Spec check for a friend

opstrat · 28 Oct 2012 at 22:37

T345 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 4TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM - Retail (0S03356) £219.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4300 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Plug and Play 8GB (2x4GB) 1866MHz - KHX1866C11S3P1K2/8G £89.99
1 x OcUK Swift 750W V2 Silent Power Supply £36.98
1 x ASRock G41M-VS3 R2.0 Intel G41 Chipset (Socket 775) Micro ATX Motherboard £34.99
1 x Mach Xtreme Technology 32GB Starter 2.5" SATA II SSD (MXSSD2MST-32G) ** Special Price ** £23.99
1 x OcUK Flamingo FM-12A Midi Tower Case - Black/Red £21.98
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Backplate £19.99
1 x Sony DDU1681S-0B 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £575.32 (includes shipping : £11.25).

HDD, large for lots of storage. Quad core CPU, cant go wrong with that. 8gb of RAM, self explanitory. A 750w PSU, should handle that. The mobo is low end but enough. Nice large SSD. Best value case. That gpu is very good value (charts comparison to 7850 http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/549?vs=555) Just a regular optical drive .

do you want the guys rig to thermal with that psu?

Sparx · 28 Oct 2012 at 22:44

T345 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 4TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM - Retail (0S03356) £219.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4300 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Plug and Play 8GB (2x4GB) 1866MHz - KHX1866C11S3P1K2/8G £89.99
1 x OcUK Swift 750W V2 Silent Power Supply £36.98
1 x ASRock G41M-VS3 R2.0 Intel G41 Chipset (Socket 775) Micro ATX Motherboard £34.99
1 x Mach Xtreme Technology 32GB Starter 2.5" SATA II SSD (MXSSD2MST-32G) ** Special Price ** £23.99
1 x OcUK Flamingo FM-12A Midi Tower Case - Black/Red £21.98
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Backplate £19.99
1 x Sony DDU1681S-0B 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £575.32 (includes shipping : £11.25).

HDD, large for lots of storage. Quad core CPU, cant go wrong with that. 8gb of RAM, self explanitory. A 750w PSU, should handle that. The mobo is low end but enough. Nice large SSD. Best value case. That gpu is very good value (charts comparison to 7850 http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/549?vs=555) Just a regular optical drive .

Is that spec a joke or something? :eek:

Sorry, it looks like one and I'm not getting sarcasm at nearly 11pm on a Sunday!

1) A Socket 775 motherboard will not work with a AMD AM3+ processor.
2) DDR3 Notebook memory is not gonna work on a Desktop ATX mobo rig..
2) I would not wish that PSU on my worst enemy.
3) Why waste £220 on a ridiculously sized HD? He doesn't need it. £60 on a 1/2TB drive would do fine.
4) Where the hell did the 680 GTX backplate come from?!

areksnumbr1sxylady · 28 Oct 2012 at 22:45

T345 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 4TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM - Retail (0S03356) £219.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4300 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Plug and Play 8GB (2x4GB) 1866MHz - KHX1866C11S3P1K2/8G £89.99
1 x OcUK Swift 750W V2 Silent Power Supply £36.98
1 x ASRock G41M-VS3 R2.0 Intel G41 Chipset (Socket 775) Micro ATX Motherboard £34.99
1 x Mach Xtreme Technology 32GB Starter 2.5" SATA II SSD (MXSSD2MST-32G) ** Special Price ** £23.99
1 x OcUK Flamingo FM-12A Midi Tower Case - Black/Red £21.98
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Backplate £19.99
1 x Sony DDU1681S-0B 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £575.32 (includes shipping : £11.25).

HDD, large for lots of storage. Quad core CPU, cant go wrong with that. 8gb of RAM, self explanitory. A 750w PSU, should handle that. The mobo is low end but enough. Nice large SSD. Best value case. That gpu is very good value (charts comparison to 7850 http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/549?vs=555) Just a regular optical drive .

Your gpu is just a backplate :mad:

honosuseri said:
Stulid is taking the mick, continuing from the kyro3D post. I'm waiting to be called racist next for using white components lol Its all a bit of friendly banter we are all here to help each other I would like to think

Opstrat the CPU and motherboard are not compatible, you see the motherboard you picked is a 775 thats intel you know not amd... HDD is a bit too much, piledrever meh, PSU is horrible, SSD is bad, case ok, optical drive is amazing.

damn we are so geeky :/

T345 · 28 Oct 2012 at 22:46

Sparx said:
Is that spec a joke or something? Sorry, it looks like one and I'm not getting sarcasm at nearly 11pm on a Sunday!

1) A Socket 775 motherboard will not work with a AMD AM3+ processor.
2) DDR3 Notebook memory is not gonna work on a Desktop ATX mobo rig..
2) I would not wish that PSU on my worst enemy.
3) Why waste £220 on a ridiculously sized HD? He doesn't need it. £60 on a 1/2TB drive would do fine.
4) Where the hell did the 680 GTX backplate come from?!

That's the joke

Sparx · 28 Oct 2012 at 22:47

T345 said:
That's the joke

Thought as much! Just wanted to make sure.. Like I said it is 11pm, too late for me to fully grab sarcasm tonight mate!

T345 · 28 Oct 2012 at 22:48

Sparx said:
Thought as much! Just wanted to make sure.. Like I said it is 11pm, too late for me to fully grab sarcasm tonight mate!

Sparx · 28 Oct 2012 at 22:53

You should provide that spec to the next troll thread creator.. No doubt we are due another at some point next week.

T345 · 28 Oct 2012 at 22:56

areksnumbr1sxylady · 28 Oct 2012 at 23:04

Moderators are not going to be happy are they -.-

Sparx · 28 Oct 2012 at 23:05

Why?

areksnumbr1sxylady · 28 Oct 2012 at 23:06

Sparx said:
Why?

Why do you have rf online Accretian in your sig? :eek:

stulid · 28 Oct 2012 at 23:10

What's wrong with his sig? no swearing, under Kb limit, within the size.

Sparx · 28 Oct 2012 at 23:11

Lazder said:
Why do you have rf online Accretian in your sig?

Who?

I made this chap for my signature like 5 years ago!! Never knew what the render was from.. :cool:

areksnumbr1sxylady · 28 Oct 2012 at 23:21

Sparx said:
Who? I made this chap for my signature like 5 years ago!! Never knew what the render was from..

http://www.rfonline-online.com/gallery/albums/concept-art/RF_Online_Accretia_Art.sized.jpg

thats where it is from.

honosuseri · 28 Oct 2012 at 23:30

stulid said:
I'm only taking the mick with one of those specs and even then it looks ok

You are subtle fella when it suits you. It's scary because I can almost justify to myself (with everything that I know) that your 7950 Bulldozer rig, for gaming, does makes sense. I even prefer the free game pack with the 7950, nevermind that if setup correctly it will snap at the heels of the 670 which is £300+. As my sig says, there are so many possibilities.

I'm still confused as to why you didn't suggest the i5 3570K with the Z77 from the get go though? :/

stulid · 28 Oct 2012 at 23:44

honosuseri said:
I'm still confused as to why you didn't suggest the i5 3570K with the Z77 from the get go though? :/

The OP maybe a die hard AMD person, theres been those types of people here before, the AMD spec is just a viable alternative.

Akagi · 28 Oct 2012 at 23:46

stulid said:
You're all such a blatant ATI fanboi's, all you do is suggest ATI cards even when its obvious that a Kyro3D would be the better option.

Stop being such a PowerVR fanboy stulid! 3DFX cards are clearly better!

honosuseri · 28 Oct 2012 at 23:47

stulid said:
The OP maybe a die hard AMD person, theres been those types of people here before, the AMD spec is just a viable alternative.

I meant your first spec using the sandybridge 2400, when the i5 3570K on offer is priced soooo close to it.

honosuseri said:
I must confess I did feel an urge to go 3Dfx

acme15 said:
Stop being such a PowerVR fanboy stulid! 3DFX cards are clearly better!

Echo, echo lol

stulid · 28 Oct 2012 at 23:50

honosuseri said:
I meant your first spec using the sandybridge 2400, when the i5 3570K on offer is priced soooo close to it.

I said,

stulid said:
Tweaked it a bit,

Thats a bit, not fully

Don't try and be slick

Skully · 29 Oct 2012 at 07:54

Interesting comments in here. Thanks for the suggestions - just waiting for my friend to take a look but I think honosuseri has recommended the winner.

I'm sure I will update you once he makes a decision.