new build for £1400

[dean5752]

hi guys im thinking of building a new system and im currently looking at the following

Asus Crosshair II Formula nForce 780a SLI (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £149.99

Thermaltake VA8003BWS Armour Super Tower - Black
(£99.86) £84.99

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Supplied with Airflow Fan (TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF)
(£93.99) £79.99

Maxtor Diamondmax 22 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (STM31000340AS)
(£92.81) £78.99

Asus GeForce GTX 280 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) -
x2 £569.98

AMD Phenom X4 Quad Core 9950 2.60GHz Black Edition (Socket AM2) -
(£129.24) £109.99

Samsung SH-S223F/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) -
(£19.96) £33.98

Tagan PipeRock TG1100-BZ 1100w Modular BZ Series PSU
(£152.74) £129.99

Sub Total : £1,237.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £219.25
Total : £1,472.10
any help or advice much appreciated

 

[jonnylaris]

personally i'd change the lot :/

hd 4870x2 > gtx 280

q9550 > phenom

samsung > maxtor

ocz > corsair

LGA775 > AM2

thats just a few of the things.

the case isnt bad, neither is the psu, but thats about it

 

[Ben M]

As above really. Intel are currently better than AMD at the moment.

What res do you game at?

maxtor drives have a... reputation. The samsung F1 drives are very fast, if you don't mind spending a bit more, the 1tb WD black is the fastest 1Tb drive though.

Claimed.

 

[dean5752]

thanx for the advice how about this

Product Name

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ)
(£176.22)

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail
(£225.59)

LiteON DH-20A4P-09C 20x DVD±RW IDE Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail
(£37.58)

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Supplied with Airflow Fan (TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF)
(£93.99)

Asus GeForce GTX 280 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£334.86)

Asus Maximus II Formula Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£158.61)

Thermaltake VA8003BWS Armour Super Tower - Black
(£99.86)

Coolermaster Real Power 1000w Modular Power Supply
(£152.74)

Sub Total : £1,088.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £192.82
Total : £1,294.67

 

[Glaucus]

then when you have some more money you can simply add a 2nd 4870x2 although not sure what a crossfire of 2 x 4870x2 would require? Looked on there site but doesn't say.