AMD Phenom build < £650 Help please.

Gun9 · 23 Sep 2009 at 21:27

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
(£130.43) £149.99

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3)
(£130.42) £149.98

Coolermaster Storm 'Scout' Gaming Case - (No PSU)
(£69.56) £79.99

Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
£70.99 (£61.73)

G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM)
£67.99 (£59.12)

Coolermaster eXtreme Power 650W Power Supply
£49.99 (£43.47)

Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A35415) £37.98 (£33.03)

Total : £620.44

Thinking of building a phenom quad core aiming something along these lines. Any ideas on how i could upgrade it ? got a budget of around 650 mainly will be used for gaming. Thanks

skippy2421 · 23 Sep 2009 at 21:32

looks ok to me, except you have no dvd drive (i'm assuming you have one), one change could possibly be to change HDD to a samsung f3

PermaBanned · 23 Sep 2009 at 21:34

Change the case to something like an NZXT Beta and put the money you make back towards the cheap 650W BeQuiet PSU. Other than that it looks good... sure you couldn't stretch a bit further for a 5850?

PermaBanned · 23 Sep 2009 at 21:38

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £198.98
(£173.03) £198.98
(£173.03)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.98
(£130.42) £149.98
(£130.42)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £70.99
(£61.73) £70.99
(£61.73)
G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM) £67.99
(£59.12) £67.99
(£59.12)
Be Quiet! Straight Power 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant Power Supply £66.99
(£58.25) £66.99
(£58.25)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £41.99
(£36.51) £41.99
(£36.51)
NZXT BETA Classic Series Case - Black (No PSU) £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)
Sub Total : £553.83
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £84.84
Total : £650.42

beefybarn · 23 Sep 2009 at 22:11

Superewza spec is pretty good, if you dont like the look of the Nzxt you could go for a coolermaster elite 335 instead and you also qualify for free shipping so use the money saved for a couple of extra fans for the case.

PermaBanned · 23 Sep 2009 at 22:14

I'd use a TX3 as a cooler though...

Gun9 · 24 Sep 2009 at 11:21

5850 im liking that! it would be really rude not to! for the sake of 50 pounds.

also thinkig of getting a modular power supply so i don't have cables all over,any recommendations?

looking also to change the case to the antec 300,will it all fit in? est the 5850?

thanks.

Amleto · 24 Sep 2009 at 12:35

the 5850 is quite short - 24.5" ?