A first build help (please!)

DeadlySurfer

DeadlySurfer

DeadlySurfer

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Hey,

I know there are a lot of these type of posts flying around on the forums, and I'm sorry if it's all a bit monotonous.

Ok. I've got a Dell Dimension 3100. Had it a while, but now it's outdated for my uses. I'm looking to build a PC (First time) that can cope with games (Oblivion) and music programs (Guitar Pro 5).

I've been doing research and come up with my build. I just need to know if it will all mesh together, without hardware conflicts.

The build is as follows :

Antec 300 Case
Intel Core Duo 3.0Ghz "Wolfdale"
Asus P5Q motherboard
Kingston HyperX 4GB
Creative Xtreme Gamer
Seagate Barracuda 7200 500GB
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850

The optical drive I'm not sure on, I believe it doesn't matter too much for the hardware conflicting, and I need to work out what power supply.

Thanks in advance for help, I know these questions get really boring but would be greatful for help! :D
 
for the PSU get a corsair or bequiet, a 550-650w should do you fine.

I would recommend you go AMD though, since socket 775 isn't really advisable nowadays. AMD would be more future proof.
 
is that all your going to be doing with it or do you overclock etc and are you on a budget ........ +1 on the psu
 
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socket 775 is seen as a dead socket now, whereas the AM2+/AM3 boards leave room for future upgrading of cpu's, etc.

if I remember cmndr_andi is an expert with AMD, as are most of the guys around here, so apologies if i'm not that great of a spec help. But going with AMD would be my advice, while like I said going for a 550-650 Be Quiet or Corsair PSU.
 
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socket 775 is seen as a dead socket now, whereas the AM2+/AM3 boards leave room for future upgrading of cpu's, etc.

if I remember cmndr_andi is an expert with AMD, as are most of the guys around here, so apologies if i'm not that great of a spec help. But going with AMD would be my advice, while like I said going for a 550-650 Be Quiet or Corsair PSU.
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Ok, thanks. I'll look into the whole AMD thing.
 
obviously depends on your moniter. If you'll be gaming at 1280x1240 you wont need a very power gfx card, but at 1920x1080 you'll need a higher spec.
 
I'm not sure on monitor. I was thinking of a 22" Asus or a 20" something. On my budget I can't really go over £150 on a monitor, although changing to AMD might change that.
 
Tis up to you, if you wanted to go down the AMD route you could always go for

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-249-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=

with something like this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-180-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=805

although if you search around the forum some boards seem to have a chance to unlock a further 2 cores which would be nice

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-039-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=

with that ram :)

or if you've got the cash then

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-073-OE&tool=5

would be nice :)
 
you could go for something like this as the main core, cut the price here and there if you need an hdd and the rest, or you could take them from an older computer?
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
£149.98 (£130.42)

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 XT 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Includes Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.)
£141.99 (£123.47)

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
£107.99 (£93.90)

Corsair HX 520W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-520HXUK)
£76.99 (£66.95)

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P13334GK)
£46.99 (£40.86)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU)
£44.99 (£39.12)

Sub Total : £494.72
Shipping : £11.75
VAT : £75.97
Total : £582.44


and get a moniter another time?
 
Thanks for the links. The first thing I noiticed was the pprice difference. Would that AMD be as good as the Intel Wolfdale?

And although it may be better to buy a prebuilt one, I'd like the experience of building one.

I can't get anything from my old Pc, I'm selling it to someone else to get a bit more cash.

I'll have a look though and try to work stuff out.

Thanks for all the help guys!
 
Wow.

Ok guys, I've got enough info to last me a few hours of reasearch, so I'll get going on that front.

Thanks again for all the help, I can't say how much it does help.
 
Depends what you need it for personally and its just my opinion I wouldn't go for four cores if your gaming but if your guitar software is cpu intensive then yeah fine :)
 
Hey again.

Done my research, came up with this. (It's pretty much whats been said)

AMD Phenom II X2 550 3.10Ghz
Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3
Kingston HyperX 4GB
Seagate Barracuda 500GB
Pioneer optical drive
Antec 300 case
Creative Xtreme Gamer (Already got)

And now the help I need :confused:

Power supply - I did a calc online and it said I needed about 250w running everything and a ATI Radeon HD 4850. So I'm thinking of getting theOCZ StealthXStream 400w. It's supposedly silent (Good for my music production) and I don't want to spend a bomb juts on power.

Also, an ATI Radeon 4850. I'm not sure if I could run Oblivion on this, doesn't say its supported, so any help there.
The monitor depends on the graphics card creally, as it changes my budget.I was thinking of the Samsung SM2233BW 22" or similar.

Any help would be appriciated.
 
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