FAO: Stulid, check this out

johnholmes · 27 Jan 2011 at 22:58

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail

GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC)

Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard

Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black

BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)

Samsung SH-S223LRSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (BeigeBlackSilver) - Retail

This is what i eventually went for, roughly based on your suggestions so i thought its only right to let you know

Just waiting for OS to come through now. Let me know what you think. Thanks for all the tips

stulid · 27 Jan 2011 at 22:58

awesome dude.

great case, solid psu, perfect for your uses.

hdpcgamer · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:41

johnholmes said:
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail

GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC)

Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard

Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black

BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)

Samsung SH-S223LRSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (BeigeBlackSilver) - Retail

This is what i eventually went for, roughly based on your suggestions so i thought its only right to let you know Just waiting for OS to come through now. Let me know what you think. Thanks for all the tips

Great choice of components - how much does that all come up to?

Any reason why you have opted for 8GB of ram instead of 4GB and no GPU for gaming?

stulid · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:43

hdpcgamer said:
Great choice of components - how much does that all come up to?

Any reason why you have opted for 8GB of ram instead of 4GB and no GPU for gaming?

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=18196000&postcount=1

hdpcgamer · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:53

stulid said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=18196000&postcount=1

Thanks for link.

Well it does look like all the components listed appear to suit the OPs requirements perfectly so great job on all the suggestions and recommendations.

johnholmes · 28 Jan 2011 at 17:24

@hdpcgamer - around the £456.00 mark with a wireless card.

thanks to ALL who helped with suggestions.Hoping to start the build on sunday if all goes to plan.

One more thing guys, where do i place the mobo during build as i dont want to fry it with static?.

thanks again and i will update you on the build. cheers

RJC · 28 Jan 2011 at 17:31

Leave it in the Anti-static bag until ready, alternate I just place mine on a wooden table.

Cookeh · 28 Jan 2011 at 17:51

RJC said:
Leave it in the Anti-static bag until ready, alternate I just place mine on a wooden table.

+1

And sod anti-static crap etc etc. I've build tonnes of PCs on carpets, and haven't killed a thing - just ground yourself before (i.e. touch radiator pipe or similar)

hdpcgamer · 28 Jan 2011 at 18:13

johnholmes said:
@hdpcgamer - around the £456.00 mark with a wireless card.

thanks to ALL who helped with suggestions.Hoping to start the build on sunday if all goes to plan.

One more thing guys, where do i place the mobo during build as i dont want to fry it with static?.

thanks again and i will update you on the build. cheers

You got yourself a nice PC there for £456.

I would agree, just leave the motherboard in its anti-static bag until your ready to build the system and REMEMBER to ground yourself everytime you touch a component, especially the motherboard as I did manage to kill my MESH PC motherboard years ago from static shock.

Since then, I've learned to ground myself and have had no problems since.

johnholmes · 30 Jan 2011 at 23:03

thankks for warning hdpcgamer. I wont forget to ground myself.hav not started build yet, too knackered At the moment. will keep you posted. wish me luck.

thanks everyone.

Danny091 · 30 Jan 2011 at 23:09

Chance of pics when you have made it?

hdpcgamer · 31 Jan 2011 at 02:08

Danny091 said:
Chance of pics when you have made it?

+1

Yeah that'll be great.

johnholmes · 31 Jan 2011 at 11:23

will do.could be a while ;-)

Dreadi · 31 Jan 2011 at 12:24

That is pretty much my build (apart from the hard drive and ram)!
You'll love it

hdpcgamer · 31 Jan 2011 at 16:29

johnholmes said:
will do.could be a while

Just in case this hasn't been mentioned already. Once you have installed your all the software and have the system running exactly the way you like.

REMEMBER to create a backup image using Window's 7 built-in backup or using Acronis True image 2009 as they can be life-savers should anything go wrong with the system.

Many people are unaware of these problems so when something goes terribly wrong, some people have to resort to re-installing their OS again and then install all their programs etc which is very time consuming.

johnholmes · 2 Feb 2011 at 23:27

sorry for late reply guys. having car trouble at the moment :-(

hence still not started build.
@Dreadi - cheers mate. cant wait .

@hdcpgamer - thanks for mentioning the tip. i will make backup asap

stulid · 2 Feb 2011 at 23:32

I'm still checking this thread out.

hdpcgamer · 4 Feb 2011 at 17:37

johnholmes said:
sorry for late reply guys. having car trouble at the moment hence still not started build.
@dreadi - cheers mate. cant wait .

@hdcpgamer - thanks for mentioning the tip. i will make backup asap

I also forget to mention that you may want to create two partitions on your hard-drive, one for the OS along with all your programs and the other for all your data i.e. movies, photos, games, music etc so when you create a backup image, it is stored on the other partition because you cannot store a backup image on the same partition as your OS.

Having your OS on a seperate partition will make your system run more efficient and snappier and again, in case there is a serious problem and you are unable to boot up, at least all your data on the other partition will be safe and you can use a recovery disk to restore your backed up image from your other partition.

If you are using Windows 7 64bit, then you may want to allocate around 60gb for the partition, as this should be enough for the OS and all your programs and windows updates plus future service packs.

Sorry for not mentioning this important information before and I hope you haven't started installing windows yet.

ashatron · 4 Feb 2011 at 18:44

hdpcgamer said:
REMEMBER to create a backup image using Window's 7 built-in backup or using Acronis True image 2009 as they can be life-savers should anything go wrong with the system.

Images are fantastic. they truly nullify all that 'you have to maintain windows computers and defrag and they get viruses' crap.

Re-imaging mine takes about 20 minutes. and then ive got a fresh machine. ******* AWESOME.

i tend to have 2
1) fresh install of Os with all drivers working.
2)install of Os, all drivers working and my desired applications and games.

hdpcgamer · 4 Feb 2011 at 18:48

ashatron said:
Images are fantastic. they truly nullify all that 'you have to maintain windows computers and defrag and they get viruses' crap.

Re-imaging mine takes about 20 minutes. and then ive got a fresh machine. ******* AWESOME.

i tend to have 2
1) fresh install of Os with all drivers working.
2)install of Os, all drivers working and my desired applications and games.

Yeah, thats the beauty of them, once you load up a clean backup image, the system runs an feels like a fresh machine.