would this set up work

odevans · 31 Jul 2009 at 20:37

i know this must get awfully boring for you guys however i get quite worried about this sort of thing, bit of a confidence issue, so i would really appreciate it if you guys could help me out again please? feels like i am new to this generation of hardware, criminal i know.

i already have a dvd drive and graphics card (which will be updated when the new breed come out) so those are not needed in this purchase.

budget is £1000 with postage, any suggestions would be excellent.

take care

edit: aim is for a fast, quiet and stylish pc, loads of flashy lights and what not are not my thing. thanks again

PhillyDee · 31 Jul 2009 at 20:43

Looks good to me. If you want to overclock, add an aftermarket HSK. Such as the Noctua NH-U12P SE1366
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-NC

moppy89 · 31 Jul 2009 at 20:46

Looks fine to me. Words cannot express how much I love that case. If some kind soul wants to sell it to me for £50 I will be eternally thankful.

cmndr_andi · 31 Jul 2009 at 20:47

Hi there, welcome to the forums, for your build I have a couple of suggestions:

Swap out the RAM for this stuff, much better and faster.

If you were planning to use the WD Green as your Primary drive, i'd say don't. Its a good, quiet and efficent drive, but its performance is pretty slow. For an OS drive you want something nice and quick, like this.

Do you plan on overclocking your CPU? If so, I suggest getting a nice CPU cooler like this. Should take you up to 4.0GHz pretty happily.

I have not had any hands-on experience of the Lian-Li cases, but I have heard they are very nice. However, for £150 I would be looking for something bigger than a Midi case. Something like this or this would be good alternative choices.

BTW - that dell is a lovely monitor, good choice.

odevans · 31 Jul 2009 at 20:47

probably will want to overclock eventually but not for quite some time, or is the stock cooler loud and terrible?

thanks for the replies guys

PhillyDee · 31 Jul 2009 at 20:50

odevans said:
probably will want to overclock eventually but not for quite some time, or is the stock cooler loud and terrible?

thanks for the replies guys

Nah, it will be quite quiet. But I prefer to chuck everything together now then you dont have to worry later.

odevans · 31 Jul 2009 at 20:52

switched the ram and hard drive to those that you suggested, nice one.

yeah i would also like to stick everything in now however my budget does not allow it unfortunately, must be no more than £1000!

thanks again all, probably the most helpful forum i have been to as of yet!

robmagee · 31 Jul 2009 at 20:55

í would add a cheap aftermarket heatsynk just for the sake og noice, paece of mind and effeciancy.
Maby this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-000-GD&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

odevans · 31 Jul 2009 at 21:19

ok so updated spec with the help of you fellows, providing that the cheap aftermarket heatsynk is needed, which i'll take your word for as i am pretty sure you know more than i:

cmndr_andi · 31 Jul 2009 at 21:23

Cool, I suggest going for this cooler though. Only a few quid more, but much cooler. Also, nice and quiet.

odevans · 31 Jul 2009 at 21:35

awesome, only £1.97 over budget after changing to the above cooler so completely acceptable. thank you very much. so all well and good now, right?

robmagee · 31 Jul 2009 at 22:33

Yeah, I agree with cmndr_andi that cooler is better. The only sticking point i have now is the case, a lot of my mates have had that and not liked it. Maby a Cosmos would be better?

odevans · 1 Aug 2009 at 09:31

oh really, how come? thing is, this computer is between my bird and me and she thinks that the cosmos "looks like a cyberman"! don't ask...