thoughts about this build?

Reaper 392 · 18 Feb 2011 at 19:22

*edit*
im now going with stulid's suggestion, but i have one final question: which would be best:

either: Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33

or, what i was going to use before: £66.97
- BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £41.99
- and Coolermaster Elite 342 Case - Black £24.98

stulid · 18 Feb 2011 at 19:27

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Coolermaster Elite 370 Case - Black £33.70
(£28.08) £33.70
(£28.08)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £31.19
(£25.99) £31.19
(£25.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
(£9.99) £11.99
(£9.99)
Sub Total : £352.35
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £72.57
Total : £435.42

A few tweaks.

Reaper 392 · 18 Feb 2011 at 19:35

wow, epicly fast reply, thanks

also, looking at this benchmark of graphics cards, the GTX460 is WAY better than the one i had in mind.

just out of interest, what difference is there between the 955 and 965 processor, apart from the clock speed they're running at. could i just overclock the 955 to become a 965?

*edit*
oops, forgot the link. its up now

skylineboy · 18 Feb 2011 at 19:38

up the multiplier +1 and bang away you go. 965 for the price of a 955

stulid · 18 Feb 2011 at 19:39

The only difference is the 965BE has a multiplier set at 1X higher, but as both have an unlocked multiplier allowing increase or decrease in the BIOS, it takes 2minutes to add +1 to the 955BE giving it the same clock speed as a 965BE!!!.

Reaper 392 · 18 Feb 2011 at 20:29

the graphics card says it needs 460W to run it on a review site i found. this is a rough power consumption for the entire computer isnt it? (because, if its the card alone, im gonna need a bigger PSU by a looooooong way)

stulid · 18 Feb 2011 at 20:30

Reaper 392 said:
the graphics card says it needs 460W to run it on a review site i found. this is a rough power consumption for the entire computer isnt it? (because, if its the card alone, im gonna need a bigger PSU by a looooooong way)

Ignore it and trust me

power usage here,

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4135/nvidias-geforce-gtx-560-ti-upsetting-the-250-market/16

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/12/01/msi-n460gtx-hawk-review/6

Cookeh · 18 Feb 2011 at 20:36

stulid said:
Ignore it and trust me

power usage here,

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4135/nvidias-geforce-gtx-560-ti-upsetting-the-250-market/16

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/12/01/msi-n460gtx-hawk-review/6

+1

Honest, that PSU will be fine.

I ran a similar specced system (except with a HD6870 - uses a lot more power

) on a 460W PSU with no issues!

Reaper 392 · 18 Feb 2011 at 20:47

thanks. i figured 460W was a little bit much for just a graphics card

also, i finally found a decent power supply calculator which says that in the absolute worst case scenario i would be using ~450W

RJC · 18 Feb 2011 at 21:00

That's the recommened PSU to use, you probaly be using 300w max!

My system below only pulls 500w with Prime and Furmark running from th mains.

Reaper 392 · 19 Feb 2011 at 00:29

sorry, another question on the build (put it in the OP too)

im now going with stulid's suggestion, but i have one final question: which would be best:

either: Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33

or, what i was going to use before: £66.97
- BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £41.99
- and Coolermaster Elite 342 Case - Black £24.98

stulid · 19 Feb 2011 at 00:31

The Bequiet option would be better as the psu is stronger and has two 6+2pin pci-e connectors, a GTX460 needs two 6pin connectors, so if you went with the 500w psu included in the case you will have to use a molex to pci-e adapter that comes supplied with the card.

Reaper 392 · 19 Feb 2011 at 00:41

stulid said:
The Bequiet option would be better as the psu is stronger and has two 6+2pin pci-e connectors, a GTX460 needs two 6pin connectors, so if you went with the 500w psu included in the case you will have to use a molex to pci-e adapter that comes supplied with the card.

forgive my ignorance, but what's wrong with using the adapter if it comes with the card?

(i assume this is just a way of getting power to the card from a different cable)

stulid · 19 Feb 2011 at 00:44

It looks messy, thats all.

Its an adapter that connects from a standard 4pin molex, that is used by older HDD and optical drives, and just has a 6pin pci-e connector on the end.

Reaper 392 · 19 Feb 2011 at 00:46

stulid said:
It looks messy, thats all.

it wont affect performance will it, because if its just a little mess in the case, i can live with that if im getting a better case for the money (by the looks of things, it is better than the £25 one)

stulid · 19 Feb 2011 at 00:48

It wont affect performance.