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looking at building a new rig. Will mainky be used for browsing internet playing MW2 and black ops and streaming films to my tv. Any reccomendation to changes, will be housed in A li lian pc343b and displayed on dell 24" monitor and 37 lcd tv. Kb, mouse and os all sorted






£149.99 AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz (Socket AM3)
£139.99 Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) Motherboard
£114.99 Palit GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1333C9) £105.74 £105.74
Intel X25-V Value 40GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MP040G2R5) with FREE Games - Retail £70.49
£40.98 Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)
£30.98 Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366)
£25.99 Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card
£31.96 Gelid Silent Fan(£6.80) x 4
£6.99 Arctic Cooling MX-3 Thermal Compound (4g)

Sub Total : £611.15

Works out to be bout £720 inc of everything
 
If you really want a 890FX chipset motherboard for crossfire at 16X/16X, then there is this - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-004-BS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782

But personally I would just get a 890GX crossfire at 8X/8X - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-251-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782

But with a nvidia card, just get a 870/880 chipset motherboard.


Triple channel memory 6GB kit is no good, it needs to be a dual channel kit - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-203-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

use the money saved to buy a bigger SSD - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-047-OC&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=910
 
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Main components, gone for i5.
Hopefully the cooler can fir in your case.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £144.98
(£123.39) £144.98
(£123.39)
MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £123.36
(£104.99) £123.36
(£104.99)
MSI P55-GD65 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard with Free USB 3.0 PCI Controller Card £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £34.98
(£29.77) £34.98
(£29.77)
Sub Total : £399.41
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £71.56
Total : £480.47

Comparison between the two cpus

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/147?vs=191
 
I have redone your spec to improve it for you.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
(£102.12) £119.99
(£102.12)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £104.99
(£89.35) £104.99
(£89.35)
MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £77.98
(£66.37) £77.98
(£66.37)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.98
(£34.88) £40.98
(£34.88)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366) £30.98
(£26.37) £30.98
(£26.37)
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card £25.99
(£22.12) £25.99
(£22.12)
Gelid Silent 120mm Quiet Fan £7.99
(£6.80) £31.96
(£27.20)
Arctic Cooling MX-3 Thermal Compound (4g) £6.99
(£5.95) £6.99
(£5.95)
Sub Total : £558.17
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £99.43
Total : £667.60
 
Thanks for the suggestions been on the intels for a while but thought i would give amd another try. Just got to wait for the funds to be released and i can start the build
:)
 
You won't see any noticeable difference in performance if you had Phenom x6 from x4 especially gaming pov, save the money and buy Phenom x4

SSD you will notice difference in performance personally I still think SSD is expensive for the time being
 
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