New Gamin Rig Help!!

Thekwango

Thekwango

Thekwango

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Hey all again, I'm back with the questions.....:)

As said before, I'm looking for a system that'll mainly be used for gaming
So this is what I'm thinking of ordering tomorrow. Any advice or glaring problems? Planning on buying a HD monitor next month, would this set up run most games at highest/high settings
Any advice/criticisms warmly welcomed. Still confused on whether to go C2D or C2Q for gaming so any further input feel free.

P.S. This is a first time build. I know where all the basics go but I'm still reading up on cooling and thermal pastes, O/S installation and such like! Haven't got a far as looking into overclocking!! If I'm being over ambitious feel free to say! Probably wiser to let OC build it for me I know, but I'd love the challenge of getting the thing working myself!


pcbuild3.jpg


jusr realised i need to add cooling probably be Artic Freezer 7
 
Spec looks pretty good :)
The cpu comes with it's own cooler which has thermal paste pre-applied to the heatsink.

Installing the operating system is a case of setting the BIOS to boot from CD and follow on screen instructions.
 
You can get the cheaper 4870, same card but from the looks a better cooler.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-091-PC

For the PSU, the 450W corsair should be fine, you could also look at the coolermaster range, you can get slightly more power for a little extra cash, they are also modular

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-150-CM

Also the kingston hyper ram on offer looks to be pretty good, slightly cheaper than the ocz

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-039-KS

As for the cooler, look at the sunbeam CPU cooler on offer, the reviews suggest it's good for the price

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-000-TQ
 
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