£650 spec me thread

kieves1 · 19 Jul 2009 at 16:12

Ok ill go and look now.Cheers.I didnt even realise the 940 was AM2+ .I thought it was AM3 .Def worth the 955 for £17 more .

Well here is what i have come up with so far.Is there anything here i could change so that i could maybe get a 4890 into the mix.Just for the future

without adding to much to the price.As i am right on my budget with this spec

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.99
(£130.43) £149.99
(£130.43)
Asus M4A79T Deluxe AMD 790FX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £134.99
(£117.38) £134.99
(£117.38)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £113.99
(£99.12) £113.99
(£99.12)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready Modular Power Supply £57.99
(£50.43) £57.99
(£50.43)
OCZ Platinum AM3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P1333LVAM4GK) £47.99
(£41.73) £47.99
(£41.73)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £44.99
(£39.12) £44.99
(£39.12)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £34.99
(£30.43) £34.99
(£30.43)
Pioneer DVR-217FBK 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro PWM CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) £17.24
(£14.99) £17.24
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £539.27
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £82.77
Total : £634.54

moppy89 · 19 Jul 2009 at 17:12

Buy the ASUS 790GX mobo (which I think might be currently out of stock) which comes in about £90 right? Thats £40 quid more you have to play with, and put that towards the 4890. To be honest, unless youre gonna be gaming at 1900x1200 or thereabouts, that is complete overkill though

kieves1 · 19 Jul 2009 at 17:18

I may just stick to a 4870 as i only use a 19 inch monitor at the moment.Its just that this comp will have to last me a few years and i may hook it up to my tv or get a new monitor at some point.Decisions,Decisions lol

There is a 790 gx in stock for £98 so a defo saving there then.Just isnt much of a product spec for it or any reviews

moppy89 · 19 Jul 2009 at 17:56

Well even if you hook it up to your TV what resolution does your TV run at? Its the resolution that matters not the size obviously.

That mobo has good reviews, ASUS do solid motherboards.

Take a look here and google for more.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/motherboards/review/2009/04/09/Asus-M4A78T-E/p1

kieves1 · 19 Jul 2009 at 19:38

Thanks Moppy89

The MB looks solid from the reviews.My tv is a 40 inch samsung that i use for all my HD viewing/gaming.

Here is a revised spec

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.99
(£130.43) £149.99
(£130.43)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £142.99
(£124.34) £142.99
(£124.34)
Asus M4A78T-E AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £98.99
(£86.08) £98.99
(£86.08)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready Modular Power Supply £57.99
(£50.43) £57.99
(£50.43)
OCZ Platinum AM3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P1333LVAM4GK) £47.99
(£41.73) £47.99
(£41.73)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £44.99
(£39.12) £44.99
(£39.12)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £34.99
(£30.43) £34.99
(£30.43)
Pioneer DVR-217FBK 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro PWM CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) £17.24
(£14.99) £17.24
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £533.19
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £81.85
Total : £627.54

Ive just checked the MB on another site and this is what it says for the cpu support
Max CPU Support
AMD Phenom II X3 720
AMD Phenom II X4 810
AMD Phenom II X4 925

I assume that this is an older review before the 955 came out .

moppy89 · 19 Jul 2009 at 19:52

Yeh, thats an AM3 mobo and will take any AM3 chip. If you feel like it, Id stretch out for a better HDD, with 32mb cache maybe. WD Caviar black 500GB is around £45 I think.

kieves1 · 19 Jul 2009 at 21:36

Ok ive changed the HDD for the one suggested.Does the 32mb of cache make much difference?

moppy89 · 19 Jul 2009 at 21:40

Faster loads on games and faster in general. Maybe not by much...but if youre gonna buy a HDD...might as well buy something good

kieves1 · 19 Jul 2009 at 21:43

moppy89 said:
Faster loads on games and faster in general. Maybe not by much...but if youre gonna buy a HDD...might as well buy something good

Yeah true. Is it worth me getting an extra case fan for a bit of extra cooling.I think the case only comes with one.

moppy89 · 19 Jul 2009 at 21:47

The 300 comes with two, one on top, and one at the back. One more where you stick your HDD will be quite useful I guess. But if youre only using one HDD, you dont NEED another fan at the front.

kieves1 · 20 Jul 2009 at 08:12

I may get 1 as its only a couple of quid.I will prob add another HDD in the future

PIJ123 · 20 Jul 2009 at 08:14

moppy89 said:
AM2+ CPUS will not fit in AM3 boards.

The ASUS M3A79-T is a fantastic AM2+ mobo and is selling for £90 on another well known etailer of computer hardware. Its a 790FX chipset and is basically a bargain.

Mmmm I wonder which one.. I have checked and cannot find which one you are talking about??!! :-)

Zerolimitz · 20 Jul 2009 at 08:25

well here is a nice setup went £6 ish over budget but worth it i think.

kieves1 · 20 Jul 2009 at 12:27

Zerolimitz said:
well here is a nice setup went £6 ish over budget but worth it i think.

Ill have to check when i finish work.It wont show the pic on my work pc