About to order this. Any good?

[BrandyShot]

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.98
(£102.11)
Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1600ELK) £86.99
(£74.03)
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £71.99
(£61.27)
Asus M4A785TD-M Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX Motherboard £69.99
(£59.57)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black £31.67
(£26.95)
Sony Optiarc AD-7241S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe Optical Drive (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.16)
Sub Total : £340.09
Shipping : FREE
VAT : £59.52
Total : £399.61

I plan to use this mainly for 1680x1050 gaming (BC2, ME2, etc). Hopefully I can unlock it to quad core later on, if so will I need extra cooling?

Already have PSU (450W), HD (Samsung F3), 22" LCD and Windows 7 Pro 64bit.

Any suggestions for improvements or savings most welcome.

 

[95thrifles]

looks good, as youve alluded to youd be best with an aftermarket cooler if your OCing/unlocking, look at something like a freezer pro for £20. Also cant confirm if that mobo is suitable for unlocking cores or not, check into it, some are and some arent, and be aware it is hit n miss too, other than that as I said it looks good

 

[Essexraptor]

If you are wanting to unlock the extra cores your on the "maybe" wagon because it's not guaranteed. Search through the threads for motherboards that seem to have been successful in the past.

This site lists some MB that have unlocked. (use the translate box at the top.. the site is in Romanian!)

http://translate.google.com/transla...-550-be-tutorial-de-transformare-in-quad-core

From memory I believe the MB's with 750 SB chips seem to have the most success. You'll need a decent aftermarket cooler, like 95thrifles suggested, to keep the CPU down to a good temp.

ATB

 

[BrandyShot]

I'm not going to unlock/OC to start with so I'll leave it as it is for now. Thanks for the tips though.