Before I buy this, any advice?

Tiamat

Tiamat

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OK, so I've decided on a;

Phenom II x4 940 Black Edition - £190
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PK PC2-8500C5 - £69
XFX HD4870 1GB - £190
Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H AMD 790GX AM2+ - £126

I would like to go cheaper for the motherboard, and my only requirements are more than 4 SATA ports, possibly a heatpipe for better cooling and a second PCI-E x16 slot in case I decide to use my current GPU as a PhysX card or stick another HD4870 in there at some point.

Tri or Quad SLI/Crossfire does not interest me. Anyway, anyone have any suggestions or have some information I should know about in regards to any of these parts? Im particularly considering false RAM speed branding and reputedly dodgy motherboards. Ive done my research, but there's only so much a person can do before you just have to say, "screw it" and buy something.

I know the GX motherboards among the AMD790 chipsets include integrated graphics but this board has really been the only one I could find that has apprent performance and features advantages.
 
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Pretty much the same as what I'm ordering tomorrow mate! But I think a slightly better motherboard will make quite a difference. Maybe for an extra £30 the Asus M3A79-T Deluxe, currently the most popular Phenom II 940 board. Gone for it myself :D
 
shinester184 said:
Pretty much the same as what I'm ordering tomorrow mate! But I think a slightly better motherboard will make quite a difference. Maybe for an extra £30 the Asus M3A79-T Deluxe, currently the most popular Phenom II 940 board. Gone for it myself :D
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Yeah, i'm currently reading reviews of that right now. I was hoping to stay under the £100 mark for the motherboard but it doesn't look possible if I want a good overclocker laden with features.

I'm hoping to carry on using my OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU. I know the wattage is easily enough but im wondering if the amperage rating all this equipment is going to require is going to be too high for it. Its a year or so old and I cant find any info about amp requirements on all this equipment.
 
yea yea everyone has said there noisy. Must have got luck minereally quiet. Systems very quiet on my biostar mobo says cpu 19c been idel for 6hours now and all fans are low.
 
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