£600 system spec check plz!

HBK757 · 15 Aug 2008 at 00:52

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail (£112.79)

MSI P35 Neo2-FR Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£70.49)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) (£70.49)

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C4DC) (£64.61)

Akasa AK-VC03-BLUV Vortexx NEO VGA Cooler (£17.61)

Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (£190.34)

Total : £536.85

On a pretty tight budget, was gonna go with a 4850, but dropped 4GB memory and spent the extra on the 4870. Any issues at all with this setup? The Corsair PSU will have the gfx card connectors right? Thanks

jamieakabubble · 15 Aug 2008 at 00:56

nice, why not go for this weeks offer of the

powercolor 4870 PCS extreme

save a lil bit more too

HBK757 · 15 Aug 2008 at 01:04

Hrmmm good point mate, though I've had an ATI Powercolor card in the past and that ended up dying!

I see the core is 50Mhz faster and the memory 950...

Not upgraded in donkeys years. Going from a P4 3.2, DDR400, 850XT AGP

icey_haj · 15 Aug 2008 at 01:13

^ The difference in performance will be unbelievable

jamieakabubble · 15 Aug 2008 at 01:14

lol well im gettin my new spec 2morow too, going from my current spec see my signature to a q6600, asus p5Q pro, 4bg ocz ram, coarsir 620W and powercolor 4870 pcs extreme. im levain my retro parts and gona take em to cex lol

HBK757 · 15 Aug 2008 at 01:25

Seems you're going from pretty much the same gen as I am! Hope the build goes well, and enjoy

HBK757 · 16 Aug 2008 at 02:38

Delivery today

Just a quick question...

I want to OC the CPU and GPU a bit, not too much though. Is 3.6ghz @ 400FSB realistic?

As for the 4870, from what I've read a core of 780Mhz and memory at 1000Mhz should be ok?