision · 30 Dec 2009 at 21:37

Am I right in thinking the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 comes with pre-applied paste? Surely there is no need for mx 3 in the first place. :confused:

w1llyg · 30 Dec 2009 at 21:40

Yewen said:
The other alternative is to of course run the stock cooler for a couple of weeks until you can grab a H50-1. Drum up enough posts on the forum and in time you will be able to get free shipping as well.

Well @ OCuk, can i buy my stuff 2night and then collect it in from the store in the 2nd week of january ( tryin to beat the TAX man

)

Cause i go to keele uni, and i rent accommodation in porthill xD so i could pop up to the shop and collect it then?

But this wont stop me posting on the forums

Wished my student loan came through now instead of after janurary

Yewen · 30 Dec 2009 at 21:43

AT Orchard said:
Am I right in thinking the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 comes with pre-applied paste? Surely there is no need for mx 3 in the first place.

Does come with pre-applied on it, although if you were to go with the F7P for a long term buy changing it would give you just that little bit better performance.

w1llyg · 30 Dec 2009 at 21:47

P.S Yewen

Do you know if OCuk are goin to stock any 4GB Geil RAM @ 2100MHz again? Cause its been taken off the website?

Also the G.Skill 4GB RAM @ 2000MHz do you know when that will be in stock soon?

Yewen · 30 Dec 2009 at 21:55

w1llyg said:
P.S Yewen

Do you know if OCuk are goin to stock any 4GB Geil RAM @ 2100MHz again? Cause its been taken off the website?

Also the G.Skill 4GB RAM @ 2000MHz do you know when that will be in stock soon?

The Geil was one crazy batch Fatboy managed to grab direct from the factory, bit of miracle work to get it for the price he did but unfortunately it is now too close to the price of Dominator GT to make it a good buy.

Are you after the Ripjaw G.Skill?

w1llyg · 30 Dec 2009 at 21:59

Yup that the one :/

Was interested in them because thats pretty good value for money i guess but its ANOTHER £15 on top of the OCZ 1333MHz which ppl say i can OC to 1600MHz (but i think tht will make things abit too toasty

)

Got my parents to pay for the H50 water cooler now xD (cant wait to OC now)

ALSO YEWEN also when im at uni (which is when i would collect it) i wouldnt be able to come with her card :/

This would be so much easier if you gave me free shipping lol