New build spec

I have ordered all the kit guys thankyou for your help. Will let you know if it all goes well..
 
Power supply is 480watt Tagan I'm gussing this is going to be OK?

Also I have ordered the 'Gainward GeForce 9800 GT Green Edition' I'm a bit concerned since its so cheap? Is the performance OK? I mean i'm not expecting high end stuff but for exsisting games and oldies im hoping it will be playable?

Also connecting to screen with a VGA cable is that bad? is it worth moving to dvi? my screen only seems to have a VGA input?
 
|cJ| said:
Power supply is 480watt Tagan I'm gussing this is going to be OK?

Also I have ordered the 'Gainward GeForce 9800 GT Green Edition' I'm a bit concerned since its so cheap? Is the performance OK? I mean i'm not expecting high end stuff but for exsisting games and oldies im hoping it will be playable?

Also connecting to screen with a VGA cable is that bad? is it worth moving to dvi? my screen only seems to have a VGA input?
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BTW,what parts did you order??

Also Gainward are a good company and the 9800GT is a capable card for the price.

You should able to play most modern games at between 1280X1024 and 1680X1050 with a 9800GT with decent settings AFAIK.
 
What I ordered is as follows:

Phenom II X2 550BE
Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-US2H
Patriot Sector 5 Viper II 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel
Gainward GeForce 9800 GT Green Edition
Samsung F3 500GB

Could I get some feed back about VGA vs DVI & power supply please to?
 
Yes thats the one! is it ok? Also do I have any overclocking options with this new kit?
 
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Bump :)

Also does anyone know, will the GFX card block the PCI slot next to it? because it takes two spaces? Its not the end of the world since I only need one pci slot
 
|cJ| said:
Yes thats the one! is it ok? Also do I have any overclocking options with this new kit?
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The Gigabyte motherboard has ACC so you could try unlocking the CPU to a triple or quad core if you are lucky. If you do unlock the CPU I would not try any overclocking with the stock cooler. If the CPU cannot be unlocked you should be able to do some overclocking on the stock cooler.

However I would install CPU-Z when you get the CPU to check what stepping it is though. The PSU should do the job but I would be bit careful with going mad on the overclocking as overclocking and unlocking will increase the power consumption of the CPU and the PSU seems to be around 5 years old from what I can see.

|cJ| said:
Bump :)

Also does anyone know, will the GFX card block the PCI slot next to it? because it takes two spaces? Its not the end of the world since I only need one pci slot
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The Gainward 9800GT Green Edition has a dual slot cooler so it would block the PCI slot next to it AFAIK.
 
Thanks for your help, will let you know if everything works! Am hoping since I have Green GFX card n Harddisk (got the Samsung EcoGreen F3 500GB SATA-II) that PSU will be OK I'm Only running 1 HD and 1 cd drive to..
 
Guys I have brought 2 motherboards by mistake because I thought I got the wrong one.. Anyway which one is going to be better performance wise? I'll return the other unopened.. I'm thinking the ASUS? thanks

Asus M4A785TD-M Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX Motherboard [90-MIBAD0-G0EAY00Z]

Gigabyte GA-MA770T-ES3 MA770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard [GA-MA770T-ES3]
 
|cJ| said:
Guys I have brought 2 motherboards by mistake because I thought I got the wrong one.. Anyway which one is going to be better performance wise? I'll return the other unopened.. I'm thinking the ASUS? thanks

Asus M4A785TD-M Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 microATX Motherboard [90-MIBAD0-G0EAY00Z]

Gigabyte GA-MA770T-ES3 MA770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard [GA-MA770T-ES3]
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I would probably keep the Asus even though it is a mATX motherboard. The Gigabyte does have better onboard sound though AFAIK.
 
mATX just means the size of the MB yes? ie smaller with few PCI slots?

I have a sound card so wont be using the onboard sound, also I think the asus will use less power than the Gigabyte? which is good considering my PSU is not so new..?

I have read a review of the ASUS and its really positive so think ill go with that, also has more RAM slots
 
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