£600-£650 Spec Check please

[dunno]

Just checking if the above is OK. I am open to ideas on better components for the money. Already have a keyboard, mouse, monitor, DVD drive and case.

Also using the hard drive listed above as a storage drive and installing Windows on a 80GB hard drive.

It's for my brother and he will use it for gaming (CS Source and COD 4) and general PC use.

Cheers

 

[stulid]

Great spec.

Dont install windows on a slow/old 80Gb drive, give it the best it can get, put it on the 1TB

 

[nuttyprot]

I would personal get the 965 Phenom II its a nice overclocker. Got mine to 3.8 stable on air without voltage increase (ofc cpu dependent). The one you selected should overclock to the 965 default speed easy enough tho.

 

[stulid]

I would personal get the 965 Phenom II its a nice overclocker. Got mine to 3.8 stable on air without voltage increase (ofc cu dependent)

Why? the 955be is cheaper, and can reach just the same speeds.

they are all C3 steppings.

 

[nuttyprot]

Why? the 955be is cheaper, and can reach just the same speeds.

they are all C3 steppings.

I never realized the 955 could get 3.8 on air. If that is the case ignore my above comment.

 

[titan13131]

I would get windows 7 OEM to save a few quid and get the XFX Pro 550W because that PSU is overkill. The quality should be just as good as the corsair as they are both made by seasonic.

 

[stulid]

lots of google results for a 955be @3.8 with air cooling.

 

[J-FRO]

Have you not thought about doing a software bundle?

Can get windows 7 and a WD Caviar Blue 1TB for a combined price of £119.39 as opposed to the £167.97 you're paying for a HDD and Windows 7. Not to mention that mobo you're buying is 6GB/s compatible as well. So that'd save you £48.58 for something else.

 

[scrlk]

Why the £45 air cooler?

 

[Stretched]

HIS ATI Radeon 6950 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Games Pack......................£173.99
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail..............£98.39
Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard...................................................£81.98
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit.......................................................................£68.40
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache WD10EALX - OEM.......................................£50.99
XFX Pro 550W Core Edition Power Supply....................................................................................£50.99
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK).......£35.99
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156//LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3)...................£32.99

Sub Total : £494.76

Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel

Shipping : £10.50

VAT is being charged at 20.00%
VAT : £101.05
Total : £606.31


works out at simular cost and gives more value

 

[Reaper 392]

^^^
that graphics card is the 1GB version, so it cant be 'flashed' into a 6970

the processor cooler you chose doesnt come with an AM3 bracket

by going for the HDD + windows bundle, and going for a cheaper (but still really good) PSU, you can get a major graphics card improvement, and a better CPU cooler (i think its better).
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £203.99
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £98.39
1 x Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £88.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £51.98
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
1 x OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £35.99
Total : £634.21 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 

[CrixxzeH]

+1 for the Corsair H50 CPU Watercooler
quality performance, and also reliable.

 

[stulid]

^^^
that graphics card is the 1GB version, so it cant be 'flashed' into a 6970
.

yes it can.

 

[Reaper 392]

yes it can.

it doesnt say its revision 1 in the features section, so no it cant.

 

[Stretched]

graphic memoury only comes into effect when running multiple monitors at hight res, witch i think to manny people forget

defo usefull

+1 on Reaper 392 build list as well have to give credit where due

 

[stulid]

I have seen the 1GB cards unlocked.

trust me.

 

[Reaper 392]

graphic memoury only comes into effect when running multiple monitors at hight res, witch i think to manny people forget

wow, didnt realise the virtually non existant difference between them.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/331?vs=293

however, factor in the ability to flash the 2GB version into a 6970 makes it worth it imo:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/331?vs=292

not sure what going on with the battleforge results there on the 1GB card

 

[Reaper 392]

I have seen the 1GB cards unlocked.

trust me.

oh, ok. when i talked to 5UB about a card not being listed as revision 1 he said that it was unlikely to be a revision 1 (i was asking about the MSI twin frozr 6950)

 

[Stretched]

not sure what going on with the battleforge results there on the 1GB card

i believe some games dont like having to much memory, just like how CPUs dont overclock as well with 8GB vs 4GB?

 

[Reaper 392]

i believe some games dont like having to much memory, just like how CPUs dont overclock as well with 8GB vs 4GB?

its not that, its just getting less FPS by a long way with a lower resolution.