New build advice

neit

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I'm looking and putting together my first build and I am looking for
some advice on the specs I have chosen. I will not be into any
serious overclocking.

Case: Coolermaster Storm 'Scout'
Processor: Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz - Retail (I believe comes with stock cooler)
Motherboard: MSI P55-GD65 Intel P55
Video Card: XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5
Memory: OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel
Harddrive: Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM
Optical drive: Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
PSU: Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM

Also is there anything else I would require like thermal paste, as I am not
sure what is included with the processor.

I will probably rely on the oc genie on the motherboard if I do decide to try and overclock

Any feedback would be great.

Thanks
 
Yes, the retail version of that cpu comes with cooler and thermal paste already applied. Although I'd suggest getting an after market cpu cooler if you plan on overclocking. This can be done at a later date, if you wish.
 
Unless you plan on Crossfiring another 4890 later, i cant see you needing more than a 650W Psu, if your planning to Crossfire, 750W should be fine. With the money you save i would suggest swapping the HDD you have selected for a 1TB Samsung F3.
 
Thank for the advice so far I was originally looking at hx750, but thought the extra
power would be required in future. I don't really intend to use crossfire and down the line
I would probably prefer to upgrade to 1 better GPU than go for crossfire.

Storage is not a huge concern most of my data will be stored on network drives
and I was looking at the 320gb drive which is now out of stock. I currently only have
120gb drive which has 25gb free so I cannot see me ever needing more than 750gb.
 
If I went for the oem processor and bought the
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler I assume it comes
with thermal past or would I need to buy anything further.
Would it have any effect if I also switched to hx750w psu
 
Yeah it comes with thermal paste, i would still buy some TX-3 or something like that but it probs wont make that much difference. The 750W PSU is still overkill fot that system and you will see no difference between a 550W or a 1000W with this build so i would go even further and go for a HX650
 
On the above advice the following would be fine.
It will be getting mostly used for some image editing
and gaming (COD:MW and possibly BFBC2).

Case: Coolermaster Storm 'Scout'
Processor: Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz - oem
Motherboard: MSI P55-GD65 Intel P55
Video Card: XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5
Memory: OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel
Harddrive: Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM
Optical drive: Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler
Arctic Cooling MX-3 Thermal Compound
PSU: Corsair HX 650W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM
 
Is there any real benefit from going with modular psu over a non modular one.
Apart from less cables to tidy away and probably better airflow
 
neit said:
Is there any real benefit from going with modular psu over a non modular one.
Apart from less cables to tidy away and probably better airflow
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nope , the one i linked is semi-modular so there isnt a lot of difference in that department but its a very good quality PSU
 
Final build choice which I have now ordered.

Made a few changes to previous list with faster ram,
smaller hdd, decided to keep the hx750w and went for
the coolermaster hyper 212 plus cpu cooler.

Hopefully the setup will go smoothly.

Case: Coolermaster Storm 'Scout'
Processor: Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz - oem
Motherboard: MSI P55-GD65 Intel P55
Video Card: XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5
OCZ Gold Low Voltage 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Optical drive: Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
CPU COOLER: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus
Arctic Cooling MX-3 Thermal Compound
PSU: Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM

Choice of cooler was an issue as most around the £20 to £30 mark
where sold out so had to order it on amazon.
 
u know its only 4 pounds more to get the F3 500gb hard drive , but yeh good build ,i'd still change the psu but if u dont want to thats fine its not the end of the world :P
 
Thanks everyone for the advice
Did'nt know it was only only £4 dearer but storage is not a huge concern for me at this moment.
As for the psu I decided to go with 750hx incase I start adding futher
components down the line.
 
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