would you change anything here/

Griff7520 · 18 Sep 2009 at 13:09

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 Zalman Cooled 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £147.98
(£128.68) £147.98
(£128.68)
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £77.99
(£67.82) £77.99
(£67.82)
Asus M4A78 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.98
(£52.16) £59.98
(£52.16)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (PVS24G8500ELKN) £49.99
(£43.47) £49.99
(£43.47)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £43.99
(£38.25) £43.99
(£38.25)
Coolermaster eXtreme Power 650W Power Supply £43.99
(£38.25) £43.99
(£38.25)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £34.99
(£30.43) £34.99
(£30.43)
LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM

budget of £500 max...this lot comes to £490..would anybody change anything

thx

Kennysevenfold · 18 Sep 2009 at 13:14

Looks good to me mate.

What would your main use of the system be.?

Griff7520 · 18 Sep 2009 at 13:15

Gaming mainly...its for a friend....I am not upto date with AMD systems at the moment

Drake22 · 18 Sep 2009 at 13:18

Kennysevenfold · 18 Sep 2009 at 13:19

Griff7520 said:
Gaming mainly...its for a friend....I am not upto date with AMD systems at the moment

Ahh kool

In that case, Order Nowwww

Wouldnt change anything, will be a great gamming system imo

Griff7520 · 18 Sep 2009 at 13:22

Drake22 said:

originally had a similar spec....but the power colour card is now out of stock...so its put £20 on the topof my price

Drake22 · 18 Sep 2009 at 13:24

3 in stock

anyways i dont recommend anything "zalman cooled"

Griff7520 · 18 Sep 2009 at 13:37

Drake22 said:
anyways i dont recommend anything "zalman cooled"

thx for that ...there were none in stock half an hour ago...will ring them and ask to save 1 till i get there

thx

mollymoo · 18 Sep 2009 at 14:08

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-015-ZA&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

Someone on here bought one of these and thought they were excellent, quiet and better cooling than previous cooler cant remember which but a good one so worth considering at the price

mp260767 · 18 Sep 2009 at 14:41

maybe look at going for an am3 mobo and ddr3 memory.

Griff7520 · 18 Sep 2009 at 16:32

ended up with this @ £484
VTX ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £145.99
(£126.95) £145.99
(£126.95)
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £77.99
(£67.82) £77.99
(£67.82)
Asus M4A78 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.98
(£52.16) £59.98
(£52.16)
OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready Power Supply £54.99
(£47.82) £54.99
(£47.82)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (PVS24G8500ELKN) £49.99
(£43.47) £49.99
(£43.47)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £43.99
(£38.25) £43.99
(£38.25)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £34.99
(£30.43) £34.99
(£30.43)
Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77)

They hav'nt got the powercolour cards in stock...apparently they cant find them....but the guy at the counter said that these VTX cards are very good....

DavyBoy · 18 Sep 2009 at 16:42

Drake22 said:
anyways i dont recommend anything "zalman cooled"

Why not?

What's wrong with Zalman cooling?

mollymoo · 18 Sep 2009 at 17:15

DavyBoy said:
Why not?

What's wrong with Zalman cooling?

Tends to be overpriced for its abilities but ocuk have some good prices well one good price for a zalman cooler