Newbie help with spec

[aldojay]

unsure if this is in the right place guys, only signed up today and im a little lost lol!

Getting all this to build a pc that to watch movies play games etc.

Can anyone suggest any changes to save money but not affect performance? want to at least be able to play the new cod comfortably.



1 LN27236
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition, Sok AM3, 4x3.2GHz, 8MB Total Cache, 125W, Retail £110.39

1 LN28539
1.5TB Seagate ST31500541AS Barracuda LP, SATA 3Gb/s, 5900rpm, 32MB Cache, 5.1 ms, NCQ £44.94
1 LN28632
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro v2.1 - S1366/S1156/S775/AM3/AM2+/AM2/939 Up to 130 Watts! £15.25

1 LN29445
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±R, 12x DVD±R, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, SATA, Black, OEM £12.90

1 LN27870
Coolermaster Elite 334 Black Midi Tower Case w/o PSU £29.35

1 LN32399
600W Storm, Black, 120mm Silent Fan, ATX +12v V2.0, PCI-E, SATA £18.07

1 LN33670
8GB(2x4GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3 PC3-10666 (1333), NonECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, New Connector, 1.60V £111.74

1 LN35508
Gigabyte GA-770T-D3L, AMD 770, AM3, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR3 1666(OC), SATA 3Gb/s, SATA RAID, ATX £49.08

1 LN36018
1GB Asus HD 6850 OC, 4000MHz GDDR5, GPU 790MHz, 960 Stream Processors, DP/ DL DVI-I/ DVI-D/ HDMI £146.50

thanks guys

[Phage]

I'm not an expert on AMD builds by any means, but the Samsung F4 is the HDD of choice, I don't think you'll need more than 4Gb RAM, and the 600w PSU is a bit OTT. What brand is it ?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would change the hard disk to a Samsung F3 1TB as this would be faster. I would get the following motherboard instead:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-8...-sata-raid-atx

I would get the following PSU instead:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/400w-...2v-6serial-ata

[Phage]

It's very reassuring to have C5th turn up and not shoot you down in flames !

[aldojay]

Its this one

http :// www . scan. co. uk/products/600w-storm-storm-600w-black-edition-23db-120mm-silent-fan-black-atx12v-v20

the 8gb is just to prevent upgrading in the future

[aldojay]

[QUOTE=CAT-THE-FIFTH;2002184]I would change the hard disk to a Samsung F3 1TB as this would be faster. I would get the following motherboard instead:


I would get the following PSU instead:

QUOTE]

thanks buddy ill have a look at those

[aldojay]

ok ill use that motherboard, as for the psu I thought the more watts the better? is this not the case? or is it quality over wuantity?

[PC4Free]

ok ill use that motherboard, as for the psu I thought the more watts the better? is this not the case? or is it quality over wuantity?

Quality over wattage. Sometimes unknown brands dont even produce the claimed wattage.

The PSU Cat linked will do that system just fine

[aldojay]

Thanks mate, ill use that one then

[scaryjim]

Sometimes unknown brands dont even produce HALF the claimed wattage.

ftfy

And it's not an exaggeration. Pretty much every other build thread on Hexus features one of the regulars here advising a better PSU as someone's chucked a £20 no-name 600W PSU in their build. There's a good jonnyguru review where they took about 12 no-brand PSUs and put them through their extensive PSU testing rig: most died very quickly indeed

[aldojay]

suppose if im spending all this money id be aswell getting a decent one

[aldojay]

another thing, cooling, will the std case fan be enough or would I be better getting another?

[aldojay]

also i was going to get a anti static wrist strap but my dad says i can just wrap some solder iron wire round my wrist and attach that to the radiator, that be ok?

[PC4Free]

ftfy

And it's not an exaggeration. Pretty much every other build thread on Hexus features one of the regulars here advising a better PSU as someone's chucked a £20 no-name 600W PSU in their build. There's a good jonnyguru review where they took about 12 no-brand PSUs and put them through their extensive PSU testing rig: most died very quickly indeed

Haha thanks for that I think my keyboard/browser must have lagged out when i typed that :/

[Phage]

also i was going to get a anti static wrist strap but my dad says i can just wrap some solder iron wire round my wrist and attach that to the radiator, that be ok?

Yup. Or even just keep earthing yourself by touching the radiator. This damp weather will help as well.

Do you need asnother fan ? I don't know. Does the case come with one ? I would get one myself, but if you're on a budget, leave it out and see how the temps are. You can always put one in later.

[aldojay]

Yup. Or even just keep earthing yourself by touching the radiator. This damp weather will help as well.

Do you need asnother fan ? I don't know. Does the case come with one ? I would get one myself, but if you're on a budget, leave it out and see how the temps are. You can always put one in later.

Im on a budget but purely because im impatient, can spend another 200 quid out my december wage if need be so ill just wait and see how it gets on then if required ill start adding fans.