help first build

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im building a pc for a first time and wondered if there are any problems with these parts.

ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP
Palit Geforce 9800 GTX 512MB
Intel Core 2 Quad 45nm Q9450
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB
Super Flower Aurora 700W
Antec Nine Hundred
2Gb OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 Reaper HPC Edition
Zalman CNPS9700 NT

thanks in advance
 
Hello hellarda, your specification looks fine on the whole. However, I would question some of the components that you have chosen.

Graphics Card:

The Nvidia 9800 GTX is actually just an overclocked Nvidia 8800 GTS 512 and isn't worth the price premium in my opinion. The Nvidia 9800 GTX also looks very unattractive since you can now purchase an Nvidia 8800 GTX for around £30 less which is a better card overall especially at the resolution that you are looking at playing games.

CPU:

The CPU that you have chosen is quite expensive and you could save quite a bit of money by choosing the Q6600 instead which when overclocked would perform exceptionally well.

Power Supply Unit:

You don't really need a 700 wattage power supply unit unless in the future you are looking at running a massively overclocked, two high end graphics processing units and a dozen hard drives. :p

Memory:

The memory that you have chosen is fine. However, you could purchase 4GB of 6400 rated memory for slightly less and the performance hit would be unnoticeable. Though, you will need a 64-bit Operating System to be able to utilise all 4GB of RAM.

CPU Cooler:

Once again the CPU cooler that you have chosen is fine. All though, it is fairly expensive and something like the Tuniq Tower which is slightly cheaper would be more than sufficient.

Taking the above into account, I have just put a specification together to give you another option to look at: :)

Specification1-1-1.jpg
 
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Hello hellarda, your specification looks fine on the whole. However, I would question some of the components that you have chosen.

Graphics Card:

The Nvidia 9800 GTX is actually just an overclocked Nvidia 8800 GTS 512 and isn't worth the price premium in my opinion. The Nvidia 9800 GTX also looks very unattractive since you can now purchase an Nvidia 8800 GTX for around £30 less which is a better card overall especially at the resolution that you are looking at playing games.

CPU:

The CPU that you have chosen is quite expensive and you could save quite a bit of money by choosing the Q6600 instead which when overclocked would perform exceptionally well.

Power Supply Unit:

You don't really need a 700 wattage power supply unit unless in the future you are looking at running a massively overclocked, two high end graphics processing units and a dozen hard drives. :p

Memory:

The memory that you have chosen is fine. However, you could purchase 4GB of 6400 rated memory for slightly less and the performance hit would be unnoticeable. Though, you will need a 64-bit Operating System to be able to utilise all 4GB of RAM.

CPU Cooler:

Once again the CPU cooler that you have chosen is fine. All though, it is fairly expensive and something like the Tuniq Tower which is slightly cheaper would be more than sufficient.

Taking the above into account, I have just put a specification together to give you another option to look at: :)

Specification1-1-1.jpg


i have already bought the PSU and Cooler and case so i guess im stuck with them
 
I definitely agree with Fire Wizard - ditch the 9800GTX and get one of the 8800GTX cards on offer - it's no slower. Spend the money you save on 4GB RAM - makes a nice difference.
 
i have just seen a different mobo Asus P5K3 Deluxe WiFi Intel P35 but it supports DDR3 which I don't know if i can afford? is DDR3 getting cheaper?
 
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