PC spec for a friend

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A friend of mine wants to replace his ageing PC, so far have come up with this:

Case: Antec 300
CPU: Q9550
HSF: Titan TTC-NK85TZ
Mobo: Gigabtye GA-EP45-DS3P (anything else worth considering?)
RAM: 4GB DDR2 (8500 speed?)
Vid Card: ATI 4870
HDD: Seagate 1TB 7200
DVD: Blu-Ray Reader Optical Drive
PSU: Corsair TX 650W

Intended use is for media serving, some gaming and a repository for his pr0n library :)

Budget: Say around £700

Any comments on the above would be appreciated.
 
depending on his gaming could swap the 4890 for a 1gb 4870 and up the processor to the Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz, cost rises to £750 ish.

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £126.99 (£110.43)

Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £92.99 (£80.86)

AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £89.99 (£78.25)

LG CH08LS10 8x Blu-Ray Reader/16x DVD±RW - Black (Retail) £82.00
(£71.30)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £77.99 (£67.82)

Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £70.99 (£61.73)

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD1001FALS) £66.99 (£58.25)

OCZ Platinum AMD Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P1600LVAM4GK) £60.00 (£52.17)

Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1366) £33.99 (£29.56)

Sub Total : £610.37
Shipping : £13.75
VAT : £93.62
Total : £717.74
 
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Superewza said:
On that budget especially you don't want an Antec 300. Have a look at the CM Centurion or the CM Dominator.
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ahh good point i misread it as the 900 so included a Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two, so you could swap it for the Coolermaster CM-690 Dominator to bring the price down for the quad core to around the £700ish mark.
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £145.98
(£126.94) £145.98
(£126.94)
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £126.99
(£110.43) £126.99
(£110.43)
Corsair HX 620W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-620HXUK) £94.99
(£82.60) £94.99
(£82.60)
Coolermaster CM-690 Pure Black Dominator Case - Black (No PSU) £69.99
(£60.86) £69.99
(£60.86)
Asus M4A785TD-M Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
(£59.12) £67.99
(£59.12)
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD1001FALS) £66.99
(£58.25) £66.99
(£58.25)
OCZ Reaper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C6 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3RPR13334GKK) £60.00
(£52.17) £60.00
(£52.17)
Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775) £48.99
(£42.60) £48.99
(£42.60)
Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51)
Sub Total : £609.48
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £93.00
Total : £712.98
 
Yeah i'd highly recommend the 955 (AM3) and a 4890 gpu. Excellent price/performance ratio when it comes to gaming. I've got a q9550 and honestly can't fault it, but as people have said skt 775 is going low end whereas AM3 seems to be the sweet spot for future proofing on a budget. In addition to that the 955 is cheaper and on offer at the moment for a very nice price indeed so you'd be mad not to :D
 
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