First Build attempt advice please

MattHep

MattHep

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This system will be used for mainly gaming butwill beused for all other general computer activities.

I am very new when it comes to putting together parts to build a decent spec PC so look at my below attempt and i would greatly appritiate any advice on improving before i buy this next tuesday before this weeks deal is over :)

and can anyone tell me how i can put a print screen of my backet on here instead of copy and paste?

Cheers in advance:)

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Dell TrueColour E248WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £219.99 (£258.49)

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail
£198.99 (£233.81)


Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4870 "Golden Sample" 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£169.99 (£199.74)

Lian Li PC-A10B Aluminium Full-Tower - Black
£129.99 (£152.74)

Asus P5Q-E Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£99.99 (£117.49)

Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU
£54.99 (£64.61)

Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD6400AAKS)
£42.99 (£50.51)

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz SLI-Ready Edition Low Latency Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2N800SR4GK)
£41.99 (£49.34)

Arctic Cooling Freezer XTREME CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/AM2+/AM2/939)
£24.99 (£29.36)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£14.99 (£17.61)


Sub Total : £998.90

Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £177.42

Total : £1,191.27
 
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You have to save the image & upload onto a site like ImageShack (here).

What's the 'other general computer activities'? Ask because you can get a fast dual-core which would be better for gaming.
 
Cheers!!

Do a lot of music dowloading and CD burning/ripping.

Nothing too demanding, the only demanding tasks will be the gaming.

Although there's a possibility of overclocking. (wouldn't mind trying it)
 
Thats a pretty dead on spec, some very minor changes:

Change the Corsair TX 650 for the Corsair HX 620 - easily enough power and due to being modular it will make building and cable management easier if your a first time builder.

Change the WD 640GB HDD for the Samsung F1 640GB which is well known to be a superb performing HDD.
 
Right i've changed the HDD.

Daft question but could you please explain the difference between the two PSU units, so i no what reason to change from the TX 650.
 
The HX620 is modular, which means any extra power cables you dont use can be unplugged from the PSU. On a non-modular PSU you would be left with a lot of un-used cables that you would have to try and hide some where in your case.
 
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Its finally ordered with the 666 deal. Can't wait.

Ill post up some pics of the final product when it's built up
 
To be honest with a 24" screen you probably would have been better off getting the 1gb 4870 from PowerColor, cheaper and a pretty good performance hike over the 512. The 512 is still a beastly card though so I wouldn't worry about it too much.
 
Sorry to be a nag but anymore help and guidance will be greatly appritiated to help me put all these parts together.

This is my first build so i'm a little apprehensive on how to tackle this. And just to be sure want to make sure everything is compatible, which i have been told is so far.

So any advice from you people with a good understanding on putting systems together would be great.

Below is a list of what is coming tomorrow:

Dell TrueColour E248WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £219.99 (£258.49)

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail
£198.99 (£233.81)


Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4870 "Golden Sample" 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£169.99 (£199.74)

Lian Li PC-A10B Aluminium Full-Tower - Black
£129.99 (£152.74)

Asus P5Q-E Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£99.99 (£117.49)

Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD642JJ)

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz SLI-Ready Edition Low Latency Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2N800SR4GK)
£41.99 (£49.34)

Arctic Cooling Freezer XTREME CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/AM2+/AM2/939)
£24.99 (£29.36)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£14.99 (£17.61)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939)

Netgear WG311T 108Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter

Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110 (967561-1120)

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)

Thanks
 
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