New computer spec - First home build

Peter_C

Peter_C

Peter_C

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Hi there Overclockers!

Normally when it came to buy a new computer it would be off to the store to get a premade one. However, this year I spent my work experience at Overclockers and it got me hooked on system building. Since then I have built for 3 of my friends...

Anyway, the time has come for me to get rid of my Sempron 3000+ PC (which, to be frank, is awful). Budget is £350 for the rig (which my Dad is paying for) and then I buy GFX and whatnot.

This is what I was thinking for the main rig:

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Any improvements made to that list would be appreciated.

I already have - Peripherals, Win 7, DVD R/RW.

For graphics I thought that seeing as my monitor's native resolution is only 1280x1078 a 5770 would be enough? I was also going to buy a cooler so if anyone could suggest an effective, relatively cheap one which would allow me to overclock a little.

Thanks for any help :)
 
5770 is great at that res, it doesn't do badly at 1920x1080 :) you could go for the 5750 to save some more money.

You would get a small overclock on the standard cooler but it may not be very quiet, you should be able to achieve 3.2ghz on stock I would think

And definitely the samsung spinpoint F3 drive, they are really good and quiet
 
made a better basket for you.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line
Total
G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3
PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
(F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM) £88.11
(£74.99)
£88.11
(£74.99)
Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 AMD 870 (Socket
AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £84.99
(£72.33)
£84.99
(£72.33)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 635 2.90GHz
(Socket AM3) - Retail £76.36
(£64.99)
£76.36
(£64.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB
Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £34.99
(£29.78)
£34.99
(£29.78)
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply
(CMPSU-400CXUK) £30.54
(£25.99)
£30.54
(£25.99)
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £26.99
(£22.97)
£26.99
(£22.97)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler
(Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366) £16.99
(£14.46)
£16.99
(£14.46)
Sub
Total : £305.51
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 : £55.52
Total : £372.78
 
danewesley said:
Or a cheap intel build, could get a 460 for this then, i know overkill but you never know.

*pic*
Click to expand...

The only reason I'm really getting a new computer is because I keep borrowing my Dad's Q6600. However, it's a good excuse to upgrade graphics from *prepare to be amazed* Radeon X1650.

So yeah, quad core is necessary. If it wasn't though I would almost definitely go for an i3, they overclock like crazy.
 
Sorry for double post but here is what basket looks like now:

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Embarrassingly discovered that my old DVD RW will not work because it is connected using IDE. Quick google search discovered that IDE-SATA costs as much as a new drive so yeah.

In my basket there is the Powercolour 5770, Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler, Arctic Silver 5 3.5 grams paste.

I will put them in the same basket eventually to save on shipping, but any improvements that can be made?
 
Spec looks good, you will not need the Arctic Silver as the freezer comes pre-applied with good thermal paste.
 
Sorry for bumping this up again.

Hopefully ordering this tomorrow, but my Dad would like to know what advantages the suggested motherboard holds over the one I originally picked.

Thanks for any help.

EDIT: Just realised the board in question is now out of stock...

Could someone please suggest an alternative?
 
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