Hey, I'm looking to spend about £550 on a new system, no more really! I've come up with a spec that I'm pretty happy with, but I was wondering what you guys thought? It doesn't really need to be a rocket ship, but as always the faster the better!
This is a complete new build, so if I've missed anything off, please let me know!
COMPONENT NAME PRICE
MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5QL Pro £63.71
GPU: Sapphire ATI Radeon 4670 1gb DDR3 £55.12
CPU: Q8400 £124.75
HDD1: Maxtor STM3250318AS 250GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 8MB Cache £28.98
HDD2: Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache £55.95
RAM: Corsair XMS2 DHX 4gb (2x2gb) £42.99
PSU: OCZ ModXStream 400w Silent PSU £42.30
CASE: Antec 300 Three Hundred Black Case £45.59
OPTICAL: Samsung SH-S223 22X DVD±RW/RAM/DL Serial ATA Black Bare Drive £16.21
SOUND CARD: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 OEM PCI Soundcard £21.52
CPU FAN: Scythe Mini Ninja Socket 478/775/754/939/940/AM2 Heatpipe Cooler £26.82
£523.94
I had thought about going for an I5 or I7 setup, but it look like it would push me way over budget for similar level stuff in the new standards.
Few things I'm wondering about right now are:
Would the PSU listed be powerful enough?
Is the graphics card a good match for the rest of the setup?
Is this CPU fan any good? Ideally I want to overclock it in the future, but at the start I'll probably just leave it be.
Could so with some advice about case fans aswell? I don't know how many to get, what size and 3pin/4pin.
Cheers in advance guys! (Y)
This is a complete new build, so if I've missed anything off, please let me know!
COMPONENT NAME PRICE
MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5QL Pro £63.71
GPU: Sapphire ATI Radeon 4670 1gb DDR3 £55.12
CPU: Q8400 £124.75
HDD1: Maxtor STM3250318AS 250GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 8MB Cache £28.98
HDD2: Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache £55.95
RAM: Corsair XMS2 DHX 4gb (2x2gb) £42.99
PSU: OCZ ModXStream 400w Silent PSU £42.30
CASE: Antec 300 Three Hundred Black Case £45.59
OPTICAL: Samsung SH-S223 22X DVD±RW/RAM/DL Serial ATA Black Bare Drive £16.21
SOUND CARD: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 OEM PCI Soundcard £21.52
CPU FAN: Scythe Mini Ninja Socket 478/775/754/939/940/AM2 Heatpipe Cooler £26.82
£523.94
I had thought about going for an I5 or I7 setup, but it look like it would push me way over budget for similar level stuff in the new standards.
Few things I'm wondering about right now are:
Would the PSU listed be powerful enough?
Is the graphics card a good match for the rest of the setup?
Is this CPU fan any good? Ideally I want to overclock it in the future, but at the start I'll probably just leave it be.
Could so with some advice about case fans aswell? I don't know how many to get, what size and 3pin/4pin.
Cheers in advance guys! (Y)
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