New build - suggestions welcome

Troezar · 11 Apr 2010 at 20:24

I've been researching this for a while and have come to a build I think will meet my needs, mix of gaming, internet, office work with a bit of encoding watching blu-rays; a good allrounder.

I've added the odd comment as to why I went for a component, please offer alternatives if you think I've missed something. I'm trying to keep under £1600...

Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £224.99

Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case - Black £209.98

Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA-II (SSDSA2MH080G2C1) £189.99

BenQ V2410 Eco 24" Widescreen LED Monitor £179.99

AMD X6 (Socket AM3) - Retail approx £200

Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H 890GX (AM3) substitute the FX version £109.99

G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz £99.99

Samsung SH-B083L/RSBP 8x BluRay ROM /16x DVD±RW Drive(Retail) £80.99

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK)enough for 2x 5850 later? £79.99

Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler better bet than aircooling? £66.99

Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card (90-YAA060-1UAN00Z) £59.98

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache -OEM (HD502HJ)£44.99

Approx Total : £1,575

stulid · 11 Apr 2010 at 20:49

if you brought the corsair performance bundle, you get the case, psu and H50 cooler for cheaper.

Fallen god · 11 Apr 2010 at 21:01

Yea you should take a look at the bundle it also comes with a modular PSU

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-002-CS&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=1489

Also take a look at a 1TB F3, I think its worth it for an extra £20 and it comes with double cache.

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £65.99

Troezar · 11 Apr 2010 at 21:10

Cheers I'll look at the bundle again, I had thought 850W might be too much for what I needed but may be worth the £20 extra...

I had missed the 1TB F3 had more cache, thanks will update accordingly

stulid · 11 Apr 2010 at 21:15

you were looking at the wrong bundle.

there's two with slightly different psu's.

the one linked is the cheap one, with the 650w psu.

Fallen god · 11 Apr 2010 at 21:16

Look at the one that cost £340.99 inc VAT not the other one.

Troezar · 11 Apr 2010 at 21:40

Doh! Didn't see the other one, cheers that looks a good deal. I knew it was worth asking for ideas

Fallen god · 11 Apr 2010 at 23:12

Ive been reading a lot of review and benchmarks on coolers and i have to say the Titan is such a great cooler and its almost always comes out on top, just less than half the price of the H-50.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cooling/2009/05/17/titan-fenrir-ttcnk85tz-cou-cooler/4

stulid · 11 Apr 2010 at 23:22

but that corsair bundle is about £10 cheaper, than if he got the case(£210), psu(hx version £110) and the Fenrir(£30)

Fallen god · 11 Apr 2010 at 23:29

stulid said:
but that corsair bundle is about £10 cheaper, than if he got the case(£210), psu(hx version £110) and the Fenrir(£30)

Ohh my bad i kinda forget about the whole bundle thingy LMAO.

Troezar · 12 Apr 2010 at 07:21

Any opinions on the H50? Really just after effective and quietish cooling, looking for a decent 24/7 overclock. Of course that will depend how hot the X6 chips get...

Troezar · 12 Apr 2010 at 18:19

Shameless bump...any other thoughts on the components in the first post?

stulid · 12 Apr 2010 at 19:11

no more replies must mean its perfect.

which it is.

Troezar · 12 Apr 2010 at 19:47

stulid said:
no more replies must mean its perfect.

which it is.

Why thank you

seems all the reading around has paid off...don't tell the gf I'm on here again!

Fallen god · 12 Apr 2010 at 20:28

Troezar said:
Why thank you seems all the reading around has paid off...don't tell the gf I'm on here again!

Haha, Just have to wait and see how good those 6-core AMDs are now.

Troezar · 14 Apr 2010 at 18:55

Hmm well looking at the results so far I may not go for the X6. I was after a platform that would last a while and power future graphics upgrades. May be I should go I7 930 as I guess the AM3 platform won't be compatible with Bulldozer so there will be no more cpu upgrades and the current most powerful CPU may last me longer?