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InfoTech · 19 May 2008 at 10:53

Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU
Western Digital MyBook Essential 2.0 500GB USB2.0 External Hard Drive
AMD Phenom Quad Core 9850 2.50GHz Black Edition (Socket AM2) - Retail
Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe AMD 790FX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT "Ultimate Edition" 512MB GDDR4 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
LG GH20NS10 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (PCI-Express)
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black)

Any problems with that build?

Il be doing a little bit of overclocking, but nothing huge.

Janesy B · 19 May 2008 at 11:23

not wanting to sound like a massive fanboy, but you could probably build a much better Intel system for that money.

dan653 · 19 May 2008 at 11:25

the his iceq3 3870 might be worth a look

as for the internal for £50 you can get something like a 500gig wd aacs green power

InfoTech · 19 May 2008 at 11:34

You do sound like a bit of a fan boy lol, no i understand what you mean and i have been torn between the 2. except as i understand it the phenom will be better in the long run, and is more efficient.

The hard drive - ye nice i didnt realise you could get greenpower hard drives, im all for saving the planet! Rock on!

Any other comments, other than go for an intel ?

aproctor · 19 May 2008 at 11:52

Corsair HX 520
Intel q6600
asus p5k premium
cheapest branded 2gb (ocz,corsair etc) 4gb (2x2) if runnign vista 64
if you can wait a month for gpu do (new ones in about a month - otherwise 8800gt
any 500gb 32mb cache hdd
cheapest sata dvd writer
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black)
Western Digital MyBook Essential 2.0 500GB USB2.0 External Hard Drive - you can buy a hdd you want and a caddy for less.

and you will probably want an aftermarket hsf

Janesy B · 19 May 2008 at 12:13

i dont see how the Phenom will be longer in the "long term". some people have noticed that they are slower than their Athlon counterparts, which isnt great. Intel have the best processors at the moment. even a bargain big E2200 will show a phenom the door. I was an AMD fan but at the moment they're not doing enough to get my cash

semi-pro waster · 19 May 2008 at 12:17

Janesy B said:
i dont see how the Phenom will be longer in the "long term".

I can only think it refers to the possibility that the AM2 socket will be around for longer than socket 775. I haven't heard anything definitive either way (and can't be bothered to check the road maps) but I'd guess that by the time it becomes an issue it would be as well to simply replace the whole system anyway.

Janesy B · 19 May 2008 at 12:24

semi-pro waster said:
I can only think it refers to the possibility that the AM2 socket will be around for longer than socket 775. I haven't heard anything definitive either way (and can't be bothered to check the road maps) but I'd guess that by the time it becomes an issue it would be as well to simply replace the whole system anyway.

The P45 will be the last LGA775 motherboard, it will be replaced by the X58 Chipset which more or less doubles the pin count. But AMD are known to go through Sockets anyway, i dont see it as a valid argument. LGA775 boards will be around for a while longer yet. By the time its time to upgrade the intel or the AMD, your probably looking at another board anyway