Building a PC

[westham101]

Hi Im going to be building a pc very soon here are my parts:

CPU: AMD AM3 Phenom II x4 925 2.80Ghz Quad core
Motherboard: Asus M4A79XTD-EVO
Graphics card: HIS 1GB 5770 PCI-E VGA Card
Hard Drive: Seagate SATA 500gb HDD
Optical Drive: LG Sata Black DVD RW
RAM: 4gb DDR3 RipJaws 1333mhz
Case: Antec 200 v2
Power Supply: Crosair VX550 watt

Will all these parts be fine together and will it be a decently fast system?

Regards,
Westham101

 

[Silvune]

What will you be using this system for? And what site are you buying from?

Yes they are all compatible and they look like decent choices. Possibly there are better choices based on price or intended usage.

 

[westham101]

Mainly Gameing and multimedia usuage, im getting parts from www.msy.com.au, im aussie. I am budgeted to around $1000-1100 in australian dollars which is about 570-650 pounds.

 

[asteldian]

What resolution are you playing on? If at 1920 x 1080 I would have reservations regarding the Graphics card

 

[batuchka]

Hmm depending on resolution i wouldn't hesitate hitting a Rana 440 if it means funds freed up for a HD 5850 hehe

 

[asteldian]

Hmm depending on resolution i wouldn't hesitate hitting a Rana 440 if it means funds freed up for a HD 5850 hehe

Haha, that's EXACTLY what I was thinking. Good ol' trusty Rana 440

 

[Silvune]

I'm think that if the 5770 is not sufficient for his needs, that he should see what a GTX 460 will cost and if he can work the rest of the build around that.

 

[asteldian]

My understanding is that the card will be around the 5830 performance and a $229 price tag. If that is the case I don't think it is a good buy (though a much better buy than a 465 was)

 

[Silvune]

The GTX 460 beats a 5830 significantly in most games, and the 1GB is not far away from a 5850 at all. Even the 768MB version would be a massive improvement over a 5770 or 5830.
Also the revised Fermi chip GF104 is much cooler, quieter and uses less power (similar to a 5850) than the GF100. I usually don't recommend Nvidia cards but at ~£180 for the 1GB edition I can't see any reason not to recommend it. It's actually the first Nvidia card I've seen that I would consider buying.

It remains to be seen what price one will be in Australia, and whether it can be worked into the budget, but the OP definitely needs to be aware of it.

 

[asteldian]

The 460 seems to be a bit back and forth, but you are right, it does seem to beat the 5830 most the time so hovers between the 5830 and 5850 in performance, so if it is priced between those two then it is a good buy, but in my experience Nvidia have a bad habit of pricing way too mch especially in UK

 

[westham101]

Made a few changes, prices there aswell from the place atm. not sure whether im going to wait and save up the extra $150-200 for the 5870 though.....

CPU: AMD AM3 Phenom II x4 925 2.80Ghz Quad core $157
Motherboard: Asus M4A79XTD-EVO $131
Graphics card: HIS 1GB 5770 PCI-E VGA Card $183
Hard Drive: Seagate SATA 500gb HDD $54
Optical Drive: Samsung Sata Black DVD RW $25
RAM: 4gb DDR3 G.Skill-Ripjaws 1600mhz $143
Case: Antec 200 v2 $65
Power Supply: Crosair VX550 watt $103

 

[asteldian]

Definately save for a better card if you cannot afford it now.

Where are you buying from? You state a 925, but the price is more like the 955 from newegg ($159.99)

At the very least you want a GT460 1gb card. So I suggest you save, or drop the CPU to the RANA x3 440 to get it.

Or if you have an old card, get the new system and use the old card, then upgrade when you can

 

[westham101]

Well ill see what happens when its closer to the time i am buying the parts..... the place i am buying the parts from dont sell the GT460 unfortunatly but i might be able to get it from another place, also im aussie so thats probably why the prices are a bit different....