first time build please help

wgannon82

wgannon82

wgannon82

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i am intending on attempting my first build with the following spec :-

AMD Phenom II X4 840 Socket AM3 3.2GHz 2MB Cache Retail Box Processor


Seagate ST31000528AS 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache


LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black with Nero Essentials


Kingston DDR3 2GB 1333MHz i5 Memory Module CL9 1.5V
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Asus HD 6850 Direct CU 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI Display Port Out Graphics Card
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Asus M4N68T-M LE V2 Socket AM3 DDR3 Geforce 7025 VGA Out 8 Channel Audio MATX Motherboard
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CIT 750W Dual 12V Rail 12cm Fan PSU - 4x SATA 1x PCI-E
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Speedlink 7.1 PCI Audio Card (inc optical cable)
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Tenda Wireless-N300 PCI Adapter
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Casecom Black/Silver Mid Tower Case - No PSU - Front Blue LED 120mm Fan - With Side Window
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however i feel i may need a better motherboard and/or case what do you guys think ??

my budget is about £450 !!! would love to spend less !! the spec above comes in at under £450 although i know there is no OS on there i can always sort that out within time !!

so please please help me out !!

thanks wayne
 
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i wont need the sound card result !! am hoping to use it for gaming and to be my general computer instead of this depressingly slow laptop lol !!
 
as long as it is hdmi am ok as gonna use tv as monitor plus also is the motherboard capible of holding 2 GPU's or is that gonna make the price sky high
 
no os as yet as goin to have to shop around as for which one to go for was thinking win7 64bit but is very expensive also the GPU dane suggested i aint bother about it commin with free games so is there one jus as good but less money ??

i take it my spec was a bit poor then lol
 
they both sound good to me !!! much better than goin out and buying a system !!

will homefront be comming out for pc if so will defo be getting that might jus get rid of xbox completely !!!
cheers guys you have been a great help we funds as they are will have to buy in 2 steps i think !! cant wait to get some items brought and assembled do u think assembly will be easy or difficult ?

i have read that maybe i may need a more powerful PSU what do u guys think ?
 
its a good job i love lego then !! well i have done a bacis pc course at college so i aint a total novice as long as all leads r there only thing i will need i think is thermal paste and a strap so i dont blow anything before i start assembly !!

well i think win7 is the best bet !! other os like vista and xp is dated and everyone seems to be on win 7 now !
 
might jus have to ask round and try get windows 7 off someone who has it that can be used on 3 systems if i didnt have to worry about the os would i jus be better in getting a better GPU and CPU
 
so i may go for this

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is anyone able to help will a AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 840 "95W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
be ok with a asus M4A78LT-M motherboard i cant see it listed on asus website

please please help !!!!!
 
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