Poker new build

Intel X25-M 80GB SSD 2.5" MLC Solid State Drive
Intel® Core 2 Quad Q8400
Coolermaster Hyper TX2
Asus P5QL (Intel P43 chipset, 4x DDR2, PCI-E 2.0)
4.0GB Corsair DDR2 1066Mhz XMS2 C5 (2x 2GB)
Coolermaster Elite 330 Case
700W EZCool Tornado
Could this work? Or is the motherboard just too disgusting for a Q8400 & intel SDD.

Look forward to hearing what sort of problems i would get if i bought all this. I've literally put this together tonight with absolulely zero understanding of what i am looking at. I am looking to buy something along the lines of this in the next fortnight with a budget of around £500-600. Its soley for playing online poker with. 80gig is more then sufficient imho for my requirements.

You can cut a good chunk out of your budget by switching to a standard HDD instead of the SSD, the price difference is extreme right now especially for a build in that price range.

Asus M4A78T-E AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS)
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P13334GK)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU)
Corsair VX 550W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-550VXUK)

Comes out to 419 including VAT, and should be more than enough for online poker, you can swap the HDD out for a smaller cheaper one if you want but if you go to small they go up in price. The Corsair 550vx also gives you a lot of head room if you want to install a discrete video card in the future.

Hi,

Get a Laptop & a High speed connection, it hurts to lose your connection when you have pocket Aces

Thanks Hunter, I actually took some time out to read what you wrote this time and thanks very much for that. I am seriously considering it but have changed the case+psu slightly.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/127584# £28.98
Coolermaster Elite 330 Black Mid Tower Case - No PSU

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135159 £45.00
OCZ Stealth Xtream 500W PSU - 1x PCI-E 6/8pin, 2x SATA 12cm Fan

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =MB-335-AS £98.99
Asus M4A78T-E AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] ubcat=1328 £104.99
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] ubcat=1387 £46.99
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3P13334GK)

HD: undecided just yet.

But does this still hold up or is the other PSU a must have in comparison to this one?

Pick a different SSD, like the (newer) OCZ vertex. Its just as fast as the intel, but a fraction of the cost.

I think you will need a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter to fit your SSD into a standard case.

AMD boards only support AMD chips, intel boards only support intel chips, you would need a p43 or p45 board and you would need to change back to ddr2.

The price will increase as the cheapest C2Q is 120 and a p45 motherboard will cost the same as the 790gx board, but you wont get much of a performance difference as i doubt poker uses more than 2 cores.

If everything is retail it should come with all the cables you need, but im not sure as they dont list the entire contents of the box, but motherboards generally come with sata cables and a few other important bits that you might need but other than the sata cables there are no special cables you will need.