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DazWass

DazWass

DazWass

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This Is Something I built earlier and just wondering if there is anything missing or needed, or that could be changed.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.98
(£102.11) £119.98
(£102.11)
Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600ELK) £114.99
(£97.86) £114.99
(£97.86)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £72.99
(£62.12) £72.99
(£62.12)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £64.99
(£55.31) £64.99
(£55.31)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £40.98
(£34.88) £40.98
(£34.88)
Sony Optiarc AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.46) £16.99
(£14.46)
Sub Total : £545.44
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £97.51
Total : £654.70

I alredy have a screen, speakers and OS
 
A triple channel memory kit is no good, has to be dual channel.

Swap the 965 for a 955, the 200mhz isn't worth the cost.
 
Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600ELK) £114.99
(£97.86) £114.99

Thats the only thing I would change tbh. Get dual chan mem save around £20 and buy this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-029-CM
Stock coolers for the phenom are good however that coolers is better and quieter!

Memory

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-026-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Think 4Gb will be sufficient.

Wait for some1 else to ave a look first then purchase :)

Edit: second the vote for 955!
 
This is what i have got now

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £135.99
(£115.74) £135.99
(£115.74)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.98
(£102.11) £119.98
(£102.11)
Patriot Sector 5 Viper II 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel + 3D Mark Vantage (PVV34G1600LLKB) £76.99
(£65.52) £76.99
(£65.52)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £72.99
(£62.12) £72.99
(£62.12)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £64.99
(£55.31) £64.99
(£55.31)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £40.98
(£34.88) £40.98
(£34.88)
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1156/1366) £19.99
(£17.01) £19.99
(£17.01)
Sony Optiarc AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.46) £16.99
(£14.46)
Sub Total : £518.20
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £92.74
Total 622.69

I wasnt planning on using this for game but might in the near future, would this run most modern games like mw 2
 
Would run MW 2 just fine but you may need to update the graphics card if you plan on extremely heavy gaming (like Crysis at 1080p with everything set to max).

For casual it should be great.
 
Well i have switch the AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition for the AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 965 Black Edition and also put in the Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5850 "Dirt2 Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card for Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
 
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5850 "Dirt2 Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.98
(£178.71) £209.98
(£178.71)
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Patriot Sector 5 Viper II 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel + 3D Mark Vantage (PVV34G1600LLKB) £76.99
(£65.52) £76.99
(£65.52)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £72.99
(£62.12) £72.99
(£62.12)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £64.99
(£55.31) £64.99
(£55.31)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £40.98
(£34.88) £40.98
(£34.88)
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1156/1366) £19.99
(£17.01) £19.99
(£17.01)
Sony Optiarc AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.46) £16.99
(£14.46)
Sub Total : £564.16
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £100.92
Total : £677.58

Current Build ^
 
That graphics card will handle pretty much everything, just make sure your CPU doesn't get slow enough to bottleneck it.

You could also get a slightly better cooler and overclock the CPU.
 
Excellent. You can save money by not getting the aftermarket cooler, the retail one will allow some overclocking.
 
You overclock using the BIOS if you know what that is (part of the motherboard), you have to adjust the speed settings yourself though.

I wouldn't recommend going too far unless you know what you're doing though. (And have decent cooling)
 
It doesn't do it itself, you have to manually alter the frequencies or the fsb, or CPU multiplier, and maybe adjust voltages to get it stable.

Sounds like you wont ever be doing this, so just use the stock cooler.
 
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