PC Specification (£1000ish) - Review

MoFish · 28 Sep 2008 at 12:41

hello folks.

i've come up with this specification for my latest upgrade.

just wanted some feedback before i hit the magical button sorta thing.

how does it look? does everything look sexy? any alterations you would make?

ta, mo.

[see image below]

sja360 · 28 Sep 2008 at 12:46

ps i helped him. he needs help

Chimerical · 28 Sep 2008 at 12:48

Yeah, why such an expensive GPU?

What screen are you running?

MoFish · 28 Sep 2008 at 12:50

I'm planning on buying a new 24" monitor along with the system, however that will come later. im into my gaming

Chimerical · 28 Sep 2008 at 12:54

kk, everything else looks superfine though.

Richdog · 28 Sep 2008 at 12:59

1 500GB drive? Get a seperate boot and storage drive, silly not to with that spec.

Also i'd change the PSU to the HX 620.

Slashiem · 28 Sep 2008 at 12:59

Maybe change the PSU to the Corsair 620 Modular.
I would change the thermal paste to MX-2, as you dont get any of the downsides of AS5 but is as good.
Other than that, its good to go. Also if planning to do big overclock perhans looks at PC2-1066 RAM.

MoFish · 28 Sep 2008 at 13:02

hey, quick question

why would you change the PSU to one of a similar wattage?

is the one you recommend far superior?

Richdog · 28 Sep 2008 at 13:06

It's modular, and quieter.

Garyj881 · 28 Sep 2008 at 13:06

That will be an awesome rig, how ever not sure if the psu will be big enough.

Lookng on he net the 4870x2 alone uses 275W off load & 420W on load and the Q9550 will use near on 100w.

So 520W plus if you overclock and the rest of your components will leave the psu being at near 90% load which can't be good.

I personally would aim at 750W +.

Richdog · 28 Sep 2008 at 13:07

The PSU will be fine.

fobose · 28 Sep 2008 at 13:20

Garyj881 said:
Lookng on he net the 4870x2 alone uses 275W off load & 420W on load and the Q9550 will use near on 100w.

sja360 · 28 Sep 2008 at 13:22

so it should be about just under 500W load then.. perfect for him

MoFish · 28 Sep 2008 at 13:26

done some amendments .. hows this looking now?

mo

[see new image below]

sja360 · 28 Sep 2008 at 13:26

argh monkey nuts you've got my postcode on there... nevermind

Richdog · 28 Sep 2008 at 13:28

2x older generation 250GB hard-drives? Eek.

Get a single 320GB Seagate 7200.11 for the boot drive, and a single 1TB 7200.11 for the storage drive. Willl be much better and last you a long while.

sja360 said:
argh monkey nuts you've got my postcode on there... nevermind

See you tommorrow at your place! *does crazy eyes*

sja360 · 28 Sep 2008 at 13:32

Richdog said:
2x older generation 250GB hard-drives? Eek.

Get a single 320GB Seagate 7200.11 for the boot drive, and a single 1TB 7200.11 for the storage drive. Willl be much better and last you a long while.

See you tommorrow at your place! *does crazy eyes*

oooOooo *awaits the stalker* i cant wait

*buys lubrication*

MoFish · 28 Sep 2008 at 13:39

blooming nora.

lloyds tsb financial stability will be removed after this payment is made

ok .. hopefully the last amendment! updated to 2 (modern lol) drives...

storage space is not an issue. I already have 2x250gb externals for that stuff.

flinco · 28 Sep 2008 at 14:02

can't fault the above

MoFish · 28 Sep 2008 at 14:09

woohoo! looks like we have a winner