help with my first build

Pighardia

Pighardia

Pighardia

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hello,
i am just about to start my first build, i have a budget of around £600 with OS and without monitor.
i am pretty much set on the CPU and would appreciate any advice as to other components.

CPU - AMD Phenom ii x4 965 BE - £125
Mobo - Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AMD 880G - £90
GPU - (undecided) PNY Geforce GTX 460 1gb OC - £139/XFX HD Radeon 5850 £139, seems to be very little between these two cards.
HDD - Samsung HD 103SJ spinpoint F3 1 tb - £45
PSU - Coolermaster GX 650W PSU - 6x SATA 2x PCI-E 80plus Certified - £58
RAM - Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit - £35.
Case - Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black - £45


Everything else is undecided at the moment, although there is room for movemet on any of it. Gonna shop around for OS, windows 7 HP 64-bit, but i only bought an upgrade for my laptop 3 months ago.(should have thought it through and got full retail version)

What do you think? (especially on the GPU's)


forgot to say -
i will not be doing anything heavy on it, no video editing etc (maybe at some point but not at the moment). mainly want a good budget gaming rig. cheers
 
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Hi, welcome to forums
Build looks quite good, though those PSUs arent rated very highly, if you can spend a little more and get something like the Antec TruePower New Modular 650W, much better PSU
You could save a bit and get the 955 CPU which is basically the same CPU with a lower multiplier
Re gfx the 5850 is marginally better but both good cards
comparison
 
thanks for the reply, i wasn't sure about the psu, truepower 650w is only £10 more so i might go for that.
i'm edging towards the 5850 but i wondered if i bought everything else first and built it, then got a gfx card in a few weeks time, do you think that the onboard gpu would be sufficient for general use? (obviously i will not try to play any games with it)

oh, the motherboard has Integrated ATI Radeon HD 4250 GPU.
cheers

actually, the truepower is the same price i just found.
 
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yea it would cope with general use. if you need it running sooner rather than later then this is what I would do. I have the bigger version of the antic true power. very good psu :)
 
I think that is what i will do.
thought about i5-760 but in the end went with the phenom, as i don't think i really need it.
if i start thinking "i can get a slightly better one for a bit more" i'll end up doing it for every part and the whole thing will cost twice as much!
 
does anyone think i will need any extra cooling?

i will not oc straight away, but probably will later on.
plus, the GPU i am looking at is pre-overclocked so would you recommend extra cooling for that if i get it

thanks.
 
at the moment i have 2 case fans, intake at front/exhaust at back.
i also have a 120mm case fan lying around. where would you suggest putting this, if anywhere? space for 2 at top and 1 on the side, blowing in or out?

thanks
 
thank you for the advice guys, i think i am pretty much ready to order everything now, i just have one question.
i am planning to use my oldish 22" monitor for the time being but it only has a 15-pin d-sub input, and i am not sure of the best way to connect to it.
Any thoughts?
 
The motherboard has a d-sub port, connect the vga cable to this? :confused:

If you mean to the new graphics card, then as Darkpilgrim said, the graphics card will come with a DVI - d-sub converter.
 
most annoying part-
buying windows 7 again, bought the update version for my laptop a few months ago and now i've got to buy a new version.
Also, can anyone recommend a wireless network card? don't know wether to buy one of the cheap ones, how much would you spend for a decent one?
 
Depends how far away youre going to be, if its any sort of distance or you house has thick walls then it is worth investing in N class card, but you also need an N class router, and together these aint cheap, alternatively just get a G class card, in my experience Linksys have been least problematic
 
pretty much everything ordered now, just need the graphics card which i will get next week and a wireless network card.

thank you all for the advice that you have given me, it has been a great help.

i just have one more thing that i would like advice on.

I am thinking of complimenting my new system with the nostromo n52te speedpad

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-007-BE

Anyone had any experience? any thoughts?

cheers


btw, the first new game that i plan on getting for the new rig is Dragon Age 2, looks great
 
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