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Hi, im building a new computer and im unsure of some of the parts being compatible. Could someone please take a look and let me know if it all works properly. I am buying the parts from eBuyer. I will mainly be using it for gaming and 3D work.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz Socket 775 1333FSB 4MB Cache £130.04

ASUS P5QL PRO iP43 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard £52.81

XFX GTX260 896MB DDR3 Dual DVI Cuda and PhysX ready PCI-E Graphics Card £119.58

Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 Dominator Memory Kit CL5(5-5-5-15) £78.24

Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM £58.25

Sony AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW DL Internal SATA Black Bare Drive - OEM £14.05

Galaxy Black Mid Tower Case with Blue Bubble Light LED Strip - 450W PSU £26.07

Samsung SM933SN 18.5" Widescreen TFT Monitor 1360x768 300cd/m2 15,000:1 5ms VGA W/Mount Gloss Black - £89.99

Thanks

Reply to HomeGrownHeroz

First off, if your budget allows, spring for an i5 or 955 build with similar parts.

If you don't overclock, this board supports the cpu for less:

Asus P5QPL-AM iG41 Socket 775 onboard VGA 6 Channel Audio mATX Motherboard £38.98

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=7x8IbK8Vs2QULDCh

The ram is overpriced for no overclocking. Get this:

Crucial 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL6 Lifetime Warranty £59.99

The case/psu combo is rubbish. Get this:

Antec Basiq Power 500W PSU - 20+4pin 2x SATA 1x PCI-E 5x Molex £44.97 + Any bare ATX case

or this case/psu combo:

Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Mid Tower Case - With 500W EarthWatts PSU £97.98

What's your budget?

Reply to p55ibexpeak

The parts are compatible, but you can get a whole lot more for what you're spending.

If you're interested in some advice on a better build, you should post your budget, but here are a couple that wouldn't change the cost (much).

You should check out some AMD builds. You can get a much better build if you go that route. The best AMD CPU (Phenom II X4 955) out right now only costs 122 pounds. A good AMD mobo is the ASUS M4A70XTD EVO (84 pounds). RAM would be G.Skill Ripjaws 1333 mhz CL7 for 80 pounds. That GPU should also be switched for a new Radeon HD 5770 for 120 pounds.

I think those would add only 26 pounds to the cost.

Reply to MadAdmiral

My budget for building this is between £600 - £700. The parts were chosen by a friend of mine because in all honesty i have very little knowledge about building computers.

Reply to HomeGrownHeroz

Do you need an OS (70 pounds)?

Check out the stickied thread "How to ask for new build advice". It gives us a lot of important information to maximize the build.

I'd also look into a lot of the resources on choosing parts and building the computer. It's not that hard, but research is key.

Message edited by MadAdmiral on 12-08-2009 at 05:08:59 PM

Reply to MadAdmiral

The 8200 is a pretty old processor and does not overclock very well. I would go with the phenom II 955 or the i5 750 as previously stated.

I would not get any monitor less than 20" these days.

Dell IN2010IN 20" TFT Monitor 1600x900 £92.98
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164840

or

Viewsonic VA2213W 22" TFT Monitor 1920x1080 £106.99
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/155601

Reply to cory1234

I can get a windows 7 student copy for 30 pounds so i dont need to worry about that. Ill have a look on the advice pages though.

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