£800 Gaming rig check

square_nothing · 8 May 2010 at 15:45

Gaming rig check for a mate

Can u guys check that this build is sound and if there are any improvments that can be made (will be using a 24'' monitor)?

Thanks.

Redmint · 8 May 2010 at 16:02

Would make a nice rig, think that 5850 might take a while to come back in stock though.

square_nothing · 8 May 2010 at 16:11

true, what about this gpu
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Toxic 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-228-SP
went for the slightly faster sapphire card, as we will prob not overclock it for now and will go with the blue theme of the case

AndrewN · 8 May 2010 at 16:16

It looks close to a spec I am considering for a new build. Isn't the PSU a bit over specified for the bits you are putting in it? I believe the TDP of the CPU is 125W and the GPU is 151W, so I doubt the whole thing will take 400W at maximum and idle at perhaps 100W or less.

square_nothing · 8 May 2010 at 16:23

it is a little overkill but it is on this weeks offer and will allow for crossfire at a later date

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 8 May 2010 at 16:34

mrfun1981 · 8 May 2010 at 16:34

As you are buying a CPU cooler you could buy a OEM version of the CPU & save £15
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-254-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1328

Also you could change the CPU cooler to maybe this one, dose the job very well & would save you another £25http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-009-TI&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

stulid · 8 May 2010 at 16:47

don't change the harddrive, its very good.

here is a review with it in.

www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/1tb-2tb-roundup-2.html

just change the motherboard to a more modern one.

square_nothing · 8 May 2010 at 16:54

we will keep the wd hd then

we are lookin at this mb, it has usb 3.0
what do you think?
Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AMD 890GX (Socket AM3)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-393-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 8 May 2010 at 17:02

square_nothing said:
we will keep the wd hd then
we are lookin at this mb, it has usb 3.0
what do you think?
Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AMD 890GX (Socket AM3)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-393-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782

The motherboard in the build I suggested is exactly the same apart from the lack of USB 3.0!

If you are not overclocking that much I would consider this motherboard:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-251-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782

However,I prefer the Asus motherboard.

Here is a review comparing both motherboards:

http://techreport.com/articles.x/18539

square_nothing · 8 May 2010 at 17:12

we will be overclocking the cpu and that motherboard is out of stock.

What motheboard would you suggest?

Thanks.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 8 May 2010 at 17:19

The Asus motherboard seems quite a decent overclocker according to the review. It depends whether you want to spend £12 more for the USB 3.0 or not:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-392-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-393-AS

square_nothing · 8 May 2010 at 17:34

i think we will go for the USB 3.0

square_nothing · 8 May 2010 at 17:41

This is the revised build so far, what do you guys think?
Thanks for the help

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 8 May 2010 at 17:54

The Asus HD5850 1GB is worth considering and I would read the reviews I linked to for the card in post 6. BTW, you should be able to get free postage from OcUK too:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17943556