Is this a good build?

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sjballo

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Hi all,

I recently decided to build a new setup (first one from scratch) and have come up with the following components:

AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition Socket AM3 3.2Ghz processor
ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO 785G Socket AM3 motherboard
Crucial 4GB (2x2Gb) DDR3 1333Mhz Ram
XFX 650W XXX Edition Single Rail Modular PSU
Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16Mb cache hard drive
Antec 300 case
Samsung SH-S223 22xDVD RW DL & RAM SATA optical drive

I already have an XFX Radeon 5770 graphics card as well as a Samsung Syncmaster monitor and decent speakers i'm planning on using.

I plan on using this computer for games/multimedia stuff mainly.

Is this a good build for around £400? Any reccomendations/changes/opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for any help
 
Yes it is good, v good, the only possible suggestion would be that if youre thinking of maybe adding a 2nd 5770 later change the mobo for a 790/890 chipset such as this
 
I'm planning to after some of the suggestions on here. I know absolutely nothing about motherboards though, any suggestions?

Thanks again
 
from the review

"This board is the first board to allow for a dual NVIDIA option on an AMD based platform."

so this doesnt mean SLI ?

wots symmetrical? if a board has 2 x16 slots wot am i missing?
 
The chipset determines how many lanes are available, the high end chipsets enable 2x 16 lanes for graphics. although i'm not familiar with the mobo's in question, saying one is not symmetrical would imply the second slot will drag both cards down to x8 speeds in xfire, although im not sure on the specifics of those boards as i've said.
 
"2x PCI Express 2.0 slots (X16, x16)"

so this is fake advertising? im not trying to be funny, i just wanna know that you cant just read wot lanes it shows you, but that you also have to know your chipsets aswell.

this board allows to run 2 different models of GPU together or even 2 different brands together. surely then you can run 2 of the same cards, if you can mix and match? wot am i missing?
 
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Fair enough, its very strange board, its called 870 but is apparently based on 770 chip[set but theyve just completely modded that and done their own thing, no doubt a good board but they really shouldnt label it with a standard chipset, and imo that bit is false advertising, not the fact it does the extra if theyre claiming it im sure it does but they shouldnt really be claiming its a 770 chipset, its clearly not even remotely near a 770 chipset, as that reviws you lniked also states
 
95thrifles said:
Fair enough, its very strange board, its called 870 but is apparently based on 770 chip[set but theyve just completely modded that and done their own thing, no doubt a good board but they really shouldnt label it with a standard chipset, and imo that bit is false advertising, not the fact it does the extra if theyre claiming it im sure it does but they shouldnt really be claiming its a 770 chipset, its clearly not even remotely near a 770 chipset, as that reviws you lniked also states
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"MSI 870A Fuzion AMD 770"

"870A Fuzion" is the model name of the board. it states "AMD 770" as the chipset.
 
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yes and as I say and that review also says, its quite clearly not a 770 chipset is it, as 770 chipsets do not support SLi and do not do symmetrical xfire, nor do they have USB3 or SATA 6Gb/s connections
 
if he wants to crossfire i suggest to go with a "proper" crossfire board
if he wants to sli with an amd cpu get that fuzion :D
 
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