Review my build.

[Hatton]

Hey,

I've done a lot of research lately and i've finally got all the pieces for my new build, all I need to do now is buy them. It's going to be for graphic design and gaming. Take a look and please tell me what you think and if there is anything I should change.

Processor - AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Six Core 3.3GHz £144.99
Motherboard - Asus Crosshair V Formula AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) £169.99
Graphics Card - MSI ATI Radeon HD 6870 £129.98 (Will be paired in Crossfire with my other 6870 from my old PC)
Case - Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case £209.98
RAM - Corsair Dominator 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 £186.10
CPU Cooling - Corsair Hydro Series™ H70 £73.00
Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache £48.98
PSU - Corsair 850W Modular (Reusing from old PC)

Total Cost: £963.02

I haven't included any SSD at the moment because I reckon the prices will come down to a reasonable level in about 3 months or so.

Thanks for your time,

Hatton

 

[stulid]

Put a i5 2500K and a P67/Z68 motherboard in it as they are faster,

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300.html

And a faster harddrive - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279

 

[Hatton]

What makes that hard drive faster if you don't mind me asking?

The one I listed has all the same specs but is Sata 6GB/s instead of Sata II.

 

[olivier renault]

6GB/s don't mean squat on mechanical hard drives. They wont even max SATA II.

The F3 is just faster.

Well, according to these reviews

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/internal-hard-drives/1279441/samsung-spinpoint-f3-1tb

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/internal-hard-drives/1279462/western-digital-caviar-blue-1tb

Probably best getting some ATTO benchmarks from users to confirm. It's cheaper anyway, I have two F3s no problems.