£600 build final help wanted

[RobertSolman]

Purchase will be immediate
Final build help please
preferred websites are ebuyer.com
overcloking: yes
Sli/crossfire: not yet

Casecom Black Mid Tower Case £18.88 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/115479

Sony AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW £15.81 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/170014

Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB £39.76
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228

Acer X203 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor £89.97 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/193681

XFX HD 5770 1GB DDR5 DUAL DVI £135 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/196442

Asus M4A79XTD EVO 790X £89.19
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172846

Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz £88.98 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169240

OCZ Stealth XStream 600W PSU £59.99 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/127861

AMD Athlon II X3 440 3.0GHz £66.26 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/191955

That adds up to: £603.84 Perfect


That concludes it please give advice. I have already asked advice and this is my build from this advice so I hope it is fine. As I have a business I can take 17.5% of which is £498.17.

 

[Silvune]

Gets the thumbs up from me.

 

[RobertSolman]

any advice? or how well it will run?. also anywere to get cheaper ram i looked and america get it so much cheaper than us british

 

[galdere]

Nice build.

Maybe an ASUS P5P43TD PRO iP43 ( http://www.ebuyer.com/product/170167 )with an Intel CPU would perform better and be better for overclocking for the same price?

 

[obsidian86]

Nice build.

Maybe an ASUS P5P43TD PRO iP43 ( http://www.ebuyer.com/product/170167 )with an Intel CPU would perform better and be better for overclocking for the same price?

and if he wants a better processor ? intel has stopped making core 2 desktop processors and where will a dual core beat a triple core in general usage ? and multithreaded applications and gaming?

 

[RobertSolman]

Thanks guys and yer I've looked into the whole amd, intel thing and amd was best on my budget anyone else care to comment

 

[galdere]

and if he wants a better processor ? intel has stopped making core 2 desktop processors and where will a dual core beat a triple core in general usage ? and multithreaded applications and gaming?

Faster dual is better with a lot of games than a triple. Neither option is really worth upgrading with, but still possible. Intel is better clock for clock than AMD and the C2D can OC better.

Passmark - His AMD = 2445/3 = 815 C2D E7500 = 1995/2 = 997.5

Can get the E7500 for £83.24

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/Intel+Core+2+Duo+E7500+2.93GHz+%28Socket+775%29+%281066FSB%29+Processor+-+Retail+?productId=34749

 

[galdere]

where will a dual core beat a triple core in general usage ? and multithreaded applications and gaming?

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=87&p2=119&c=1

 

[RobertSolman]

Ok can you give me advice reather than argueing please?

 

[obsidian86]

the am3 board will accept any am3 cpu from an athlon 215 to an amd phenomx4 965 and the phenom x6 is slotted for the am3 platform and where does socket 775 come in ? and a fast dual core will choke when muliticore optimized games become more prominent no matter how fast the dual core is

 

[galdere]

That was the evidence for my advice.

I'd rather save on the mobo and get a better CPU.

Otherwise I like your choices.

Ebuyer prices are not bad. Try google product search, but ofc is preferable to buy all from the same place. I've got from ebuyer before and they are fast etc. Once the delivery tracking from parcel force changed to tried to deliver even though I was completely certain they hadn't been. Rang ebuyer and they rang their contact at parcel force, and as a major client they told them it wasn't good enough and they had better sort it out, which they did within an hour. So I like ebuyer.

 

[obsidian86]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=87&p2=119&c=1

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=87&p2=120&c=1

for under £80 and no the e7500 does clock higher then the 555

 

[galdere]

Over budget though with the mobo he wanted.

I would prefer that also.