What CPU, Hard drive, PSU?

[sastusbulbas]

Hi,

I have these spare parts,

Gigabyte EP45-DS3P
Sapphire Toxic 1gb 4870
4Gb (2x2Gb) Corsair PC-6400
Scythe Kama Angle cooler
Silverstone L13 case

And I need a PSU a hard drive and a CPU

Trying to keep costs down, but have been wondering if a 1Tb is faster than a 500gb model? But what brand? What capacity? The Samsung F3's seem favored?

I am tempted to spend a little extra on the PSU and get a Seasonic 650w modular? But BeQuite have a new 580w modular?

I am not sure it's worth spending too much on a CPU, I am tempted with the E6300 as it seems to be a reasonable overclocker? Though the Q8200 seems good value?
I had thought of the Q9550 but I am building a new PC around a newer quad core after Xmas.

Any advice?

Cheers

 

[95thrifles]

Re the HDD, it makes little difference tbh
PSU theyre all good makes
CPU largely depends on what you want to do with the PC, if its purely gaming go for a dual core, if you do encoding/any other cpu intensive stuff then try n get a quad

 

[sastusbulbas]

I am very tempted to wait it out for the Seasonic due to it being very queit and very efficient.

I will probably just go for the Samsung F3 1tb as its one of the better looking prices and I guess the 32bit versus 16bit is worth having.

Still undecided with the CPU.

I would like to play games like GTA and Supreme Commander, plus C&C titles and such.

Maybe using it as a media PC, music blue ray and dvd, most music and DVD will be stored inside.

I am thinking the E6300 overclocked is the sensible option, but my silly side wonders if I would be better off with a better CPU?

This PC is going to replace the old PC in my signature, until some time after Xmas as I plan to build either a Media PC or better gaming PC.