The new build

Jobey292 · 26 Nov 2009 at 11:56

This the build i am going for, any suggestion on upgrades or anything ?

Asus ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £157.99
(£137.38) £157.99
(£137.38)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £145.98
(£126.94) £145.98
(£126.94)
Asus Crosshair III Formula AMD 790FX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £139.99
(£121.73) £139.99
(£121.73)
Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 850W Power Supply £129.98
(£113.03) £129.98
(£113.03)
Coolermaster HAF 932 Case - Black (No PSU) £119.99
(£104.34) £119.99
(£104.34)
Patriot G Series AMD 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGS34G1600LLKA) £79.99
(£69.56) £79.99
(£69.56)
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD10EADS) £62.99
(£54.77) £62.99
(£54.77)
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 Dual Fan Quiet CPU Cooler (LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM2+/AM3)

95thrifles · 26 Nov 2009 at 12:14

That Asus 4890 isnt in stock, I'd recomend either a Sapphire Vapor X version (nice and quiet) or even 2 5770's
750W should be plenty, even allowing for future xfire
The WD green drives are more for storage than main drive, chnage to Samsung f3 or WD black or Seagate

Jobey292 · 26 Nov 2009 at 14:48

thanks very much for the help, and your tut is very good a lot of help =]

cmndr_andi · 26 Nov 2009 at 14:56

For that price, I'd suggest getting an Intel i5 and this motherboard. The i5 is faster than the X4 965 at stock and overclocks much better too. Here is a performance comparison.

If you want to get a big PSU, get this one - it is simply amazing.

Also, you probably don't want an energy efficent (slow) hard disk as your primary. I would strongly suggest getting this one.

TheTard · 26 Nov 2009 at 19:37

yeah, like cmndr andi says, get an i5, but if you really want to stay with AMD, just get a 955 and overclock it because thats all a 965 is.

jms198 · 27 Nov 2009 at 10:01

What are you using your computer for? You planning on using xfire later ad whats your budget?

If you do go 965 make sure its the C3 stepping. Overclocked it should hit 4ghz, the C2s get to about 3.8. And they are more energy efficient.

Here are some more comparisons. The i5 is very nice, not sure how they compare price wise with the 965. You could probably save some on your motherboard and not too sure about coolermaster PSUs; you should get a review of teh exact model and see if its good as every brand is using units made by a variaty of manufacturers. thrifles is right 750w is more than enough; you should aim to be using half the rated wattage for efficiency.

Jobey292 · 27 Nov 2009 at 11:29

hmm this would be used as a high end gaming rig, i might do other things but main purpose for gaming and high end, such as crysis and far cry 2, all these games i would like to res and the highest i would also like to use full setting and i took alook at that web site and it said that the i5 was better for playing games rather than the i7

*Edit*ok then i have looked and if i went i5 it woudl be this, what u think now ?

Asus Maximus III Formula Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £187.99
(£163.47) £187.99
(£163.47)
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £157.99
(£137.38) £157.99
(£137.38)
Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM £139.99
(£121.73) £139.99
(£121.73)
Coolermaster HAF 932 Case - Black (No PSU) £119.99
(£104.34) £119.99
(£104.34)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C5 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMD4GX2M2A1066C5) £103.99
(£90.43) £103.99
(£90.43)
Corsair TX 750W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXUK) £94.99
(£82.60) £94.99
(£82.60)
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 Dual Fan Quiet CPU Cooler (LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £59.98
(£52.16) £59.98
(£52.16)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £38.99
(£33.90) £38.99
(£33.90)