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jammac
23-08-10, 14:11
Good Afternoon,

This will be my first attempt to build a gaming PC and was wondering how it looks to you guys? (No second hard drive included as I already have one to add)

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 932 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE (£115)
Overclocked CPU
OVERCLOCKED AMD PHENOM II X6 1090T (3.20GHz @ MAX 3.80GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR IV FORMULA: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, R.O GAMERS
Memory (RAM)
8GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (4 x 2GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
60GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EXTREME DIRECT TOUCH COPPER CPU COOLER (£39)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Many thanks in advance,

James.

Gorman
23-08-10, 14:20
Looks like a solid build. No changes i would recommend.

Maestro
23-08-10, 18:58
It is sometimes tricky getting stability on amd platforms when both memory channels are occupied with 1600MHz memory or above. For stability and performance alike, then I would defo go with 8gb of samsung 1333mhz. It will come in 2 x 4gb modules so if you ever need to upgrade to 16gb (not sure why you ever would, but who knows), then you will have 2 spare slots to do so.