Spec Check.

[RizZy]

Hello, It's about time I upgraded my old rig & after my harddrive died last week it's given me the excuse I needed, how have I done? anything I've missed or thats not gonna work with something else?

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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5870 "Dirt 2 Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £298.99
(£259.99)
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM Intel Core £198.98
(£173.03)
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £142.98
(£124.33)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C9) £115.99
(£100.86)
Akasa AK-P085FG-BK 850W PowerMax Power Supply £103.98
(£90.42)
Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £86.99
(£75.64)
Samsung EcoGreen F2 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SI) £55.98
(£48.68)
Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1366) £29.99
(£26.08)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST380815AS) £57.98
(£50.42)
Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51)
LiteOn SOHC-5236K-05C DVD-ROM / 52x CD±RW IDE Drive - Black (OEM) £11.99
(£10.43)
Akasa AK-191-BL Blue Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 Pin £11.48
(£9.98)

Theres a couple of extra things in there to get the old pc working, but apart from that any recommendations?

 

[RizZy]

The 80gb Seagate seems expensive, I would change this to a Samsung 320gb F1, The Samsung F2 will be fine for a storage.

Its actually 2 of them, ones to go into my old pc to get it running so I can give it to my old man & I was going to use the other to just put windows on, good idea/bad idea?

Anything with the words Eco and Green in it are guaranteed crap.

Ditch the F2 & go with the F3 then should I?

I've been out the loop for about 5 years so any help is appreciated.

 

[RizZy]

Oooh, last thing I knew it was good to have windows on it's own drive, what's changed in the last few years?

 

[RizZy]

Cheers for the advice guys, i'll take a look at what you've recommended later when I get the chance.