Spec advice please

mark o · 8 Oct 2008 at 09:32

Hi,

I'm looking at building a Vista PC (possibly 64-bit version of the OS). The main use of this system will be photoshop/lightroom/dreamweaver and some software development using the MS dev tooling. Gaming may be something that I do in the form of games such as WAR and Company of Heroes.

Would the following spec work well and would I be able to overclock the processor safely

crestj · 8 Oct 2008 at 09:36

Spec looks fine, you could O/C it nicely with that MB, CPU and Memory combo.

I'd swap the hard drive for the Samsung one (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...nt F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ))

It's quicker and quieter and only a couple of quid more.

Skidilliplop · 8 Oct 2008 at 13:31

I'd agree. That spec is decent all the way through then the HDD is a league below certainly not worth skimping on as Storage is very cheap right now.

cutters · 8 Oct 2008 at 14:39

The Case+PSU combo looks a little budget to me, perhaps one of the Antec gaming cases might be more appropriate and a good brand PSU.

Freelanc3r · 8 Oct 2008 at 18:06

One problem, you've picked a micro-atx case and picked a full size atx board. If you want a matx board, I can recommend the Asus P5E-VM HDMI mATX mobo. Will let you overclock that cpu easily.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Also I'd change that harddrive to the Samsung Spinpoint f1 320gb, I've got one myself and there fast enough for everything. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...nt F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ)

Rest looks fine