Need a Pro to look at the pc i would like to build.

[dlads]

Hi,
this is my first message on your forum and well anywhere to be honest, i'm looking to build my own pc and have constructed what i think would be a good affordable pc within my means. Please could one of you pc boffins take a peek and let me know if its all compatible with each other and if its any good also, ill print the not so detailed specs and if you need the in depth details ill print them soon hereafter.

Thanks very much in advance and i hope ive got it right first time, this is my first time building by the way.
(All these components can be found at dabs.com.)

Cheers.

dlads

AMD PhenomX4 9850 BLACK EDITION AM2+ 2.5GHz 4MB CACHE £131.11

Corsair Memory 4GBKIT (2X2GB) 800MHZ NON ECC CL5 DDR2 SDRAM - £41.98

Gigabyte AM2 AMD 790X DDR2 ATX Audio Lan - £81.22

OCZ Technology StealthXStream 600W Active PFC - £68.26

Lian-Li MATX Cube No PSU Aluminium Black Case - £72.28

Akasa 80x25mm Black - Lo-Noise x2 - £5.52 each

Western Digital Green Power Caviar 500GB 5400RPM Up To 7200RPM S300 16MB - £46.96 each

BFG Graphics GeForce 9600GT 512MB PCIE OC - £109.06

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[not important]

MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128075

Case:http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...0051&InMerch=1

If these are the MOBO and Case you are referring to.......That MOBO will not fit in that case.

[jdeb]

I would steer away from that board... case is not right as not important pointed out. Very nice case but for micro atx boards, the board you chose is a atx.

[tomtoon]

Originally Posted by dlads Hi, this is my first message on your forum and well anywhere to be honest, i'm looking to build my own pc and have constructed what i think would be a good affordable pc within my means. Please could one of you pc boffins take a peek and let me know if its all compatible with each other and if its any good also, ill print the not so detailed specs and if you need the in depth details ill print them soon hereafter. Thanks very much in advance and i hope ive got it right first time, this is my first time building by the way. (All these components can be found at dabs.com.) Cheers. dlads AMD PhenomX4 9850 BLACK EDITION AM2+ 2.5GHz 4MB CACHE £131.11 Corsair Memory 4GBKIT (2X2GB) 800MHZ NON ECC CL5 DDR2 SDRAM - £41.98 Gigabyte AM2 AMD 790X DDR2 ATX Audio Lan - £81.22 OCZ Technology StealthXStream 600W Active PFC - £68.26 Lian-Li MATX Cube No PSU Aluminium Black Case - £72.28 Akasa 80x25mm Black - Lo-Noise x2 - £5.52 each Western Digital Green Power Caviar 500GB 5400RPM Up To 7200RPM S300 16MB - £46.96 each BFG Graphics GeForce 9600GT 512MB PCIE OC - £109.06 . £468.39p ex vat and shipping[/FONT][/B]

Won't you need an O.S or have you got 1?

[not important]

Originally Posted by tomtoon Won't you need an O.S or have you got 1?

No OS or optical drive listed so I'm assuming the poster has those.

[jdeb]

i was wondering what his intended use for it was?

[tomtoon]

Looking at the list Im guessing Gaming would be his use.

[phigdon]

I got the DS3H version of that board and had a NIGHTMARE trying to find compatible RAM. I use this board which has the 790GX chipset.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131331

When it comes to cases, and computers in general, get something bigger than what you need and you can upgrade into.

I would suggest a Seagate 500gig 32meg cache hard drive.

if you are putting in a Phenom why DDR2 800? use 1066.

and get a 4850 or 4870 GPU.

[dlads]

Well thanks for the prompt replies i ddint realise so many people would respond to me but thanks guys.

To answer a few of your questions:

Ill be probably using this machine for gaming, making music via reason 4.0, watching movies, video editing and surfing the web.

I have vista 32 and 64 bit, home and ultimate, XP with sp2 pro, so OS' isnt a problem.

To be honest pretty much every one of these components i picked for what i thought was good performance per £££ (on paper of cource)

I wasnt aware that i needed a diff case so il change the one i picked to an ATX instead of a micro atx, the Mobo "phigdon" mentioned i will be taking a look at, and lets say i DO pick the one he mentioned and i pick a compatible ATX case, oh and the diff gpu which "phigdon" also mentioned, would there be any other conflicts between the components, from what you can see?? Or would that be too hard to tell ??

Again thank you all for your prompt responses i really appreciate it, and thanks in advance to anyone who responds to this mail too.


P.S phigdon?? what is the difference between an 800 and a 1066? (in short) is the 1066 just quicker??


dlads.

[tomtoon]

800 is 800MHz(will run at 400MHz, after the calcuations.)
The 1066 is 1066MHz(wll run at 533MHz " ")