What memory for this processor?

Thanks for the quick reply. I was thinking of this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-028-AK

Simply to keep the costs low but Im not that keen moving away from the brands I normally support (Asus / Abit etc) but then again, Ive been a brand **** before, so would listen to suggestions.

I had seen that on someone's review of the processor, hence looked at it but more than willing to look at anything else for that matter.
 
cmndr_andi said:
The Q9450 is still a good chip - good choice there.

As Doughnut007 suggests, a cheap AM3 board would be a much better option than a really cheap AM3/AM2+ Nvidia chipset board.

As for RAM, I would use this kit.
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Thanks mate - good advice then. Its a bit more pricey the smaller bundle I was looking at but im sure it will be 'better' in terms of performance and possibly quality. Just hope I dont have issues like on her current machine where it seems that every X amount of time, a hard drive crashes or goes corrupt. Wondering if its worth getting another PSU - currently running a Jeantech 400 or 700W one from PC World which I needed to buy when the existing one went AWOL one weekend.

Her GFX card is a GT240 or 250 - dont recall, it was bought after the ATI 5xxx series card wouldnt post on the socket 939 mobo.

Suggestion on PSU size?
 
Big.Wayne said:
Hello Chazaxl :)



Do you still have this? . . . if so I'm not quite sure why your buying a new PC? :confused:

What are the specs of your older machine please?
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The Quad core is my machine, this one im posting from. Hers is a Socket 939 Athlon 4200 XP which has been giving me endless hassles.
 
cmndr_andi said:
Would you be able to check whether it is a GT 240 or GTS 250? As the power usage difference is pretty large.

The easiest way is probably to run this little bit of software.
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The machine doesnt run - hard drive crashed (or so it seems) - Ill just take the card out to check. It doesnt show on my OC UK account purchase and I bought it at the shop locally when I RMAed the ATI card.

Just taken the card out - its a GT 240 512M. The mobo in her machine is Abit KN8 SLI.
 
cmndr_andi said:
In that case, this is the PSU for you :)
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Cheers. I run the 620W equivalent in my rig and touch wood ....

Im not sure if its the PSU but Ive had odd issues - suspect the SATA / IDE controller has gone - I cant believe that ive lost 3-4 drives on the same machine within the space of a few months. Even Optical drives on the SATA / IDE controller dont work properly - back to the mobo as an issue?
 
For 'only' another £40 I get a lot more. Then again, my cart started at £1xx, its now at £350 as I keep finding 'just a bit more' stuff. Ive also included a new hard drive as I have a few around, including my old WD Raptor 74 Gig ones but dont trust anything that have been connected on the old pc (cos I dont know what killed them).

I think ive got some thermal paste, if I recall they come with paste on them? I dont intend overclocking ....
 
Item Qty Price
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail 1 £99.99
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) 1 £68.08
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard 1 £41.69
Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) 1 £39.99
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-400CXUK) 1 £28.08
TP-Link 5 Port 10/100/1000 Desktop Switch (TL-SG1005D) 1 £11.28
Sub Total: £289.11
DPD Next Day Parcel Shipping: £9.50
Total Vat: £52.26
Total inc Vat: £350.87
 
cmndr_andi said:
Looks good, but I strongly suggest you go for this HDD instead - its faster, bigger and cheaper.

As for thermal paste, I believe the stock heatsink comes with some pre-applied. So for your uses it will be fine - but it's not the best stuff and you can only use it once.
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Crap, should have looked more - wanted to get the order in before the cutoff for tomorrow delivery - wonder if I can change the order?
 
Seems like Ive missed it - items shown as shipped and with the original order item. Perhaps it was changed, not sure.

Thanks all the help, appreciated.
 
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