spec check (mid-range)

[Bumsbry]

Radon AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.20GHz @ 3.60GHz Overclocked Bundle
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-011-OP&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=

Asus GeForce GTX 460 1024MB DirectCU GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game Asus GeForce GTX 460 1024MB DirectCU GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-236-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-203-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

*** PROMO *** OCZ StealthXStream 2 500W Power Supply *** PROMO *** OCZ StealthXStream 2 500W Power Supply
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-050-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=


this all comes to £521.45 (which is £20 more than I wanted to spend and I still dont have a case which I still need to pick, debating going elsewhere for that - any suggestions are welcome though)

all look good?

 

[95thrifles]

Firstly your links dont work
Secondly, the bundle contains RAM, or are you wanting 8 gig? If so youll have to redo your OC as adding more RAM will likely make clock not work
Finally, look at teh gigabyte model of 460, only couple quid more but is clocked higher and has better cooler

 

[Bumsbry]

Sorry thats twice ive done that, they work now. Yeah I do want 8 gigs, I heard it helps with rendering big files - I can wait up to 3 hours for some stuff on my current system.

I didn't consider about the overclock, perhaps I would be best getting the components sperately and overclocking myself so I know what is what. Should probably learn how to do it anyway - someone already suggested this.

 

[thingemajib]

if you want to add more ram, id second the notion of ditching the bundle and doing it yourself (note that in some of the systems you can specify how much ram you want, but you cant in OC'd bundles. Almost certainly because it buggers overclocking up to some extent). Just getting the compenents only saves you about a tenner.

Quick heads up, whilst that PSU is at a crazy price, it only comes with one 6pin pcie cable, so you're going to have to source a converter if your 460 doesn't get supplied with one

edit: i take that back. forgot to add the cooler into cost and the bundle works out cheaper?!?

 

[Bumsbry]

Thanks for that, im probably going to pop into overclockers instead of buying online - im sure they have spares lying about, if I remember where it is anyway. Last time I went was about 8 years ago :S

The bundle seemed like an excellent deal yeah, nevermind