Questions on a spec I've built

.Lethal · 29 Mar 2010 at 19:09

Here is a spec I'm looking at.

I need to review a few things.

1. Is this good?
2. Is it compatibile?
3. Is it worth changing something to save a bit of money?

Here's my spec.

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £154.99
Asus ATI Radeon HD 5770 CuCore 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £135.99
Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-038-OT £15.99
Coolermaster Elite 334 Midi Case - Black £29.99
Samsung EcoGreen F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD503HI) £38.99
Corsair VX 550W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-550VXUK) £67.99
Gigabyte GA-MA770T-ES3 MA770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
Corsair 4GB (2X2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMV4GX3M2A1333C9) £98.99

I'm not sure on the Mobo and RAM mostly, the rest I seem quite happy with.

Any thoughts on this?

It is for gaming which is why I went with the AMD CPU and also because I don't want to overlock anything.

Thanks

.Lethal · 29 Mar 2010 at 19:39

stulid said:
The 955 is cheaper and only one clock ratio slower, this is a easy fix.

XFX 5770 is cheaper.

OCZ modxstream 600w psu is £59 and is modular.

and the ASUS M4A79XTD is a better board.

I've changed the motherboard as you suggested but shouldnt I go for DDR3 ram if the CPU/Mobo support this?

.Lethal · 29 Mar 2010 at 19:44

stulid said:
You got DDR3 in your spec.

ugh, so I did. That a bit embaressing. I was looking at DD2 ram when adding things into the basket and forgot I changed to DDR3.

Is the RAM I added good? worth the money?

.Lethal · 29 Mar 2010 at 21:08

Mak3R said:
Faster hard drive maybe? As in not the ecogreen version. Such as a caviar black or an F3

or an F3 - which I have added? Unless you mean the other one that is a few quid more? Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)

stulid said:
Its corsair, so one of the best.

I added a little comment above.

Thanks

.Lethal · 29 Mar 2010 at 21:28

stulid said:
The one you specced in your post runs at 5400rpm.

Get the few quid more one.

Things with green or eco in their names usually suck.

Have changed my order to reflect that.

Thanks.

Everything else is OK I take it now?

Have changed the PSU, HDD and Motherboard to:

Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)
Corsair HX 650W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650HXUK)

.Lethal · 29 Mar 2010 at 21:42

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £154.99
Asus ATI Radeon HD 5770 CuCore 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £135.99
Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
Coolermaster Elite 334 Midi Case - Black £29.99
Corsair 4GB (2X2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMV4GX3M2A1333C9) £98.99
Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)
Corsair HX 650W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650HXUK)

.Lethal · 30 Mar 2010 at 08:49

Ordered but had to change the HDD as the Samsung was sold out.

Samsung SM2433BW 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor£178.71
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail£131.91
Asus ATI Radeon HD 5770 CuCore 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £115.74
Corsair HX 650W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650HXUK)£87.65
Corsair 4GB (2X2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMV4GX3M2A1333C9)£84.25
Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard£75.74
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS)£41.69
Coolermaster Elite 334 Midi Case - Black£25.521£25.52
Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM£13.61

Looking forward to building this later in the week.

.Lethal · 30 Mar 2010 at 09:43

stulid said:
Excellent.

The black harddrive is not a compromise either, very fast.

It cost almost £10 more, I hope at the very least it has the same performance.