Component Check before Buying

WLumby · 6 Aug 2011 at 17:30

Hey,
I just wanted to make sure that all my components work together and that I have made the right choice with them. If you think there should be some changes, just tell me.

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) £89.99
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6670 1024mb GDDR5 PCT Express £74.99
CoolerMaster Elite 430 Windowed Case (With power supply) £64.99
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £56.98
OCZ Special OPS 4gb (2x2gb) DDR3 PC3-12800CB 1600mhz Dual Channel Kit £34.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500gb SATA-II 16mb Cache-OEM £30.98
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD+RW SATA ReWriter £15.98
Windows 7 Home Premium £60.00

Total £428 give or take some pounds.
Budget £435
This PC is for gaming.

Greavesy · 6 Aug 2011 at 17:42

Get the cheapest 1600 mhz ram you see iy should only be £27 i think.

Jony27 · 6 Aug 2011 at 17:43

whats with the gpu, if its just for browsing the onboard will be fine.
and get the cheaper XMS3 1600MHz @ £28

toon_mad · 6 Aug 2011 at 20:00

You need a Aftermarket PSU such as OCZ or Antec etc, dont use the stock issue ones they are absolutely pants!

Jony27 · 6 Aug 2011 at 20:13

it may not be the best but its certainly not the worst, it should hold up fine with a system which isnt power hungry. however the psu should be the first thing the OP should upgrade when funds allow.
i strongly advice the OP to go the i3/h67 route though.

stulid · 6 Aug 2011 at 20:15

Isnt this thread newer? - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18303856

Randomface74 · 6 Aug 2011 at 20:16

Gaming with a 6670 - not recommended.

Jony27 · 6 Aug 2011 at 20:23

stulid said:
Isnt this thread newer? - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18303856

lols, so the OP decided to make a new thread instead of updating the spec. :rolleyes:

toon_mad · 6 Aug 2011 at 20:25

Jony27 said:
it may not be the best but its certainly not the worst, it should hold up fine with a system which isnt power hungry.

Each to there own but I would not want some crappy stock power supply running a new rig, or any rig for that matter

The most important parts of a new build in my opinion are the Tower and the Power Supply, if you can get it right first time then there shouldnt be much trouble later on with the build/upgrades/overclocking etc