J1000 build help please

Drake22 · 9 Jun 2009 at 16:30

This is what i ve got so far. Is there something i could improve?
Im planning to get 2nd graphics card in about a year, will the PSU be sufficient enough, and will the motherboard be ok?
Im really not sure about asus motherboard, im tempted to change to gigabyte, but then which? ud3r, ud4 or ud5?
Also picked a random a rather random case, donno about that.
Which cooler do i need to be stable at 3.8-4.2 ghz.
And please any advices for monitor (22''), mouse, keyboard, and is there a point getting sound card?

Sorry for so many questions and many thanks in advance guys. Please help me before i place order. And last thing, is there any way to get some discount from overclockers if placing such big order?

lynchy6789 · 9 Jun 2009 at 16:45

change your HDD to Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II

also i would personally go for the Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58

I wouldn't go for the corsair as that one is not modular but if you are good a tidying cables then save so money and it will be fine if not get Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 650W

for the graphics card if your stuck on Nvidia 285GTX try and go for BFG as they have brilliant Customer service but i would go for XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB

Drake22 · 9 Jun 2009 at 16:55

changed harddrive

but why not asus 285? also, why is it J100 cheaper than BFG?
im planning to overclock everything myself

thanks for the reply

lynchy6789 · 9 Jun 2009 at 18:11

J100? The reason why the BFG is slightly more expensive is because it is pre clocked but at £328.99 it is definitely worth another £100. Even for the stock BFG 285 after a quick look cheapest i could find it is £290 so in this case stick with the Asus as not worth the extra. BFG are usually more expensive because they offer a very high customer service.

That Asus is incredibly cheap compare to the others.

However the XFX 4870 X2 will out peform the 285 in games and benchmarks so if you getting it for gaming then i would recommend getting that especially if you have a 24" high resolution .
Here a link so you can look at the graphics

If you want to save money you could look at getting a 4890 then overclock really well and if you brought 2 they would out perform a 295 and only £300.

This is a good buy

You will need an 3rd party heatsink if your planning on overclocking.

What is your budget? What you need?

Edit just read your planning on getting a 2nd G.C i would defiantly go for a 4890 people are getting there Core to 1000mhz