Looking to build new pc - thoughts pls

[Ironfist7997]

Im looking to finally upgrade my 4 yr old pc which i may add has served me very well and still plays PR on low settings

so i'm looking around and whipped up a quick shopping list so pls cast your eye over this lot and your opinions and advice would be welcome

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 940 Black Edition 3.0GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail £159.99

XFX GeForce GTX 260 "Core 216 55nm" 896MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £139.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66G-02141) £66.99

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply £64.99

Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 (Socket AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £57.49

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £38.99

Corsair XMS2 DHX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX) £37.98

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £32.99

Akasa AK-967 Nero Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler (AM2/AM2+/939/LGA775/LGA1366) £23.99


sub Total : £598.59

Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £91.85

Total : £704.19

this list is using overclockers

cheers

Deano

Sheep FTW

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Looks good. The only thing I could recommend you is to go for a Coolermaster Silent Pro Series PSU instead of the one you've posted.

The OCZ ModXStream Pro Series failed in a test. Go for a Coolermaster Silent Pro PSU (have one too and it is a very good PSU).

And a last thing which might be interesting. I've bought a Western Digital Verlociraptor (10.000 RPM) HDD which is just amazing. The speed-up is worth the extra costs imo.

EDIT: With my machine I reached around 620 FPS in PR (sure not constant but still sick!) using XP!

Now I have to reinstall BF2 and PR since I use VIsta 64 bit due to 8 GB of RAM (exactly the same ones you're gonna buy)

[MonkeySoldier]

Looks good. Perhaps take the ASUS M4A78 Mobo which supports both AM2+ and AM3. (so you don't have to flash your BIOS in order to get it working with AM3 CPU's in case you want to upgrade your CPU sometime)

[VoXiNaTiOn]

Looks good.

I'd up to Vista Home Premium for an extra £20 odd, the Aero interface is a lot nicer than the Vista basic one, and not sure if basic gets features like media centre etc.

[Ironfist7997]

right having read all your suggestions i've rejigged the list a bit and for a weird reason the price has come down by 40 quid?? lord knows how

so here's the new list

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 940 Black Edition 3.0GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail £159.99

XFX GeForce GTX 260 "Core 216 55nm" 896MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £139.99

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £83.98

Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 500W Power Supply £71.99

Asus M4A78 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.98

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £38.99

Corsair XMS2 DHX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX) £37.98

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £32.99

Akasa AK-967 Nero Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler (AM2/AM2+/939/LGA775/LGA1366) £23.99

Sub Total : £565.12
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £86.53
Total : £663.40

i already have monitor, dvd writer etc

so am i missing anything else?

\cheers

[MonkeySoldier]

Originally Posted by Ironfist7997

right having read all your suggestions i've rejigged the list a bit and for a weird reason the price has come down by 40 quid?? lord knows how

After summing all the prices up of the first list, I get 624 quid. So something went wrong, but oh well, the price on the last list is correct it seems.

[Ironfist7997]

yeah ive just check it too lol seemed to screw up when i copied and pasted the first one across "rolls eyes"

ah well new base unit for less than £700

'simples'

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Looks very good so far. I like the MSI motherboard more than the Gigabyte. If you have some spare money go for a WD Velociraptor HDD. You won't regret believe me.

[Ironfist7997]

ive been having a think about how much stuff i actually use my pc for, and tbh i only use it for OU work, internet stuff and playing PR, and as such i realise that i dont really need an uber pc as the one i posted earlier.

So i've scaled the components back a little ie a dual core instead of a quad core and some other little bits and as such have reduced the price by £150 (which will go towards a new battery and annual service for my focus).

so pls cast your eyes across the new list and let me know of any problems that i may encounter.

many thanks

Deano

GTX 260 Golden Sample "Core 216 55nm" 896MB GDDR3 £133.99

AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £79.99

Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+ £69.99

Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel £39.99

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II £36.98

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case £28.99

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready £64.99

Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit £81.98

Sub Total : £466.87
Shipping : £11.75
VAT : £71.79
Total : £550.41

SOURCE Overclockers UK

[Ironfist7997]

oh as a side note i guess later in the year when things are more stable i can upgrade certain parts if i wanted to, ie quad core and a raptor 10k hdd