I'm building a new computer, please help.

Shek · 27 Jan 2010 at 21:36

Hi, I hope this is the right place to put this post.. First off, great site, I like it a lot.. OK, I'm thinking of building a new computer with hardware from this site and have a few questions I hope some of you could answer for me please. The list of components I wish to purchase from OCUK are :

1 x Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 10666C9 1333MHz TwinX Dual Channel
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 Vapor-X 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA-II 64MB Cache - OEM
1 x LG CH08LS10 8x Blu-Ray Reader/16x DVD±RW - Black (Retail)
1 x Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Sound Card
1 x OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply
1 x LG Flatron W2261V 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor

I will be using windows 7 o/s, and have an antec case. My questions are, basically are all the components compatible and do I need anything else in terms of leads and stuff.. Thanks.

ANDARIAL · 27 Jan 2010 at 21:50

1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA-II 64MB Cache - OEM

I personally would get a faster drive for your boot drive
Maybe a SSD if your budget can stretch that far

or maybe a samsung F3?
If you plan on overclocking maybe a better heatsink?

Shek · 27 Jan 2010 at 22:15

ANDARIAL said:
I personally would get a faster drive for your boot drive
Maybe a SSD if your budget can stretch that far
or maybe a samsung F3?
If you plan on overclocking maybe a better heatsink?

OK I'll take that into account, thanks.

R088ieS86 · 27 Jan 2010 at 22:16

Like the SSD idea from ANDARIAL, depends what you'll be doing with the system.
If you could stretch to a cooler:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-044-ZA&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395
and possibley a second 5770 is your going to be doing some nice gaming at 1920x1080 on that 22" screen!

Shek · 27 Jan 2010 at 22:24

I was thinking I could get a second 5770 at a later date, when their a bit cheaper.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 27 Jan 2010 at 22:29

The Titan Fenrir is another good cooler to consider:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-008-TI

Essexraptor · 27 Jan 2010 at 23:00

You hooking the rig up to a quality speaker system? if not consider using the onboard 7:1 audio instead of a dedicated seperate sound card.... just a thought