Welcome to my new build log, what im trying to achieve is a decent budget rig with most of the items bought from the members market.
Components so far
CPU: X2 550 AMD phenom, why did i choose this, because im hoping to unlock it to a QUAD, this was bought from the bay.
Case:Lian li 350 a nice small case bought from MM (thanks Tute)
PSU: Mod extreme pro 600W bought from MM
Cooling: Im going to watercool the CPU, i have a few bits lieing around from my previous build plus i have bought a pump, Feser 120.1 RAD and single bay reservoir from MM, the plan is to use my current waterblock an EK supreme with an AMD bracket provided at the cost of a couple of pints by JonJ678 (thanks mate)
Mobo: this is where i cheated a bit and bought from Overclockers.
RAM: This might be another purchase unless i get get 4Gb DDR3 from the MM in the next week or so.
HD/DVD drive etc: im going to use bits i have in the loft.
GFX card: HD5750 bought of of MM, this might change depending on the outcome of the build.
Now the purpose of this build is that i currently run a bit of a beast (I7 920 and over £400 of watercooling gear in a custom T07) i want to see if day to day i see much of a difference from a build that cost me over £1500 to a build that will end up costing me around £350....if i dont will sell the beast and buy all top spec parts for this project Ie SSD, a 5870, blue ray drive etc
As i start i will post pictures, results etc.
Thanks for looking
Components so far
CPU: X2 550 AMD phenom, why did i choose this, because im hoping to unlock it to a QUAD, this was bought from the bay.
Case:Lian li 350 a nice small case bought from MM (thanks Tute)
PSU: Mod extreme pro 600W bought from MM
Cooling: Im going to watercool the CPU, i have a few bits lieing around from my previous build plus i have bought a pump, Feser 120.1 RAD and single bay reservoir from MM, the plan is to use my current waterblock an EK supreme with an AMD bracket provided at the cost of a couple of pints by JonJ678 (thanks mate)
Mobo: this is where i cheated a bit and bought from Overclockers.
RAM: This might be another purchase unless i get get 4Gb DDR3 from the MM in the next week or so.
HD/DVD drive etc: im going to use bits i have in the loft.
GFX card: HD5750 bought of of MM, this might change depending on the outcome of the build.
Now the purpose of this build is that i currently run a bit of a beast (I7 920 and over £400 of watercooling gear in a custom T07) i want to see if day to day i see much of a difference from a build that cost me over £1500 to a build that will end up costing me around £350....if i dont will sell the beast and buy all top spec parts for this project Ie SSD, a 5870, blue ray drive etc
As i start i will post pictures, results etc.
Thanks for looking