Please Check my new AMD build:

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Hi, i've specced up the following with a bit of help and was hoping you could let me know your thoughts :)

£70 - Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3 AMD 770 Socket AM3 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

£132- AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Socket AM3 3.2 GHz 8MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor

£140- Sapphire HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort HDCP PCI-E Graphics Card

£70 - XFX 650W XXX Edition Single Rail Modular PSU - 13.5cm Fan 6x SATA 4x PCI-E

£87 - Crucial 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10600 Ballistix Memory Kit CL7 (7-7-7-24) 1.65V

£30 - Casecom 6788 Black Mid Tower Case

£33 - Samsung Spinpoint F3 - 500GB

thanks,
 
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With cases I prefer the psu at the bottom and vent in the top style.

Psu wise I want to leave head room for a 5850/5970 type of gfx card if a new game comes out in a year and the 5770 doesn't cut it, £10-20 more now on a psu leaves room for that?
 
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With cases I prefer the psu at the bottom and vent in the top style.

Psu wise I want to leave head room for a 5850/5970 type of gfx card if a new game comes out in a year and the 5770 doesn't cut it, £10-20 more now on a psu leaves room for that?
How about getting a motherboard that can crossfire like this one?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-366-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1481
You can add another 5770 to crossfire in the future.

Also, a decent 650W PSU is enough to power an overclocked system with not just one 5850, but a pair of 5850 in crossfire.
 
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whats wrong with it apart from the ovbious sharp edge issues? (i accept those as a risk, i've had a lot of £10 cases)
 
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If you plan on upgrading to something like the 5970 then 650W makes sense. 550W is enough for the 5850 though.

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OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w (£56.99 inc)

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w (£64.99 inc)
 
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