new build spec advice

[ian8683]

Hi guys not been on here in a while anyway a friend wants a build for all round entertainment and quickly came up with this build which is similar to mine which i have had no problems with as of yet. Most of the time he will be using cubase 5 and 'reason 4' on this system.

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599)

Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard

Antec TruePower New Modular 550W Power Supply

Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMD4GX3M2A1600C9)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS)

Samsung SH-S222A/BEBE 22x DVD±RW IDE Rewriter (Black) - OEM

all comes to roughly £680 inc delivery

if anyone knows a cheaper option or any advice on other components plz let me know
thanks.

 

[Jony27]

could swap the gpu to gtx 460,ram to corsair xms3, and psu+case to cooler master 430 with the 500w elite psu for £62

 

[ian8683]

Thanks mate will have a look when I get back

 

[Jony27]

btw, that mobo you selected do crossfire in 8x/8x
swap it for this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-134-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1782 since your selecting a NVdia card which makes the crossfire feature useless.