My Build

Ryan-3 · 28 Sep 2009 at 20:53

Hi, This will be my first build and was wondering what anyone would change about this. I am getting a 700W as I will be putting a second 4890 in at a later date. I will be following the guide on the site, so is there any tips for this?

BUT The Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB

Makes it £703(ish)

Randomface74 · 28 Sep 2009 at 20:55

isn't that a slow hard drive?

marley82 · 28 Sep 2009 at 20:56

worth considering the 5850 is u can stretch another £65. newer tech, DX11 and v.good cards by the looks of it. sit all over the 4890

95thrifles · 28 Sep 2009 at 20:56

yeah looks good except for the HDD, thats more of a storage drive than a boot drive, either Samsung F3 or Western Digital Caviar Black

Ryan-3 · 28 Sep 2009 at 20:59

Okay, I'll change the drive, but cannot stretch the extra for a 5000 series ATI

Mum's paying

But £700 max :mad:

Stretch alittle more for the HDD

nitr0uk · 28 Sep 2009 at 21:00

Yea change the hard drive to either one of the two suggested by 95thrifles

Ryan-3 · 28 Sep 2009 at 21:02

Yeah, I'm putting the F3 in. I didn't think that the Hard drive had much to do with performance.

PermaBanned · 28 Sep 2009 at 21:07

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £198.98
(£173.03) £198.98
(£173.03)
Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £126.99
(£110.43) £126.99
(£110.43)
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £92.99
(£80.86) £92.99
(£80.86)
G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM) £67.99
(£59.12) £67.99
(£59.12)
Be Quiet! Straight Power 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant Power Supply £66.99
(£58.25) £66.99
(£58.25)
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £52.99
(£46.08) £52.99
(£46.08)
Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775) £48.99
(£42.60) £48.99
(£42.60)
NZXT BETA Classic Series Case - Black (No PSU) £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)
Sony Optiarc AD-7241S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe Optical Drive (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51)
Sub Total : £621.65
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 : £95.12
Total : £729.27

Cooler is personal choice, play around with it and i'm sure you can make it fit in budget

Ryan-3 · 28 Sep 2009 at 21:12

Thanks, I have played around with it. You forgot the operating system

Mine is now:

I also kept the case as i like the standard useful case

Thanks to 'Superewza' I have a better boarda and GPU.

I'll only overclock to about 3.2Ghz, will it be OK with a stock cooler?

PermaBanned · 28 Sep 2009 at 21:38

Optical drive i would get the one i posted, better for £2.

If you're not planning on doing crossfire then there's really nothing wrong with any of the AM3 boards. If you are then x16 x16 is the best.

The 335 is a better case and i believe it's cheaper. Will see a noticeable difference between this and NZXT Beta.

Deific · 28 Sep 2009 at 23:21

see my post below

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.G0 · 28 Sep 2009 at 23:25

Ditch the sammy HD and get yourself a caviar black, faster and MUCH more reliable!!

Deific · 28 Sep 2009 at 23:29

I'd say get the hitachi p7k500, it's the fastest 500gb drive on benches.

Deific · 28 Sep 2009 at 23:39

Infact best thing to do is get the coolermaster 335 instead, get this mobo, change your drive to this and then you'll be able to afford this quad core which out-performs intels Q9650. The mobo you've chosen, you don't need. Go for the cheaper one I listed.

That should put you at £720, and you now have a good quad core, a faster hard drive, and a board which is perfectly suited.

Temi_D · 28 Sep 2009 at 23:45

isnt the 334 an m-atx case?

95thrifles · 28 Sep 2009 at 23:51

Hey Ryan

Your last spec looks good, but as Temi says that case is mATX (I should have spotted this first myself, sry) get the 335, its still a nice compact case but takes full ATX, Ive used one recently myself
The Samsung drive youve specced is fine, the new F3s use 500gig platters and thus are faster than the older (F1) models using 320/250gig platters, also samsungs ARE reliable so dont worry about that
The sony optical drive is a bit better than the samsung but not much in it, your call
Enjoy your build, it should rock

Deific · 28 Sep 2009 at 23:52

Temi_D said:
isnt the 334 an m-atx case?

^

He's right actually go crazy and splash 2 quid extra on 335

Evil^ · 29 Sep 2009 at 07:06

.G0 said:
Ditch the sammy HD and get yourself a caviar black, faster and MUCH more reliable!!

Agreed, I purchased 2 Black 500's and there amazing!
I've had many a problem with Samsung drives but WD have always been quite reliable for me

Ryan-3 · 29 Sep 2009 at 16:05

Thanks for all of the feedback. I'm playing around with your ideas, and seeing which one's will be best to put in.

Ryan-3 · 29 Sep 2009 at 16:11

Okay, here's what have concocted with all of your feedback.

But I am pushing it, anything I could make cheaper, or should I just go with the tri-core + good cooling?