Could someone check my build please??

[L.J.H]

Thank you for reading and hello ^^

I tried to design a sub £750 rig that has future proof-ness (is that a word??) i eventually settled with the following specs

Processor (CPU) AMD PHENOM II X4 955 (3.20GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION

Motherboard ASUS® M4A79XTD EVO: DUAL DDR3, S-ATA II, 2 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI

Memory (RAM) 4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)

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 500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk Currently own a 500gb SATA 3-Gb/s

RAID (HDD 1 & 2) Stripe

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive Currently Own One

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive Use one i have at home

Memory Card Reader Use one i own

Power Supply & Case Cooling 600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59) <-- this is the bit i'm unsure about is it enough power???

Processor Cooling STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER <-- again any issues ???

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

Floppy Disk Drive NONE

Firewire & Video Editing NONE

TV Card NONE

Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit


Thanks for the feedback, i'm relatively new to designing computers and could use a bit of help, again thanks :o


Edit: Im quite an avid gamer, so it needs to run games such as starcraft, AOE, Settlers 7, crysis, Call of Duty MW, and Stronghold 3 (eventually :D) smoothly. I will be using a
Samsung SyncMaster 245T Widescreen LCD Monitor.

[steveuk87]

yeah should play them ok!! your power supply go with the Corsair 650w and yeah the standard CPU cooler is fine!

Enjoy!

Steve

[Meds]

Hey, and welcome to the forums!

The specification you have put together looks great, plenty of potential and will breeze through most games. I do however have another specification which may interest you;

Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-760 Quad Core (2.80GHz, 8MB Cache)
Motherboard
ASUS® P7H55-M SI: MICRO ATX VALUE MAINBOARD,USB 2.0 & SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) 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)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £748.00 including VAT and delivery.

[L.J.H]

Hmm, that alternative is pretty tempting, i5 is pretty much on par with the phenom II 955 maybe a bit quicker compressing video etc, but how does the 460 compare to the 5570 crossfire

[Gorman]

Well looking at this benchmark:

http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image//skymtl/GPU/HD5570/HD5570-32.jpg

The crossfire 5570 is beaten by the 9800 GT and the GTX 460 is considerably faster than the 9800GT, and supports DX11.