Is this a good build ?

The OP could get this motherboard:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-245-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1481

However the Asus M4A785TD-V Evo has an 8+2 phase VRM with cooling meaning it should handle even 140W TDP Phenom II processors with no issues.

Also the motherboard has all solid capacitors too.

I would probably go with the new hard disk for now. I would then add another 2GB of identical memory at a later date.

The OP would also need a 64 bit OS to take advantage of 4GB of RAM too.
 
Biz.Kid09 said:
You could always get a cheaper motherboard and get 4gb ram?
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considering getting an AM2+ board and useing the memory that i have, ram seems to be realy exspesive atm so i might look to that option

my only concern would be how future proof is an AM2+ board going to be ? does anyone know ?
 
linwelin said:
Geil 8500 4X

I think going for an AM2+ board will be better, can anyone recomend one for me ? with the parts im getting.
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Out of interest what is your current build??

4GB of PC2-8500 RAM would be ideal for an AM2+ build!!

This is an AM2+ build I would be looking at:

Phenom II X4 955BE ~ £130

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-244-AM

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD3P ~ £86

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-199-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1482

This has an 8+2 phase VRM with cooling,all solid capacitors and can do symmetrical Crossfire at PCI-E 2.0 8X/8X.

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB ~ £40

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-081-SA

OCZ StealthXStream 600w ~ £60

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-023-OC

This PSU has a pair of PCI-E power connectors so you can run a pair of graphics cards.

NZXT M59 ~ £46

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-020-NX

The total comes to around £362 excluding postage.

This setup has a good motherboard for overclocking the Phenom II X4 955BE(with a suitable aftermarket cooler) and also is Crossfire capable.

However if you are not bothered about overclocking and want to run one graphics card only I would get the following setup:

Phenom II X4 955BE ~ £130

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-244-AM

Asus M4A77D ~ £60

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-376-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1482

This motherboard has all solid capacitors.

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB ~ £40

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-081-SA

Corsair CX400W ~ £37

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-CS

NZXT M59 ~ £46

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-020-NX

Gainward GeForce 9800 GT Green Edition 512MB GDDR3 ~ £65

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-109-GW&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=

The total comes to around £378 excluding postage.
 
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i had a long think about it, and i have just orderd these

Product Name Price Qty Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £110.62 1 £110.62
G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL) £72.33 1 £72.33
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £62.12 1 £62.12
NZXT M59 Mid-Tower Windowed Case - Black £39.12 1 £39.12
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £34.03 1 £34.03
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) £31.48 1 £31.48

should be here on monday :D if im lucky maybe friday ? least i wont have to upgrade my pc for awhile now :D thanks for all the info u guys supplied it realy helped out a lot cheers.
 
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