Building PC feedback needed!

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Dacads, Jul 2, 2009.

  1. Dacads

    Dacads Corporal

    Hi all:wave

    Basically I'm building my own pc for the first time and need some feedback/advice from you guys/girls on whether it's good, bad, what could be improved ect.
    Oh and I'm from UK so please don't post links to US sites such as newegg:-D

    anyway I'm saving at least £100 because my brothers friend kindly gave his whole PC to us for free, that's why i'm upgradin because it sux it's amd athlon 1700@1.49GHz, 512mb ram so yea u get the drift.

    So i'm keeping the case as it has 2 ideal fans and 80gb hdd which will do for now:p

    yeah so few days ago I got a 580W PSU for £30 which is brilliant price!
    Comes with PCI-e connectors and so on.
    http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=223827

    It will be an AMD CPU due to my budget so I am getting this foxconn socket am2+ mobo! - £34.99
    http://misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=337377&Sku=138944

    CPU will be AMD Athlon x2 7850 @ 2.8GHz - £50.99
    http://misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=370836&CatId=2964

    RAM will be 4GB Kingston PC2-6400 800MHz - £33.99

    http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/85822...pin-DIMM-Dual-Channel-Memory-Kit/Product.html

    And last but not least the GPU is a sapphire ati radeon 4670 512mb DDR3 - £59.99
    http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/97698...R3-PCI-Express-2-0-Graphics-Card/Product.html

    final price will be around £210, so I think this is a very good price for a decent pc which I will be using for gaming/browsing mostly.
    I was gonna go for a more low end gfx card to save money but I thought it wouldn't be worth having dual core processor and 4gb ram with a low end gfx card.

    So yeah I've done my research and i'm hoping to buy all these parts(PSU already brought) soon. Post opinions/views on whether this is a good system and suggestions for better parts ect..:cool

    Dacads
     
  2. studiot

    studiot MajorGeek

  3. Dacads

    Dacads Corporal

    more feedback is welcome!
     
  4. Dacads

    Dacads Corporal

    Hi all, sorry for bumping and double posting:-D
    Anyway I have managed to gather enough money now to afford this machine now!:cool
    I've changed some things so the first post still contains old and some dead links!
    Anyway here is the final build:
    http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m37/dacads/order.png

    Suggestions/Advice welcome!
     
  5. Drizzles

    Drizzles First Sergeant

    Wouldn't bother with the wrist band LOL ... just touching the PC case does the job ....... also maybe its just me but I would have gone for the 1066 RAM maybe its just my gaming High Performance tendencies :p
     
  6. Dacads

    Dacads Corporal

    Hi I was wondering if a AMD Athlon X2 245 2.9GHZ Socket AM3 Processor would work with a Asus M2N68-AM SE2 GeForce 7025 Socket AM2+ mATX Motherboard.
    It says Socket AM2+ motherboard but on the Asus website it has Socket AM3 CPU's including the x2 245 on the CPU support list:confused
    http://uk.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=N9gfnjYUinlROPLf&templete=2
     

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