£750 spec

evohicks · 24 Mar 2010 at 23:24

How does this look for a £750 ish spec guys....

Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail

Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard

Geil Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel (GV34GB1333C9DC)

Coolermaster HAF 922 Case - Black

OCZ StealthXStream 700w Silent Power Supply

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)

Sony Optiarc AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Total inc del £774.62

Could do with getting it to £750 if possible but that spec looks good to me.

Will have to go with my own copy of XP for now and also does the CPU come with a stock cooler?

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 24 Mar 2010 at 23:29

You could save some money by getting the Phenom II X4 955BE instead of the X4 965BE. The CPU comes with a cooler already.

Redmint · 25 Mar 2010 at 00:10

As above, could go for a cheaper case but the 922 is pretty nice (have the window version myself).

evohicks · 25 Mar 2010 at 20:28

Ok above items about to be ordered apart from GFX, I have chosen the cheaper sapphire 5850 and cheaper PSU at 600W on offer.
If I ordered this tonight for collection, what are the chances of picking it up on saturday ?

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 25 Mar 2010 at 20:32

If you want to add another HD5850 1GB card you will need a PSU with 4 PCI-E power connectors.

This PSU should do the job:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-117-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

welshdragon · 25 Mar 2010 at 20:41

I'm still using the stock cooler on my 965 which can be a touch noisy at full tilt, so maybe a better cooler with some arctic silver 5 first as last may help keep system bit cooler and quieter.

Good choices though +1

Fledge · 25 Mar 2010 at 20:57

If you're going for a 500GB hard drive then I'd suggest the WD Caviar Black as it has a 32MB cache.

evohicks · 25 Mar 2010 at 21:54

Maybe I should drop to the HD 5770 to get those extra items, and put another in at a later date, can't afford it all this time..... ok then.....

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 Vapor-X 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £134.98
(£114.88) £134.98
(£114.88)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £88.99
(£75.74) £88.99
(£75.74)
G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM) Coolermaster HAF 922 Case - Black £84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)
Western Digital Caviar Green 640GB SATA-II 64MB Cache - OEM (WD6400AARS) £47.99
(£40.84) £47.99
(£40.84)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Total : £710.92

evohicks · 26 Mar 2010 at 21:15

OK I got the above setup, all working and just updating etc......... very nice so far

Can't wait for Rfactor and Cod4.

Fallen god · 26 Mar 2010 at 21:46

That seems looks really good and should easily handle those games. You could maybe switch to a 955BE and stick in a cheap heat sink like AC7 pro.

955BE
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-244-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1328

AC7 Pro
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-AR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

The cost is like £1 more and i think its well worth it and you can just OC the 955BE to the speed of the 965BE if you wanted to.

stulid · 26 Mar 2010 at 21:48

I think he's already had it delivered.

evohicks · 26 Mar 2010 at 23:04

stulid said:
I think he's already had it delivered.

Couldn't wait for that lol., took a couple of hours off work, drove down and thought I would experience the parts 1st hand lol......
sooooooooooo much updating but getting there slowly

evohicks · 27 Mar 2010 at 10:25

Just a quick question guys, will my 120GB diamondmax IDE drive slow my PC in anyway if I connect it(just for storage stuff)?

stulid · 27 Mar 2010 at 10:39

No it wont aslong as you give it it's own ribbon cable.

evohicks · 27 Mar 2010 at 10:45

Cool, thanks

Ryan111 · 27 Mar 2010 at 11:39

Are you using a 640GB WD green drive as a boot drive?

stulid · 27 Mar 2010 at 11:51

Don't start.

He's already got everything, let him enjoy it.

evohicks · 27 Mar 2010 at 12:34

Ryan111 said:
Are you using a 640GB WD green drive as a boot drive?

Ok I sense I could have done things differently

hit me with it

stulid · 27 Mar 2010 at 12:37

Its not the fastest, previous ones above are a lot quicker.

Its not the end of the world, in the future, get a SSD to run windows/games and use this green for general storage.

evohicks · 27 Mar 2010 at 12:42

Ah I see, better sart saving pennies for next upgrade