1st build help please

[Gazza_G]

Hello people this is my 1st post and going to be my 1st go at building a gaming pc, i have around £700 to play with for the tower

Is the spec below gonna be any good for gaming or do you ppl in the know think i should change any of the following parts:

*OVERCLOCKED* AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz @ 3.60GHz / Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P Motherboard / Corsair Dominator 4GB DDR3 XMS3 PC2-1600C9 (2x2GB) Bundle £269.99


HIS ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £128.00


Coolermaster Storm 'Scout' Gaming Case - (No PSU) £79.99


Corsair VX 550W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-550VXUK) £68.99


OcUK Brushed Aluminium Blu-Ray ROM Slot Loading Drive - Black £53.99


Samsung EcoGreen F2 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SI) £55.98



Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version) £75.99


Total comes to: £732.93

Any advice would be great and thanks in advance.

Gareth

 

[marlos]

I think you should change the following parts:

OcUK Brushed Aluminium Blu-Ray ROM Slot Loading Drive - Black £53.99
for a
Pioneer DVR-S18L 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Labelflash ReWriter - Black £20.99

HIS ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £128.00
for a
Point Of View GeForce GTX 260 Premium Exo 896MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99

 

[Phage]

I think you should change the following parts:

OcUK Brushed Aluminium Blu-Ray ROM Slot Loading Drive - Black £53.99
for a
Pioneer DVR-S18L 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Labelflash ReWriter - Black £20.99

+1 Yes.

HIS ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £128.00
for a
Point Of View GeForce GTX 260 Premium Exo 896MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99

Not sure about this, The 260 is quite old now, I would have gone with a 4890 at that prioce.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-101-PC

I'd dump the eco green, it's dog slow.
WD Caviar Black, Samsung F3, Hitachi would be better choices.

 

[laffs83]

You may as well buy the bundle parts separately and save £20. The multiplier is unlocked on 550 so OC to 3.6 is very simple. Mine runs at 3.5 without any increase in voltage, using stock cooler..

 

[Gazza_G]

thanks for the replys guys suggestions taken on board,

Will change the hard drive and get the bundle parts seperate. is the 4890 best card for the under £150 price range.

Wont i need the Blu Ray drive if i want to watch Blu Rays on the pc?

Many Thanks

 

[demonfatality]

go with a 4890 ive two and they are exceptional

 

[Poontun]

You will need a Blu-ray drive if you want to watch Blu-ray's on it, but buying one right now is so expensive it's not really worth it.

 

[SiriusB]

You will need a Blu-ray drive if you want to watch Blu-ray's on it, but buying one right now is so expensive it's not really worth it.

Having a stack of Blu-Ray films is somewhat pointless if he can't play them...

Assuming of course he has any BR films at all and doesn't have any other means of playing them