First time build, spec check.

pjpro

pjpro

pjpro

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Hi.

I'm planning on building my first pc. i'v read reviews etc to try and work out what i should go for. I'll mainly be using it for gaming but i will be doing some image editing/photoshoping.

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1 Optiarc AD-5200A-0B 20X DVD±RW/DL Int IDE Bare Black Drive - OEM £15.29
1 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Socket 775 (3.0GHz) 1333FSB 6MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor £134.45
1 OCZ Stealth XStream 600W PSU - SLI Ready ATX2.2 12cm Fan £56.99
1 Corsair 4Gb (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 XMS2 Memory £78.64
1 Antec 300 Three Hundred Case - No PSU £41.91
1 Sapphire HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card £185.53
1 Asus P5Q P45 Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard £87.43
2 Hiper 120mm HiperFlow Chrome Blade Case Fan With Blue LED - 3pin Adaptor with Screws £13.96
2 Samsung HD502IJ SpinPoint F1 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM £88.76
1 Zalman CNPS7500-CU LED Socket 478, 775, AM2, 754, 939 & 940 CPU Cooler £24.08

please let me know what you think.

thanks
 
Looks good to me.
What screen resolution will you be playing games at?
Are you planning to overclock the CPU?
 
probably 1680x1050 for games. not totally sure yet.
i might overclock a bit. that's pretty much the question - is the set up ok and will i be able to overclock well.
 
You should be able to get a nice overclock with that. I'm not sure what the CPU cooler is like though, so if you want to push your CPU to the limit then you might want to research CPU coolers.
The Thermalright Ultra-120 is a good CPU cooler, but it is expensive.

If you're going to be using a screen over 1680x1050 it might be worth getting the 1GB version of the 4870.

Are you planning to use Crossfire in the future?
If you're planning to add another 4870 in crossfire later on you'd need to get the Asus P5Q Pro motherboard which can support crossfire.
 
at the moment i'll be sticking with just the one card. if it means loweriing the screen res then i'll deal with that.

i've done some research into the cooler but not loads. i'm trying not to spend too much more. there were a couple of other options i'll try and get names/links.
 
The 4870 is a great card and will be able to play most/all games on high settings even at 1920x1200.

If you think you might put in another 4870 in the future, then you will need the P5Q Pro board. The standard P5Q board quoted in your first post does not support crossfire so you won't be able to use two cards if you wanted to. AFAIK that's the only difference between the P5Q and the P5Q Pro boards.
 
i was thinking about keeping the first set up for a while but then re building a new pc after.for now i think i'll stick with the P5Q and look into crossfire or whatever else is about then.

Arctic Cooling Freezer Xtreme Socket 775, AM2, AM2+, 939 Processor Cooler £29.99
Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler £14.95
Scythe Mini Ninja Socket 478/775/754/939/940/AM2 Heatpipe Cooler £26.01

they were a couple of other coolers i looked at.

thanks for the advice so far.
 
Zildjian said:
The 4870 is a great card and will be able to play most/all games on high settings even at 1920x1200.

If you think you might put in another 4870 in the future, then you will need the P5Q Pro board. The standard P5Q board quoted in your first post does not support crossfire so you won't be able to use two cards if you wanted to. AFAIK that's the only difference between the P5Q and the P5Q Pro boards.
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Yea i'd switch to the P5Q Pro board too :)

Just so you can keep your options open for adding another card as "Zildjian" stated :)
 
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