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!!

 

[95thrifles]

Whats your budget? What does this come to?
First thing straight off is youve got no OS or optical drive in there
Also youre gonna be better off getting 2x2gig RAM rather than 4x1, that way you'll have the option of adding more later

 

[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.

 

[mkeats02]

I just spent a similar amount, maybe slightly more
Intel E5200
Asus P5QL Pro
Geil Black Dragon 2 x 2Gb 800Mhz
ATi 512 mb 4830
Antec 300
Corsair 520W Modular PSU
500gb Hard drve
Arctec Cooling Freezer 7 Pro