Help on buying an overclocked phenom II x6

[andmcg]

OVerclocked PhenomII x6
Case
ANTEC 900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£79)
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 5870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
3rd Graphics Card
NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
NONE
RAID (HDD 1 & 2)
NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NONE
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Power Supply & Case Cooling
800W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£89)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EXTREME DIRECT TOUCH COPPER CPU COOLER (£39)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD OVERCLOCK THERMAL PASTE
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

This is the new pc im looking to buy i know some parts may be excessive but im trying to future proof it as much as possible with out spending to much, ive put extra power so i can put a second graphics card in later on if needed, is this balanced and safe to run for gaming on highest settings, since its overclocked will i have to ever have to set anything or can i just play games and it will be ok , im not great with computers so could do with some help any and all suggestions on specs and what this pc can do will be appreciated thanks.

 

[andmcg]

Case
ANTEC 900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£79)
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
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 5870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
3rd Graphics Card
NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
NONE
RAID (HDD 1 & 2)
NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NONE
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Power Supply & Case Cooling
800W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£89)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
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

this is another system i was looking which would b more suitable for gaming and just gaming

 

[PCS]

I believe we have answered your questions about your specification:

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?644-OVerclocked-PhenomII-x6

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?571-need-some-help-for-a-gaming-pc
Your first choice is best here and when you order an overclocked PC it will come pre-configured, so no need to change the settings yourself.

This card should be able to play games on their highest settings, but to be sure you will need to let us know which games you wish to play.

 

[andmcg]

games i wanted to play are mainly fps games like crysis and hoepfully will run crysis2 bad company 2 call of dutu modern warfare 2 and any other top end games realy

 

[PCS]

Perhaps our other forum members can comment of the requirements of these games and whether the 5870 will be able to play them on max settings? At a guess I would say yes, as the 5870 is a very powerful card, and games such as Crysis have been around a while, but I have no hard evidence to confirm this.

 

[Meds]

Hey,

Yes I can confirm the 5870 will be able to play the games you are looking at, no problems at all.