here is the current set up ive got listed :
Initial System build
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-790XTA-UD4 £115.20
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 £109.24
CPU Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus £18.58
Graphics: Radeon HD 5850 £180.14 Link
RAM: G.Skill 4Gb DDR3 1600 (2x2Gb) Ripjaws Dual-Chan Kit £90.42
HDD: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1TB £56.99
DVD: Sony Optiarc X2 £18.82
Case: Coolermaster HAF 922 £69.00
Screens: AOC F22 X3 (Native Resolutions of 1920 X 1080) £300.00
PSU: Antec EarthWatts 750 - power supply - 750 Watt £74.09
Wireless card: Intel WiFi Link 5300 £25.16
Total £1,057.64
Pre planned later expansion.
Item Name Price Source Comments
Graphics: Radeon HD 5850 £180.14 Linked For X-Fire
RAM: G.Skill 4Gb DDR3 1600 (2x2Gb) Ripjaws Dual-Chan Kit £90.42 Link second kit to make 8 GB
HDD: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1TB X3 £170.97 Link to make two TB in raid 0+1
Total: £441.53
Grand Total After All Further Upgrades: £1,499.17
Possibility of water cooling much later for silent computer and for better heat removal.
Second set of upgrades will be in the order listed.
can anyone see anything wrong with this set up? Ill mainly be using it for gaming with games like cod 4 / 6 up to crysis warhead (obv with triple screens cant run at full settings for decent frame rate but im not that bothered by it, racing simulation (with my G25 racewheel), flight sim and a fair amount of CAD (autodesk 2010)
Initial System build
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-790XTA-UD4 £115.20
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 £109.24
CPU Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus £18.58
Graphics: Radeon HD 5850 £180.14 Link
RAM: G.Skill 4Gb DDR3 1600 (2x2Gb) Ripjaws Dual-Chan Kit £90.42
HDD: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1TB £56.99
DVD: Sony Optiarc X2 £18.82
Case: Coolermaster HAF 922 £69.00
Screens: AOC F22 X3 (Native Resolutions of 1920 X 1080) £300.00
PSU: Antec EarthWatts 750 - power supply - 750 Watt £74.09
Wireless card: Intel WiFi Link 5300 £25.16
Total £1,057.64
Pre planned later expansion.
Item Name Price Source Comments
Graphics: Radeon HD 5850 £180.14 Linked For X-Fire
RAM: G.Skill 4Gb DDR3 1600 (2x2Gb) Ripjaws Dual-Chan Kit £90.42 Link second kit to make 8 GB
HDD: Samsung EcoGreen F2 1TB X3 £170.97 Link to make two TB in raid 0+1
Total: £441.53
Grand Total After All Further Upgrades: £1,499.17
Possibility of water cooling much later for silent computer and for better heat removal.
Second set of upgrades will be in the order listed.
can anyone see anything wrong with this set up? Ill mainly be using it for gaming with games like cod 4 / 6 up to crysis warhead (obv with triple screens cant run at full settings for decent frame rate but im not that bothered by it, racing simulation (with my G25 racewheel), flight sim and a fair amount of CAD (autodesk 2010)