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Dave Hedgehog

Dave Hedgehog

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Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £139.16
Coolermaster HAF X with Coolermaster GX 750W PSU £137.49
Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £133.32
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 975 Black Edition "140W Edition" 3.60GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £124.99
OCZ Vertex 2 "25nm Edition" 80GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTX80G) £99.99
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £95.82
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £66.66
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £34.99
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £24.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £14.99

Sub Total: £886.56
Shipping: £22.20
Total Vat: £181.75
Total inc Vat: £1,090.51

General thoughts? I found the graphics card the hardest to choose as I currently use a 4870 and am happy with it, and so I didn't know how much to spend.
 
its ordered now, so my thoughts are irrelevant.

did you buy the win7 and HDD bundle to save money? or individually.
 
I wouldn't say that, any comments appreciated no matter how critical.
I did see the bundle in the past but didn't see it when putting it together just now, my impatience got the better of me.
 
Dave Hedgehog said:
I wouldn't say that, any comments appreciated no matter how critical.
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You've made your choices - you're just inviting potential grief and it may spoil how you feel about your build.

However, if you're asking because you may want to change your order - then an i5 2500K would have been possible with component adjustments.

EDIT: Sorry meant to edit other post.
 
Ah well, its ordered now - but tbh I would have suggested changing a lot.

For one thing a budget which can support a £140 AM3 board + a £125 Phenom II X4 CPU could have instead have bought a P67 board and a much faster Intel Sandy Bridge i5 2500K CPU.

The PSU is also not great (review here). Instead I would have suggested you spend more on a quality unit.

As mentioned by stulid, you could have saved some money with an OS+HDD bundle.

The rest is pretty good value.

Any chance you can cancel the order without any cost, or has it already shipped?
 
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Ok, to rub it in, you could have done this.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £203.99
(£169.99) £203.99
(£169.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £137.99
(£114.99) £137.99
(£114.99)
Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case & GX 750w Power Supply Bundle £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £98.39
(£81.99) £98.39
(£81.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
(£57.00) £68.40
(£57.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £862.24
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 20.00% VAT : £174.95
Total : £1,049.69

I can make the price £1010 if Crossfire was something that didnt bother you, as there are cheaper motherboards.
 
Ok
So this:

Coolermaster HAF X with Coolermaster GX 750W PSU £137.49 1 £137.49
Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £133.32 1 £133.32
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99 1 £169.99
OCZ Vertex 2 "25nm Edition" 80GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTX80G) £99.99 1 £99.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £81.99 1 £81.99
Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £114.99 1 £114.99
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £34.99 1 £34.99
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £139.99 1 £139.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £14.99 1 £14.99
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.16 1 £14.16
DPD Next Day Parcel: £22.20
VAT: £168.72
Order Total: £1132.82
 
IHMO that is a much better spec - but I would still review that PSU decision. Have a good read of this review and decide whether you want this powering your £1000+ worth of kit.

I would suggest having a look at this monitor - it is £10 cheaper and not really any different from the one you chose apart from aesthetics. That £10 would help you buy a much better quality PSU like this.
 
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Sorry yeah I left it out as it is really cheap haha honestly I use steam for all my games, so a cheap drive is ok with me.

I rang up and changed my order - they were really nice about it.
 
Thanks for all the advice, like I said, I am not very experienced with these things.
It was a bit of a change of trousers situation when you pointed out the rather significant performance difference. And I have taken on board the PSU choice
 
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