Is this amd build ok?

Darren1984 · 1 Jun 2009 at 21:24

Hi all, my mate has offered to buy my e8400 duo based pc i built a few months ago, and i fancied trying an amd build anyways, so i sold it, for the price it cost me to build, so i didnt loose out really.

Since this is my first amd build I would be thankful if you could take a look at it and let me know a) is everything compatable, b) should i change anything, and c) have i missed anything out :O

Thanks in advance.

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Darren1984 · 1 Jun 2009 at 21:26

.... and d) how do I post a better link to my shopping cart

95thrifles · 1 Jun 2009 at 21:27

instead of using ["URL"] use ["IMG"] that will actually display the image in full straight in the post
build looks v good, only one thing to change is the DVD drive, get one with a SATA connections instead of IDE

RJC · 1 Jun 2009 at 21:29

Looking good, I would change the GPU to one of these clicky and the memory looks a tad exspensive.

95thrifles · 1 Jun 2009 at 21:30

ahh yeah dint see that, good call

Blackhorse · 1 Jun 2009 at 21:34

95thrifles said:
instead of using ["URL"] use ["IMG"] that will actually display the image in full straight in the post
build looks v good, only one thing to change is the DVD drive, get one with a SATA connections instead of IDE

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icey_haj · 1 Jun 2009 at 21:52

This my friend is the way to go, and is cheaper than your spec. :cool:

phytal · 1 Jun 2009 at 21:54

Hey why not jump the i7 lane you can configure a pc with that kinda of money!!!!!!!!

Darren1984 · 1 Jun 2009 at 21:58

phytal said:
Hey why not jump the i7 lane you can configure a pc with that kinda of money!!!!!!!!

Because I dont think it would give me any gaming performance increase at all? and it would be the 920 i7 which would actually run slower for day to day things? Or have i got that wrong.

Plec · 1 Jun 2009 at 22:01

You're right you have had some solid suggestions for your money. You know what you want out of your system and the components you've had selected will be very capable for your needs and they have the benefit of being cheaper ,overall, than an i7 equivalent. (if you dropped that memory that is

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RJC · 1 Jun 2009 at 22:03

Link below to a review of the AMD 955 CPU.
http://www.techspot.com/review/162-amd-phenom2-x4-955/

Darren1984 · 1 Jun 2009 at 22:03

Okies I think it will go for this:

Changed the gpu, dvd, added cpu fan, gunna keep the over priced priced ram i think, I have it on this pc and I like it

RJC · 1 Jun 2009 at 22:08

Just for a comparison a I7 spec, some sacrifices but give's an idea.

Asus ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (90-C1CLT0-S0UAY00Z) £235.99
(£205.21) £235.99
(£205.21)

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £225.99
(£196.51) £225.99
(£196.51)

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £145.99
(£126.95) £145.99
(£126.95)

Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £94.99
(£82.60) £94.99
(£82.60)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £85.99
(£74.77) £85.99
(£74.77)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £83.98
(£73.03) £83.98
(£73.03)

Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600LLK) £68.99
(£59.99) £68.99
(£59.99)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £68.99
(£59.99) £68.99
(£59.99)

Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77) Sub Total : £893.82 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £135.95 Total : £1,042.27

icey_haj · 1 Jun 2009 at 22:08

Darren go for the Western Digital Black 1TB hard drive, it will be quicker than that Green one.

Plec · 1 Jun 2009 at 22:08

It looks great - but as mentioned before that memory does stick out - you must really love that stuff

Darren1984 · 1 Jun 2009 at 22:20

Opps i dont have that ram after all, just checked my old orders and its this ram i bought last time. My bad

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-148-CS

Ok so Ive changed the green hard disk to the black hard disk, and got rid of the over priced ram. So which ram should I go for? The one linked above? Or should i go for ddr3?

Thanks again your all the help

icey_haj · 1 Jun 2009 at 22:23

You have to go for Dual Channel DDR3 for that AMD setup.

This would be good.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-049-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

Plec · 1 Jun 2009 at 22:23

Darren1984 said:
Ok so Ive changed the green hard disk to the black hard disk, and got rid of the over priced ram. So which ram should I go for?

Good decision regarding the HDD and the Kingston memory Haj suggested would be fine.

Edit: he beat me to it

Darren1984 · 1 Jun 2009 at 22:34

Okies so now its looking like

Any final suggestions before i hit buy ?

Plec · 1 Jun 2009 at 22:40

Not really, that looks like a lot of entertainment and great value.

You could drop the VISTA and experiment with Windows 7? If you like it you can update next year to the retail edition - if you don't buy the VISTA.

It's a great OS and most things that run on 64 bit Vista will run on Win 7 64.