New Build, maybe?

[wiserommer]

so ive decided to buy myself a new pc...with a budget of £1200.

I'm not into gaming as such but i do like my football manager...so i have come up with following build...I think that i'm aiming for speed and performance...bare in mind this is just an outline of what i am looking at any advice would be greatful...i will be ordering at the end of the month.

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE (STOCK DUE IN 29/09/10) (£59)
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X6 1055T (2.80GHz/9MB CACHE/AM3/)
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A87TD/USB3: DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0
Memory (RAM)
8GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (4 x 2GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5670 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
60GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
60GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)
3rd Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NONE
Memory Card Reader
NONE
Power Supply & Case Cooling
50W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
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) AS STANDARD
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive
NONE
Firewire & Video Editing
NONE
TV Card
NONE
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Waranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£69)

 

[PCS]

Welcome to our forums

Great spec you've put together there, which will be fine for you intended usage. My only point is why 2 x SSD drives? The best solution using SSD drives is having one for the operating system and programs, so fast boot/access, and a larger drive for storage of music, films etc.

 

[wiserommer]

well, my thought was the combinations of two SSDs Raided would improve the read and write speeds? Guess i could be wrong. But the plan was to have a SSD has my main drive.

 

[Meds]

The spec does look good but the point PCS makes about the SSDs is true.

Also, the 5670 Graphics Card is classed as a "budget" card so you could perhaps use the money you save from removing one of the SSDs to upgrade it to maybe a 5770 or a GTX460? I know you say you don't game much but you never know, you may get hooked in years to come!

 

[Sleinous]

Also, that 500GB HDD with 8MB cache, could be very cheaply upgraded to the 1TB WD10EARS 64mb cache

 

[wiserommer]

excellent, thanks for the advise

 

[Meds]

You and your HDDs

 

[Sleinous]

Hehe, i'm obsessed!