New build suggestions/advice

coneypark · 18 Nov 2008 at 21:06

Hi,

I am thinking of doing a brand new build within the next month or so and was looking for some suggestions as to components to use.

The PC will be used a lot for burning CD's, Internet, Office and playing games as well. I have a 24" Dell monitor that I will be keeping along with the mouse, keyboard,speakers and don't need an operating system either.

I am happy overclock the system but my main concern is relating to hard drives. I don't really need huge amounts of storage space but I do want fast hard drives so any suggestions in relations to what you think would be best way to set the hard drives up and recommendations for nice fast drives would be appreciated

Only thing I think I have made my mind up over is the case. Looking at getting
Silverstone Fortress FT01B-W Tower Case

Was also think of getting an ATI 4870 graphics card.

So any suggestions/advice would be much appreciated. Just want a fast system for about £800 max-thats including the case.

Thanks for looking.

John

Thanh55 · 18 Nov 2008 at 21:17

The case you chose its super.

RJC · 18 Nov 2008 at 21:21

Thanh55 you need to take a screen shot of your basket and post that or copy and paste the contents.

Thanh55 · 18 Nov 2008 at 21:24

RJC said:
Thanh55 you need to take a screen shot of your basket and post that or copy and paste the contents.

Sorry, will do it.

RJC · 18 Nov 2008 at 21:26

Product NameQtyPriceLine Tota
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Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4870 "Golden Sample" 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail£173.99
(£204.44) £173.99
(£204.44)

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB) - Retail£139.99
(£164.49) £139.99
(£164.49)

Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard£94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)£61.99
(£72.84) £61.99
(£72.84)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD642JJ)£41.99
(£49.34) £41.99
(£49.34)

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB)£39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)

Samsung SH-S223Q/BEBN 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM£15.99
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79) Sub Total : £568.93Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL @ Home Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout)Shipping : £9.99VAT is being charged at 17.5%VAT : £101.31 Total : £680.23

How does the above look

coneypark · 18 Nov 2008 at 21:34

Cool-thanks for the suggestions. I've heard a few people say that the Asus boards aren't as good as the used to be so had been looking at Gigabyte boards again but happy to look at any suggestons.

Also, the har drive you picked is that know as a fast hard drive?

Thanks

RJC · 18 Nov 2008 at 21:45

I have the 320gb Samsung F1 and I had no problems and seems to one of my fatest drives I have had, I think these have a higher density disc or single platter, also the WD range is good.

Motherboard was / has been recommeded around here a lot, again Gigabyte boards are good, it's down to personal choice, started the ball rolling

coneypark · 18 Nov 2008 at 22:01

Yip - thanks for the suggestions- it's good to get pther peoples suggestions. I had heard that the Samsung 1TB and the WD Blue 640 drivers were good but not sure. Always seems to be the hard drives that slow my systems down so that's why I really want to try and get the best combination.