Pc build check

[xwing7]

Hi everyone! I put this build together my first build I was just wondering if anyone could tell me if it's all compatible many thanks

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition

Gigabyte GA-970A-D3, AMD 970, S AM3+, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, RAID SATA, PCIe 2.0 (x16), ATX

4GB (2x2GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3 Classic, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, 1.50V

Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus,

Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus

600W PSU, Corsair Builder Series

1GB MSI HD 6870 OC

250GB Western Digital WD2500AAKX Caviar Blue, SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache

Samsung WriteMaster SH-S222AB/BEBE

Forgot to say it will be used for gaming

[shaithis]

Can't see anything wrong with that at all.

Depending on what games your playing, dropping down to a triple core and upping the GPU a bit might give better results.....but highly dependant on title.

[xwing7]

Thanks for your reply I'll be playing Skyrim,Swtor and team fortress 2.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The build looks fine to me. If you are overclocking I would go for this motherboard:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigab...-%28x16%29-atx

This is the Asus equivalent:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-...-%28x16%29-atx

I would avoid the PSU and look at the suggestions I have made in this thread:

http://forums.hexus.net/pc-hardware/...er-2011-a.html

How are much you are you paying for the hard drive??

[xwing7]

Thanks I'll change the board to the first link and I'll change the psu to the ocz zs 550w in your guide
the hard drive is going to cost £60.

[xwing7]

Do you think it would be worth swapping the 6870 with a 6950 or will the 6870 cope with those titles? I also forgot to say I'd like to be able to play starcraft 2 at reasonable settings Thanks again for the help

[shaithis]

Skyrim is a console port.....so any 3 core CPU + a half decent gfx card should do.

TF2 will play on pretty much any modernish hardware.

Star wars.....seems to be a 2-3 core affair with high memory usage. As for GPU needs......I have no idea and there is hardly any info about.

[xwing7]

Thanks I was going to do an intel build with a i3 2100 and decent graphics card but its my first build and I was put off because I read the stock intel fan is awkward to Install and I wouldnt want to break anything.

[xwing7]

High again. Do you think an athlon x4 build will play those games ? Thanks

different phenom build to bring price under 600

Coolermaster Elite 335 Black Mini Tower Case with Rear 120mm Fan w/o PSU

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black, Deneb Core, S AM3, 3.2GHz, 8MB Cache, HT 3600MHz, 125W, Retail

430W PSU, Corsair Builder Series CMPSU-430CX, 80% Eff', Uncertified, Quiet Fan, ATX v2.3

4GB (2x2GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3 Classic, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, 1.50V

*Gigabyte GA-970A-D3, AMD 970, S AM3+, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, RAID SATA, PCIe 2.0 (x16), ATX

250GB Western Digital WD2500AVJS AV, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.9ms

Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus, 4 Heat Pipes Direct Contact, with 120mm Quiet Fan LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM

Samsung WriteMaster SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±R, 12x DVD±R, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, SATA, Black, OEM

1GB Point of View GTX 460 TGT Charged, 3800MHz GDDR5, GPU 780MHz, Shader 1560MHz, 336 Cores, HDMI

Could anyone tell me if that's ok for my money and compatible? Thanks

[qwio]

I would say you previous build looked better a 6870 can run bf3 and skyrim on max settings. My builds almost identical to this but i think i got better components for about that price, if that costs £600

[qwio]

Heres what mine cost:
£63.52 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135514 - 650W PSU
£50.00 http://www.corsair.com/cmd8gx3m4a1333c7.html - off ebay (4x2gb
£12.99 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/220986 - DVD drive
£34.95 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/750gb...2mb-cache-85ms _ Hard drive 750gb sata III 32mb cache
£48.99 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854 - Case antec 300
£107.99 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-9...oogle+shopping -Mobo msi 990fx AM3+
£86.39 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-p...hz-125w-retail - CPU x4 955
£138.82 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-m...ssors-dvi-hdmi GPU - 6870
Total:£543.65