his rig good?

chuck990 · 8 Dec 2008 at 21:40

Hey can anyone give me advice as to weather
A) this rig will work
and
B) is it any good/worth buying

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £134.99
(£155.24) £134.99
(£155.24)
Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £89.99
(£103.49) £89.99
(£103.49)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 4670 IceQ 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £64.99
(£74.74) £64.99
(£74.74)
OCZ StealthXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £61.99
(£71.29) £61.99
(£71.29)
Asus Triton 81 Quiet CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775/LGA1366) £42.99
(£49.44) £42.99
(£49.44)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £32.99
(£37.94) £32.99
(£37.94)
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) £31.99
(£36.79) £31.99
(£36.79)
Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.54) £16.99
(£19.54)
Sub Total : £476.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
Collect from our shop
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £71.54
Total : £548.46

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Slashiem · 8 Dec 2008 at 21:48

Yeah looks good, but what is going to be used for?
But that cooler is danm expensive, personally the Tuniq Core Contact Freezer is great and cheaper, but the TRUE + fan is rated highly.
For gaming not really, the graphics card isn't that great for gaming.
And is kinda over the top for general use.

chuck990 · 8 Dec 2008 at 21:50

Slashiem said:
Yeah looks good, but what is going to be used for?
But that cooler is danm expensive, personally the Tuniq Core Contact Freezer is great and cheaper, but the TRUE + fan is rated highly.
For gaming not really, the graphics card isn't that great for gaming.
And is kinda over the top for general use.

it is for gaming, any suggestions for a better card? I also need wireless internet of some sort

RJC · 8 Dec 2008 at 21:58

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail£124.99
(£143.74) £124.99
(£143.74)

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail£87.99
(£101.19) £87.99
(£101.19)

Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3 Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard£69.99
(£80.49) £69.99
(£80.49)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)£61.99
(£71.29) £61.99
(£71.29)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU)£43.99
(£50.59) £43.99
(£50.59)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ)£32.99
(£37.94) £32.99
(£37.94)

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB)£31.99
(£36.79) £31.99
(£36.79)

Thermalright Ultra-120A CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775)£23.99
(£27.59) £23.99
(£27.59)

Linksys WMP54G 54Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter£17.99
(£20.69) £17.99
(£20.69)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM£12.99
(£14.94) £12.99
(£14.94)

Sharkoon Silent Eagle 1000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin£6.99
(£8.04) £6.99
(£8.04) Sub Total : £515.89Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
Collect from our shop
(This can be changed during checkout)Shipping : FREEVAT is being charged at 15%VAT : £77.38 Total : £593.27

How does the above look

chuck990 · 8 Dec 2008 at 22:04

couple of things, why degrade the processor? will 512mb or graphics ram be enough? why the motherboard change? is 520w enough? why the extra fan? and why not include the cpu cooler you suggested? sorry to knitpick im new to this and interested to learn

chuck990 · 8 Dec 2008 at 22:10

also will a DDR3 graphics card work with a DDR2 motherboard

RJC · 8 Dec 2008 at 22:14

I dropped the cpu down one to help with the cost, with the Thermalright it should give you a good overclock, I think the Thermalright does not come with a fan.

I changed the motherboard again to keep the cost down as I went of your system cost of £550 ~

The Corsair will be plenty, you could get away with a 450w PSU.

From results I have seen there seems to be very little performance difference between 1gig and 512mg video ram.
Below is the review of the 2 cards (512mb versions)
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews.php?/gpu_displays/his_radeon_4670_4830_4850_mid_range_round-up/1

Hope the above helps.

RJC · 8 Dec 2008 at 22:15

chuck990 said:
also will a DDR3 graphics card work with a DDR2 motherboard

Yes it will

LeJosh · 8 Dec 2008 at 22:19

The only difference you'll with 512 and 1gig cards is that you can render more things at once with added vram (i.e. more grass, cars, draw distance etc.etc.) This is what I remember.

chuck990 · 8 Dec 2008 at 22:19

RJC said:
it should give you a good overclock, .

im not planning to overclock just yet, this is my first build and i dont want to go throwing away over £100 by getting it wrong
and the price isnt THAT important id like it to be cheaper ut the quality is more important

decto · 8 Dec 2008 at 22:22

Change that tired old HDD for http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940&name=Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS)

Also while your spending.... consider the 4850.... the 4830 is poor value unless you are really stuck with your budget.

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RJC · 8 Dec 2008 at 22:30

The Samsung is not a tired old HD, these are fairly new and uses the single platter, my seems to be doing very well.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/samsung-overtakes-a-bang,1730-5.html

chuck990 · 8 Dec 2008 at 22:32

as ive said budjet not top priority, in the end i need to buy a plasma telly 2 monitors, this entire rig for complete room re-doing it'll be pricy so im happy to spend a bit more to make it better