help?

[burrellhead]

i have recently decided to make my first ever moded pc(custom pc) and probably my last because i will mess up.

i was just wondering if any one could give me help on how to do things

and also i hardly know that much so i wanted to some just to tell me if this graphics card was any good

http://www.ginger6.com/components-vi...l-p-31664.html

thanks for everything guys.. burrellhead

[handscombmp]

I'd say see if you can get a better one but until we know your budget we can't really say.

How much you willing to spend and what will the rest of your pc specs be.

[burrellhead]

i want to spend round £800 max

http://www.ginger6.com/components-cp...5-p-31743.html

http://www.ginger6.com/components-me...l-p-29277.html

http://www.ginger6.com/components-ha...b-p-30598.html

http://www.ginger6.com/components-op...e-p-31960.html

http://www.ginger6.com/components-po...l-p-27608.html

http://www.ginger6.com/components-ne...l-p-30521.html

http://www.ginger6.com/components-vi...l-p-31664.html

http://www.ginger6.com/components-so...l-p-31273.html

http://www.ginger6.com/components-so...l-p-31273.html

then about £100 on a screen plus the motherboard i found has gone so it says so i wil lhave to find a new one but that will be like £75 and then i will get the windows rc then when windows 7 comes out i will buy it thanks

[sammyc]

Hi burrellhead i see you have been truffling round hexus.hardware for help with this, good luck with the build

[burrellhead]

thanks sammy c

[Haiku32]

Short answer... no.

Depends what you what to do really - gaming, photo editing, browsing, etc?

[burrellhead]

browsing i might do a bit of gaming. listning to music. but not that much gaming just a few games

[peterb]

Hi Burrelhead - wrong thread - I'll see if I can get it moved to hardware.

[Will404]

Get this; http://www.ginger6.com/components-vi...l-p-31214.html

or for a bit more this; http://www.ginger6.com/components-vi...l-p-31426.html as they are both far more powerfull than the card you selected

[dave87]

Now in the correct place (ta Josh)

[sammyc]

^ except now we have two

[Jasp]

Edimax EW-7728In 802.11n v2.0 300Mbps wireless PCI card £27.23

650W TX Corsair PSU, single 12V rail, energy efficient, quiet & cool, fully compatible, 5yr warranty £78.76

1TB Samsung HD103UJ Spinpoint F1, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ £66.34

4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2, PC2-8500 (1066), 240Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-15, EPP £53.33

LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±R, 16xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RWx6 ,12xRAM SATA, Black, OEM £16.43

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition, Deneb, S AM2+, 3.0GHz, 8MB Total Cache, HT 2000MHz, 125W, Retail £155.47

1GB XFX HD 4890, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), Mem 3900MHz, GDDR5, GPU 850MHz, Cores 800, 2x DL DVI-I/HDTV £164.99

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P, AMD 790X, AM2/AM2+, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR2 1066/1333, SATA 3GB/s, RAID, ATX £94.30

22" Acer V223WBbd, Black, Widescreen LCD Monitor, 5ms, DVI/VGA, 1680x1050, 10000:1, HDCP, Green! £120.72

CM Storm Scout Mid Tower Black Case w/o PSU (Gaming) £79.91


Total
£872.71-£13.24 shipping = £860 or their abouts from scan.

Bear in mind that is using the whole of your budget, the GFX card is very high end and could be downgraded to a 4870 to suit your needs, the processor could also be swapped for a X3 720 which would probably serve you just as well for surfing and gaming, plus scan run today only offers which could knock another £20-30 off if the processor and ram and GFX card are on offer.

Noticed you had a sound card in their as well plus are using ginger, any specific reasons?

[Infinite]

I prefer Intel.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The Phenom II X4 940 is as fast as the Q9400 which has more cache than the Q8400:

http://techreport.com/articles.x/16147

[Infinite]

I know... I just prefer Intel.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Edimax EW-7728In 802.11n v2.0 300Mbps wireless PCI card £27.23

650W TX Corsair PSU, single 12V rail, energy efficient, quiet & cool, fully compatible, 5yr warranty £78.76

1TB Samsung HD103UJ Spinpoint F1, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ £66.34

4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2, PC2-8500 (1066), 240Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-15, EPP £53.33

LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±R, 16xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RWx6 ,12xRAM SATA, Black, OEM £16.43

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition, Deneb, S AM2+, 3.0GHz, 8MB Total Cache, HT 2000MHz, 125W, Retail £155.47

1GB XFX HD 4890, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), Mem 3900MHz, GDDR5, GPU 850MHz, Cores 800, 2x DL DVI-I/HDTV £164.99

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P, AMD 790X, AM2/AM2+, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR2 1066/1333, SATA 3GB/s, RAID, ATX £94.30

22" Acer V223WBbd, Black, Widescreen LCD Monitor, 5ms, DVI/VGA, 1680x1050, 10000:1, HDCP, Green! £120.72

CM Storm Scout Mid Tower Black Case w/o PSU (Gaming) £79.91


Total
£872.71-£13.24 shipping = £860 or their abouts from scan.


Bear in mind that is using the whole of your budget, the GFX card is very high end and could be downgraded to a 4870 to suit your needs, the processor could also be swapped for a X3 720 which would probably serve you just as well for surfing and gaming, plus scan run today only offers which could knock another £20-30 off if the processor and ram and GFX card are on offer.

Noticed you had a sound card in their as well plus are using ginger, any specific reasons?

This looks a solid build!


Things I would change from this build to bring the cost down:

1.)Change the case to the Antec 300 which costs around £43

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854

2.)If you do not want to go crossfire at a later date then this cheaper 790GX motherboard will do the job for around £72:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Biost...ID-OnBoard-VGA

3.)If you do not want to overclock then a 760G or 780G motherboard will do the job for around £50 to £60.Even a 770 motherboard will do the job as long as it has the SB700 southbridge.

4.)Drop the card down to an HD4870 1gb and you will save around £30.

5.)Replace the Phenom II X4 940 with a Phenom II X3 720.

Here is an overclocking review of the Phenom II X3 720:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpu...ii-x3-720-be/1

Also check the Scan Today Only webpage and if you have 20+ posts on Scan you can free postage for orders over £20 excluding VAT.