how does my £600 build look before i buy....

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XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.98
(£86.94) £99.98
(£86.94)
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £97.99
(£85.21) £97.99
(£85.21)
OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 Low-Voltage Triple Channel (OCZ3G1333LV6GK) £82.00
(£71.30) £82.00
(£71.30)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £70.99
(£61.73) £70.99
(£61.73)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail £65.99
(£57.38) £65.99
(£57.38)
Coolermaster eXtreme Power 650W Power Supply £43.99
(£38.25) £43.99
(£38.25)
CIT 1001 Midi-ATX Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £37.98
(£33.03) £37.98
(£33.03)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £36.98
(£32.16) £36.98
(£32.16)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64)
Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77)
Sub Total : £496.41
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £76.22
Total : £584.38



i ll be using it for photoshop work with multiple apps open at the same time
itunes/spotify/photomatix/IE7
and some minor gaming (nothing heavy,mostly swat4 etc)

this will be displayed through my 37" HDTV

will these parts all play nicely together?
any changes i need to make?

i ll be buying this in the next 2weeks

thank you for help so far
 
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You need Dual Channel DDR3 Ram for AM3 to work.
Also the CPU Cooler is for the 775 Socket so not ccertain if it will fit.
Windows 7 isn't out till late october so make certain you have an OS to tide you over.
 
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will that quad core really make a difference compared to the tri core black edition? I wont be over clocking because i dont have a scooby doo how to do so.

Anyone recommend 6gig of ram? Thank you.
 
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