can anyone do better?

original.wood · 22 Mar 2009 at 13:34

i seen this in PC Format advertised, for £599 looks like a good deal especialy with the new AMD X4 940 Black Edition.

i havn't ever built a computer fully from the ground up, only hardware upgrades and slight overclocking.

just wanted to know if anyone was able to build this computer equivalent or better for the same price including all cables needed

sketch145 · 22 Mar 2009 at 13:41

you need to remove that competitor link and type the spec by hand

kieves1 · 22 Mar 2009 at 13:44

Best to remove the link

Mr-White · 22 Mar 2009 at 13:45

just post the spec and price

MW

original.wood · 22 Mar 2009 at 13:46

sorry - removed.

Silverstone PS02 PC Case
Strada 800W Power Supply
Biostar TA780G - 780 Motherboard
AMD Phemon II - 940 - Quad Core CPU
Approved Cpu Cooler
Corsair 4Gb Kit - DDR2 800Mhz PC Memory
Hitachi 500b SATAII Hard Drive
Samsung 22X DVD Rewriter
Sapphire 4850 - 1Gb Graphics Card

all for £599 inc VAT

sketch145 · 22 Mar 2009 at 13:48

Cases
Silverstone PS02 PC Case

Powersupply
Strada 800W Power Supply

Motherboard - AMD
Biostar TA780G - 780 Motherboard

CPU - AMD
AMD Phemon II - 940 - Quad Core CPU

CPU Cooler
Approved Cpu Cooler

Memory - PC
Corsair 4Gb Kit - DDR2 800Mhz PC Memory

Hard Drive - Desktop
Hitachi 500b SATAII Hard Drive [57498] Upgrade | Hide

CD/DVD RW
Samsung 22X DVD Rewriter

Graphics Card
Sapphire 4850 - 1Gb Graphics Card

Soundcards
Onboard Soundcard

EDIT: Beaten to it

original.wood · 22 Mar 2009 at 13:50

as i said in First Post, i aint good with knowing what cables to get

kieves1 · 22 Mar 2009 at 13:51

Does seem quite good for the price tho

Most componemts you buy come with the pre supplied cables.

sketch145 · 22 Mar 2009 at 14:00

for the extra £50 you're getting a 1GB 4870 instead of a 512MB 4850 and a decent brand psu too (never heard of strada) also the RAM is faster at 1066Mhz

and all the cables required will either be bundled with the motherboard (for the internal cables) or the PSU (power cables)

kieves1 · 22 Mar 2009 at 14:04

The 4850 is 1 gb.Depends what Resolution it is to be used with.I wouldnt upgrade to a 4870 unless i was getting a new huge gaming monitor.But a bit of future proofing

Never heard of strada either

original.wood · 22 Mar 2009 at 14:11

wouldnt be used on anything bigger than 19" due to desk space, so maybe the 4850 which is 1gb, and with the money saved, probably get a better HSF

sketch145 · 22 Mar 2009 at 14:32

original.wood said:
wouldnt be used on anything bigger than 19" due to desk space

in that case a 512MB 4850 would suffice.

original.wood · 22 Mar 2009 at 14:40

okay, brilliant, any money i can save will go towards better gear, i.e 1TB hard drive.

with the Phenom 2 X4 940 being triple channel, wouldnt 3x2gb sticks or RAM be better?

sketch145 · 22 Mar 2009 at 14:44

the 940 is dual channel, as are the current amd motherboards

original.wood · 22 Mar 2009 at 15:00

i thought the 940 can go in to a AM3 board? with triple channel memory?

original.wood · 22 Mar 2009 at 15:05

i got this goin off what people have suggested in terms of Graphics, and with the lower model i was able to get a larger HDD and a better CPU cooler

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 940 Black Edition 3.0GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail
XFX Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (HD-485X-YDFC)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 1TB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A38016)
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H AMD 780G (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Coolermaster Real Power 520w Modular Power Supply
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 X 2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX8500D2K2/4G)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU)
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2)

all for £644.52.

if i can get 100 posts, i will also get the free delivery, which is brill

sir-les-mp · 22 Mar 2009 at 15:33

original.wood said:
i got this goin off what people have suggested in terms of Graphics, and with the lower model i was able to get a larger HDD and a better CPU cooler

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 940 Black Edition 3.0GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail
XFX Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (HD-485X-YDFC)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 1TB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A38016)
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H AMD 780G (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Coolermaster Real Power 520w Modular Power Supply
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 X 2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX8500D2K2/4G)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU)
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2)

all for £644.52.

if i can get 100 posts, i will also get the free delivery, which is brill

Yeah in 12 m0nths time or if you get 250 posts and have been a member for 90 days you can get free P&P

gamesaregood · 22 Mar 2009 at 15:47

original.wood said:
i thought the 940 can go in to a AM3 board? with triple channel memory?

The 940 can't go in an AM3 Board as it does not have a DDR3 memory controller.

No AMD CPUs can run in triple channle, only the intel i7s use this.

For DDR3 Support you need an AM3 CPU which have both the DDR2 & DDR3 memory controllers.

Clum · 22 Mar 2009 at 15:52

Dont know if you had you specifically wanted to go AMD but i'd opt for this if i were spending the money. Would also be swapping the quad for a dual if gaming is the main use for the pc.

original.wood · 22 Mar 2009 at 16:53

only reason i started this thread, was due to the X2 940, just read that instead of blowing £240 on the i7 people should opt for the new 940, then saw the advert in PC Format for the £599 spec and thought it was good.

the pc wouldnt be specificaly gaming, if games were on it tho, it would be WoW, CS:S and perhaps some of the new games like Crysis and FEAR 2, but i dont use PC's much for Video or Image editing, only converting AVI to DVD and then burning.