purchasing the desktop

patelz

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i have chosen these specs for gaming are the good : (i am under a tight budget of 800)

AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
ASUS® M4A87TD/USB3: DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER

thanks
 

Sleinous

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I'd replace that HDD with this one: WD6402AAEX 6gb/s 64MB cache.

Would be much faster and more reliable when gaming as GPU wont be slown down by slow read of texture files from HDD due to larger cache. (This HDD is only £8 more so really good value).

The GPU is nice, the CPU is too, and the motherboard has sata 6G and USB 3.0 so thats great too.
 

Sleinous

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As you're using stock cooling for cpu, something like an antec, or the PCS gaming case, or even the HAF 922, as long as there's plenty of airflow, your parts will last much longer.
 

patelz

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i chose this hard drive as the other one was expensive is this good

640GB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD6400AARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
 

Sleinous

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i chose this hard drive as the other one was expensive is this good

640GB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD6400AARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

yeah that one is just as good, just you're not making use of the 6GB/s speeds.

Also, all cases will support USb 3.0 as the ports and controller is located on the back I/O panel anyway.
 

PCS

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how many fans is included in the The Coolermaster 690 II Case

You will receive 1 x front fan, 1 x rear fan and 1 x top fan - all 120mm:

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