Hows this build look ? any suggested improvements

niknaksky

niknaksky

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Hi all building this to play wow and COD black ops and maybe final fantasy mmo.
Also gonna use this to watch blu rays.
Budget is at its limit with this so any improvements without the budget going up to much would be great.

XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ***Supplied Assasins Creed Game***
(£174.46) £204.99

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3)
(£74.88) £87.98

Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMD4GX3M2A1600C9)
(£59.99) £70.49

Sapphire Pure 625W Modular Power Supply
(£42.54) £49.98

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black
(£41.69) £48.99

Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
(£41.69) £48.99

Samsung SH-B083L/RSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail)
(£38.29) £44.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)
(£36.59) £42.99

Akasa AK-274CG-4GNS 120mm Green LED Fan
(£9.99) £23.48

Sub Total : £530.11
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 17.50% VAT : £94.83
Total : £636.69
 
niknaksky said:
HIS ATI Radeon HD 5850 iCooler V 1024MB GDDR5

£204.99 inc
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i am playing on a 32" tv at 1360*768
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Hey niknaksky :)

You do realise that its the screen-res that determines what power of GPU you need and not the screen-size in inches right? . . . would saving £75 mean anything to you?

Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5

£129.99 inc

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play wow and COD black ops and maybe final fantasy mmo
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Do you think the 460 will last a while before i need to upgrade again ? and put the cash i save to a future upgrade or upgrade something else in the build
 
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Cooler Master Elite 370



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370 is a good bet, and the GTX460 is actually a better card - bang for buck - for the res you're playing at!

Personally Id go for the Phenom II build as the L3 cache can be useful in mmos.
(Comparison of CPU's: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/188?vs=88)

Not a big fan of the mobo, but its functional :p

Also, that PSU is a great price :eek:
 
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I have the use of a PC i have borrowed from work for a month or 2 which will do fine till black ops comes out.
So i was wondering is there any possible price increase coming along ?
Just wondering because i may wait and include a new monitor for better resolutions.
And will be able to increase my budget.
and thanks for the help so far guys
 
right ready to buy but the psu is out of stock so which PSU would you suggest for the phenom spec ?
Also gonna wait for the graphics cards from ati to see if the others drop in price but will probs go for 5850 or gtx460 1GB as i will be gaming on a new monitor not sure what res yet though.
 
ocz 500/600/700w modxstream, although 600 and 700 would be overkill if your only using a 5850 or a gtx 460 but with the price difference at the moment i would get the 700w, this should also allow you some future single card upgrade in the future
 
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