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[blueplayer]

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 Dual DVI (PCI-Express) -


AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail


Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard


OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply

Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB USB2.0 External Hard Drive

OCZ Platinum AM3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM

Zalman CNPS9500-AM2 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) Zalman

Akasa Rev.4 Zen Case - Black (No PSU) Akasa Rev.4 Zen Case - Black (No

Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) -

(£16.51)


Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound

can anyone for see any probs please

 

[RJC]

Looks ok, you could drop the PSU down a size and perhaps go for the WD 640 Hard drive - Clicky.

 

[DavyBoy]

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 Dual DVI (PCI-Express) -


AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail


Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard


OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply

Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB USB2.0 External Hard Drive

OCZ Platinum AM3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM

Zalman CNPS9500-AM2 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) Zalman

Akasa Rev.4 Zen Case - Black (No PSU) Akasa Rev.4 Zen Case - Black (No

Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) -

(£16.51)


Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound

can anyone for see any probs please

I would change your HSF if I were you...

I have the CNPS9700NT HSF, and it was OK for my old Athlon Dual Core, but I now have it cooling my i7 920, and it isn't doing a very good job at all...

There are plenty other coolers out there that will perform a lot better than the Zalman..

Like this...

Along with this 120mm fan

That will be a lot better than a Zalman CNPS9500 thats for sure... Also it can be used on pretty much all CPU sockets, so if you decided to switch over to an i7 platform, you just need to buy the LGA1366 bracket for this HSF and it can be installed onto your new rig without any problems at all...

Apart from the HSF I can't see anything wrong with your spec list... it should make for a fairly decent gaming rig IMO...