My new build

Sharlaw · 22 Sep 2008 at 17:01

Below is my new build that I'm looking at, at the moment.
If anyone has any advice or comments. Please feel free to give them

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

GeIL 8GB (4x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB28GB6400C4QC)

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)

Asus ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Zalman CNPS9700-LED CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB) - Retail

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)

Asus DRW-2014S1T 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Rewriter (Black) - OEM

Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black)

Pilky01 · 22 Sep 2008 at 17:37

8gb if ram is an overkill.
That heatsink isnt that great

Meloco · 22 Sep 2008 at 18:18

change ram to a higher speed and about 4gb.. also change the cpu cooler to an arctic freezer pro 7, or something similar in price

AlexTrickle · 22 Sep 2008 at 18:32

8Gb provides little benefit to 4Gb and as above, use the saved money upgrading to better overclocking ram (if that is what you want).

Also if you're thinking of ever going crossfire then the 520W PSU won't be enough. I'd upgrade to the 620W version so to account for expansion.

ACESHIGH · 22 Sep 2008 at 19:15

AlexTrickle said:
8Gb provides little benefit to 4Gb and as above, use the saved money upgrading to better overclocking ram (if that is what you want).

Also if you're thinking of ever going crossfire then the 520W PSU won't be enough. I'd upgrade to the 620W version so to account for expansion.

Yep, good ideas.

Sharlaw · 23 Sep 2008 at 09:06

Ok so I'll change the memory to:
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB8500C5DC)

Change the PSU to:
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)

What would you advise for HSF, I'm not sure which ones would fit?

Sharlaw · 23 Sep 2008 at 10:10

Also is it worth considering the E8600 over the E8500, is the performance increase worth the extra money?

Major_Disaster · 23 Sep 2008 at 10:14

Sharlaw said:
Ok so I'll change the memory to:
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB8500C5DC)

Change the PSU to:
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)

What would you advise for HSF, I'm not sure which ones would fit?

Exactly what i was about to advise... good choice!

As for HSF... Freezer 7 Pro is always a solid choice. Other than that... Thermalright or Zalam personally.