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GTO656

GTO656

GTO656

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Hey guys so I am building my first PCwhich I planned for a few months, and whether are any adjustments I need to make. Budget(not going with Intel i5 route) is around £400 mark now, and I already have the HD6870 as the GFX and Mid-sized gaming Case with front LED fan and DVD Drive, have Mouse and 26"TV monitor. No plans to go CF for now which is why Im getting the cheaper board also have Wins 7. 64bit.

I am a bit worried about the Network Card(does that fit into the PCI E x1 slot, GFX goes into X16?) as well as if I have the sufficient PSU cable, SATA cables etc neededto run PC? and is 1600mhz RAM compatible with CPU and Mobo? Here it is

Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
(£62.48) £74.98
(£62.48)
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £46.98
(£39.15) £46.98
(£39.15)
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £46.98
(£39.15) £46.98
(£39.15)
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £42.95
(£35.79) £42.95
(£35.79)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Logitech K300 Compact Keyboard (920-001488) £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £9.98
(£8.32) £9.98
(£8.32)
Xigmatek Orange Line 120mm White LED Fan (XLF-F1253) £7.99
(£6.66) £7.99
(£6.66)
Gigabyte 'Ghost' Mouse Pad £6.98
(£5.82) £6.98








Thanks Guys.
 
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stulid said:
Firstly, it all works and is compatible etc, the network card does indeed go into a 1X slot with your 6870 in the 16X slot.

Is your DVD drive SATA?

The main concern is with the height of the Vengeance RAM maybe getting in the way of the Gelid cooler, try some low profile stuff,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-290-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
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Thx Stulid, Yeh the Vengeance RAM looks quite big. Do these XMS 3 works just as well as them?. I have checked the DVD drive and there is a four pin( I think is for power) and a ribbon cable(black connector to DVD and Blue to motherboard) so is that SATA? o and I plan to overclock CPU and RAM so no problem?

Cheers
 
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The XMS works just as well:)

Your DVD drive sounds like a IDE, does the cable look like this,

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The motherboard doesnt have a IDE connector, these are being phased out, so its time to buy a new SATA drive.
 
I've have pushed total to about £400 mark, Does any1 know if the Xigmatek Orange 120mm is a gd fan for the back, Is it enough to keep the whole system cool?

thxs
 
Another thing I would want to know is the sound is it through onboard? Can I use the GFX's HDMI and the sound would come through that and into monitor speaker??
 
GTO656 said:
I've have pushed total to about £400 mark, Does any1 know if the Xigmatek Orange 120mm is a gd fan for the back, Is it enough to keep the whole system cool?

thxs
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I'd say yes, as you have an intake fan, that will act as an exhaust fan. Will keep it nice and cool.

Is there any reason you've gone for a 750W PSU? i'd say you only need between 500W-600W. Can save a bit of money there.

Otherwise; as long as the RAM issue is sorted; it looks good.
 
Doomedspeed said:
I'd say yes, as you have an intake fan, that will act as an exhaust fan. Will keep it nice and cool.

Is there any reason you've gone for a 750W PSU? i'd say you only need between 500W-600W. Can save a bit of money there.

Otherwise; as long as the RAM issue is sorted; it looks good.
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Brilliant, I've gone for 750 PSU as it has gone down, and for the near future I might be go crossfire. I'm also thinking still if it is possible to take the big heat spreaders off the Vengeance if the Gelid cooler is in the way? as I don't really wanna go over the budget?

thxs
 
This is the case its going in: Envizage E-6691 Black Silver ATX Gaming PC Tower Case
Does any1 know if the Samsung F3 HDD is an 2.5" or 3.5" in size? sorry for all the questions :)
 
Davefran said:
Might be worth getting a retail Blu-ray player so you get the bundled software for playing movies.
F3 is 3.5"
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Ok thats great for the HDD, I already have the Blu ray software on Disc which should'nt be a problem, thx though :). So is there any more things I need to look out for lol? don't wanna have any mistakes after I order.
 
Does any1 know if the 3 pins come with the Xitmatek fan? I think its all good now, does any1 know what time the weekly deals end?

cheers
 
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Missed it, any1 know which of these two PSU to go for OCZ ZS 750W 80 Plus Bronze or Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze?? as there the same price.
 
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