Final List - First build!

Well i have being searching far and wide to find the best possible parts whilst sticking to a £600 budget and i think i have finished! Here is the finished parts list:

ATI HD4890 1gb DDR5 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] -XF&tool=3 - £165

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) - http://overclockers.co.uk/showprod [...] =CP-203-IN - £212

Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 Intel X48 - http://overclockers.co.uk/showprod [...] =MB-119-GI - £100

case - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/115479 - £20 (just a cheap case so i could get better parts and apparantly this is a really cool case anyways)

OCZ stealth 600W - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =CA-023-OC - £56

OCZ Gold Edition 4GB 1066Mhz - http://overclockers.co.uk/showprod [...] =MY-149-OC - £35

Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound -http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126410 - £6

Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Socket - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/105994 - £16

keyboard+mouse+screen+HDD are all from my other PC


Total - £619 (inc Delivery)


I have checked that all these parts are compatible but would just like someone to confirm this. I dont think im going to get much higher performance then this without spending more cash i opted for the cheaper case because i plan to upgrade that in the future and i think better components is primary. Id just like your views on this Rig and what you think it will run like and also if its worth the money!

Ordering items : within next 5 days

P.S - I havnt read many good reviews about overclockers customer service so id also like your take on if i should go with Overclockers.co.uk for most my parts.

P.S.S - I do plan on overclocking the CPU and GPU so i hope i chose good ones to OC!


Thanks!

What is this build for?

Gaming, yes, you can buy a more stable pc and not so much on the cpu.

^ that PSU won't cope with the 4870 X2 and the case won't keep it cool.

for £600 my list is probably going to be the best you can get, unless you can pay £15 more for a 940 BE but then you'd have to drop the cooler.

the 9500 would bottleneck the X2 an awful lot and they have the TLB erratum error.

but you could use it I'm just suggesting you'd be in a better position if you went with my build, since 720 BE's out perform the phenom I quad's in even quad threaded tasks and you can add another 4890 down the line.

What about gigabyte.

Well here are the parts that i am going to get:

HD 4890 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] 56&subcat= - £165
AMD Phenom II X3 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] -AM&tool=3 - £120
750watt - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] 23&subcat= - £90
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] subcat=808 - £96
antec 300 - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854 - £42
OCZ gold edition - http://overclockers.co.uk/showprod [...] =MY-149-OC - £35
Titan Fenrir - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =HS-008-TI - £34
thermal paste - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126410 - £6

total - £588


but i have a question, as i am using my old HDD and it is from a retail PC it has 2 partitions one is 455gb and the other is 10gb on the 10gb partition is the system restore for my old pc if i was to format the 455gb drive but not the 10gb and then use it in my new machine and install windows 7 will i be able to put it back into my old PC and use the restore incase something goes wrong?

so far theres 3 [ 0r 4?] final lists . Ordinarily Im hard to confuse but everyone is allowed an off day .


One thing no one has mentioned is the monitor resolution . Its pointless paying for a hugely powerful gfx card for a 19 inch monitor .
The monitor is always the first decision to make about a gaming build IMO

The gfx card will still work on the monitor, just, it wont look as good from a 19" to a 22" or a 24"

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158568
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149977
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158382


Any Dell/BenQ/NEC/Samsung looks good at 1680x1050 or even 1920x1080