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Hi

I'm about to build my sytem with the following components and I would like some opinions, I used to build PC's but I was out of touch for a while. Anything you would change or a waste of money ?


BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor £164.99

Asus ATI Radeon HD 5770 CuCore 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £129.98

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £125.98

G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM) £99.99

Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £65.99

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £62.99

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £44.99

Alpenföhn Panorama 'Low Profile' CPU Cooler (Socket 775/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £23.99

LG GH22NS50 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99


Thanks

Stephan
 
Soldato
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Wales
Hi

I also have the following in my build:
Asus ATI Radeon HD 5770
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition
G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Pro 64-Bit
Antec 300 case
Corsair TX 650 PSU
And a western digital caviar black.

All I can say from direct experience is it has been a breeze to install and runs very well.

Three things though
1. Why get the oem edition of win 7? My preference was the retail so I could reinstall it if I change my rig. My understanding is the oem edition this cannot be done (may be wrong), worth checking.

2. The stock cooler is noisey and for me temps ran high. I installed a thermolab baram with a 120mm fan and my system now idles at 27c with full load taking it to low 40's. Just a thought.

3. In my antec 300 I fitted two 120mm silent apache fans in the front, another on the heatsink and using the presupplied exhaust fans on low setting. Worth a thought about some fans for the front.
 
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Associate
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I imagine an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 pro rev.2 will give you better temps and it'll fit in the case no probs. I would check some reviews out just to clarify this though. :)
 
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