First build spec review before I hit checkout

i wouldn't order now mate. delivery will be friday if you order it now or the morning, so wait til at least 9 o'clock to see if anything goes down in price in the dailly deals;)
 
I'll wait until tomorrow night in hope that the price of graphics cards will suddenly plummet.

I'll just have to hope all of the stuff I'm getting on deals doesn't sell out :D

Thanks for your help guys.
 
Thanks for the confirmation.

Okay, so a revised spec of what this build now looks like..

Windows 7 Home Premium

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £101.99

FX ATI Radeon HD 5670 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £61.99

Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33

Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £59.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.98

OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £27.59

LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM


Is this looking pretty good? I haven't made any horrific errors about compatibility or missed out a vital component or anything?
 
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Looks good to me.
The only thing that i might mention is the you have an OEM hdd and an OEM dvd drive.
I'm not sure, but you might need to check how many sata cables comes with the mobo, as all the OEM parts i have ordered have just been the base unit with no cables.

I ordered that exact OEM hdd a few eeks ago, and there was no sata cable with it, amd i had to use one that i got with the motherboard. The last thing you want is to order everything and find out that you don't have all of the connections.

Somebody else might know for sure though. You might be fine:)
 
Pighardia said:
Looks good to me.
The only thing that i might mention is the you have an OEM hdd and an OEM dvd drive.
I'm not sure, but you might need to check how many sata cables comes with the mobo, as all the OEM parts i have ordered have just been the base unit with no cables.

I ordered that exact OEM hdd a few eeks ago, and there was no sata cable with it, amd i had to use one that i got with the motherboard. The last thing you want is to order everything and find out that you don't have all of the connections.

Somebody else might know for sure though. You might be fine:)
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You're right, the OEM HDD and DVD drives DON'T come with any SATA cables ( at least mine didn't!).
Also, my mobo only came with two SATA cables, but that should be enough to get going!
The OP can always check "what's in the mobo box" in the advertising blurb, just to make sure.
 
Just two SATA cables should be enough for the things I need to hook up, shouldn't it?

What else, other than the HDD and the DVD drive would you be using SATA for?
 
allewellyn said:
Just two SATA cables should be enough for the things I need to hook up, shouldn't it?

What else, other than the HDD and the DVD drive would you be using SATA for?
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Yep, enough!... but I'd always have one spare just in case I wanted to add something that needs another cable or one was faulty (but that's just me LOL).

When I wanted to build my first rig, which was just the other week, I needed 5 SATA cables as I wanted to fit 2 x HDD's, 2 X Optical drives and an SSD so, I had to purchase an extra 2.
 
Now, should I buy it tonight, while the RAM is on a deal so is a little bit cheaper, or should I wait over the weekend and see if something else gets reduced?


decisions decisions...
 
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