Can you please spec me for £400?

[stulid]

it will still be ok. not having an extra fan isnt going to be the end of the world.

Id be more worried about the noise the stock AMD cooler makes.

 

[Redmint]

Chances are you'll still be fine with just the front & PSU fans, if you want to keep it a bit cooler then even the cheapest ones here:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=57&subid=4&sortby=priceAsc

would probably be fine.

 

[danboss88]

Thank you so much guys. I think I'll order the ''Xigmatek 120mm Crystal Red LED'' just to be safe.

 

[danboss88]

Really sorry to bother you guys again. I'm at the part where I need to fit the CPU. I read that people usually use a thermal paste of some type but I cannot find any supplied with the parts. Is this something that I will require?

 

[Hagar]

Yes you will need a small amount of thermal paste, arctic silver 5 or similar, put a small blob the size of a rice grain in the centre of the CPU heatspreader and you could spread it out with a credit card sized piece of plastic.

andy.

 

[stulid]

Really sorry to bother you guys again. I'm at the part where I need to fit the CPU. I read that people usually use a thermal paste of some type but I cannot find any supplied with the parts. Is this something that I will require?

its on the heatsink supplied with the cpu. just remove the plastic cover

 

[Redmint]

The AMD stock cooler should have some pre-applied, it's not great stuff but it'll be fine for running the chip at stock speeds.

 

[chokedoke]

Just be careful removing the plastic cover, years ago i made the mistake of just pulling it off and proceeded to totally mess up the thermal paste

 

[danboss88]

Hello again.

The graphics card I have appears to be damaged so I will need to order another.

These are my choices:

Gigabyte GV-N96TZL-512I / GeForce 9600GT / 512MB / PCI Express 2.0 / Graphics Card

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5670 / 512MB GDDR3 / PCI Express 2.1 / Graphics Card

Zotac GeForce GT 240 / 1GB / PCI Express 2.0 / Graphic Card

XFX GeForce GT 240 / 1GB DDR3 / PCI Express 2.0 / Graphics Card

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5550 Ultimate / 1GB GDDR3 / PCI Express 2.1 / Graphics Card

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5670 / 512MB GDDR5 / PCI Express 2.1 / Graphics Card

Leadtek Winfast PX 8800GT / 512MB GDDR3 / PCI Express 2.0 / Graphics Card

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5670 / 512MB GDDR5 / PCI Express 2.0 / Graphics Card

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5550 / 1GB GDDR3 / PCI Express 2.1 / Graphics Card

Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 4670 OC / 1GB DDR3 / PCI Express Zalman Fan DVI / HDMI / VGA Out / Graphics Card

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5570 DisplayPort/ 1GB GDDR3 / PCI Express 2.1 / Graphics Card

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4650 / 1GB DDR2 / AGP 8x / Graphics Card

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5570 HDMI / 1GB DDR2 / PCI Express 2.1 / Graphics Card

Gigabyte Radeon HD 4650 / 1GB / AGP Graphics Card

Which of these will deliver the most performance and be compatible with my configuration? (400w PSU). Please feel free to list another card in the £70 range.

Thank you.

 

[Mr Krugga]

Radeon 4850 can be had for £65 new and GeForce 250 £75. I don't think you'll find anything else that performs just as well at this budget, unless you're looking for a used gfx.

 

[Tealc]

All those are low end.

You are probably better off with a HD4850 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CM-012-NX

Or push to a 5770 or 4870 maybe even second hand stuff.

 

[danboss88]

4850 it is! Thanks again.

 

[Si105]

You can definitely get a 4850 cheap second hand. I'm selling mine to my friend for 50 quid with custom cooling.