a new build plan

[zyjk]

Hi,

I have put together the ingredients based on experience of component quality and my budget.

( I nervously bought an Acer, [only cos I had no computer and internet to research] 3rd Dec. It stopped working 2nd Jan, engineer replaced psu today, it broke again when he switched it on, I want a refund and build my own, me last one lasted 4 years)

Really, I need to be absolutely sure that it is all compatible and two questions are;

Are there any recommendations for heatsink gunge, or is the stuff that comes with the processor acceptable?

Could I run games like the latest Unreal, Far Cry, Call of Duty 4 etc using the gear below?


Thermaltake Matrix VD2000BNS Black

Hi-Power Black 800W 14cm Blue LED Fan PSU - 20+4pin 4x SATA 4x PCI-E

AMD Phenom 9550 Socket AM2+ 2.2GHz 4MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor

Sumvision Internal Card Reader 3.5" Black (55 in 1) USB 2.0

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB DDR3 PCI-E

Western Digital 320GB Caviar SATA II 300 7200rpm 16MB cache Hard Disk Drive oem

Gigabyte motherboard GA-MA770-DS3 AMD AM2+ Phenom / AM2 Athlon 64 DDR2 Firewire ATX

Kingston HyperX (2x1GB) DDR2 Memory kit KHX8500D2K2/2G , 2GB 1066MHz (PC2-8500), CL5, 240-pin, Non-ECC, Unbuffered

Kingston HyperX (2x1GB) DDR2 Memory kit KHX8500D2K2/2G , 2GB 1066MHz (PC2-8500), CL5, 240-pin, Non-ECC, Unbuffered

Thanks!!

 

[zyjk]

thanks,

my budget is 390, i already have an os and optical drive,

that lot comes to 463 delivered.

I take your point about getting one 4gig, thanks, i will see if i can source that.