Well... Check this spec (Desktop PC)

[robmal]

Do I need the Caviar Hard Disk, it seems expensive for just 500 GB....

 

[robmal]

I changed the ATI to the equvalant nVidia for £8 as the texel rate is 56% better.

 

[robmal]

@LFFPicard What about this slightly changed version of your specs.


Case

COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE
Processor (CPU)

AMD PHENOM II X2 560 (3.30GHz/6MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard

ASUS® M4A78LT-M: mATX MAINBOARD, DDR3, USB 2.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)

4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card

1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 550 Ti - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
Free Item Free Item

FREE Need For Speed™ World Starter Pack with any Nvidia® GTS450 or above!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk

1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive

24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader

INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply

450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling

SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card

ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities

ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options

4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
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

BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty

3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery

STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time

Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
Quantity 1

 

[robmal]

I was going to buy a seperate ATI Radeon HD 5850... just wondering if it would be compatable

 

[robmal]

or a 5870

 

[LFFPicard]

If you are planning to buy a separate card it wont be compatible with the Nvidia card, it wont run side by side and you will need to buy better components if you wanted two card running side by side (Of the same brand and preferably model)

The spec you have no chosen will be fine but dont forget the silver warranty.

 

[robmal]

Cheers I give you rep

 

[robmal]

Is a 600W PSU for about £20 or a Sound Blaster Audity SE for £19, which should I choose, as it says that it only needed (20% allowance) 435W...

 

[robmal]

Well this is my final rig please comment on any other changes or advice

Case

COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE
Processor (CPU)

AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard

ASUS® M4A78LT-M: mATX MAINBOARD, DDR3, USB 2.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)

4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card

1GB ATI RADEON™ HD5770 - DVI,HDMI - DX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk

1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive

24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader

INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply

600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling

SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card

ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities

ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options

4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
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

BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty

3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery

STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time

Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
Quantity 1

 

[robmal]

I was wondering if I wanted to upgrade after purchase is it worth getting a better motherboard????

 

[LFFPicard]

You wont have enough budget as you would have to sacrifice a components to afford a better motherboard.
If you want to upgrade later you need to increase your Budget a bit to allow for upgradable parts.

 

[robmal]

What about this a Intel CPU?


Case

STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA CASE + 2 FRONT USB
Processor (CPU)

Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400 (3.00GHz) 1333MHz FSB/6MB L2 Cache
Motherboard

ASUS® P5G41T-M LX: MICRO ATX VALUE BOARD & DDR3, SATA-II, 2 x PCI
Memory (RAM)

4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card

1GB ATI RADEON™ HD5770 - DVI,HDMI - DX® 11
Memory - 1st 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
Memory Card Reader

INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply

450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling

SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card

ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities

ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options

4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
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

BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty

3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery

STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time

Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
Quantity 1

 

[LFFPicard]

The processor is rather low end compare dot the others and you have changed the hard drive to a under performing one again.

I still say the spec I gave you is fine.

 

[robmal]

Ok so this is my final rig spec
I was wondering about OC it and if the PSU or CPU cooler should be better... I have some OCing exprience and only want a moderate boost of about 500 to 600 Mhz
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Case

STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA CASE + 2 FRONT USB
Processor (CPU)

AMD PHENOM II X4 955 (3.20GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard

ASUS® M4A78LT-M: mATX MAINBOARD, DDR3, USB 2.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)

4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card

1GB ATI RADEON™ HD5770 - DVI,HDMI - DX® 11
Memory - 1st 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
Memory Card Reader

INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply

450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling

SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card

ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities

ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options

4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
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

BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty

3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery

STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

£518.00

 

[Fear]

Ok so this is my final rig spec
I was wondering about OC it and if the PSU or CPU cooler should be better... I have some OCing exprience and only want a moderate boost of about 500 to 600 Mhz

I strongly advise you to read this http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?3284-Warranty-When-Overclocking!

 

[LFFPicard]

You should still upgrade your hard drive.

 

[Fear]

You should still upgrade your hard drive.

That needs a flashing neon light

 

[robmal]

What about the 640GB Caviar Black? Good enough for you

 

[Fear]

Spot on my friend that HDD is the one you really wants