At a budget...

AdamusAdonis

Just assembling a machine here and was wondering what yee'd make of an ~800 euro budget?

What I have comin':

Essentials :
Memory: 3GB-Triple-Kit Corsair DDR3
Graphics: Club3D HD4870 1024MB, ATI Radeon HD4870
PSU: Corsair 520W 520 Watt
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700, 64bit,
MB: MSI P45 Diamond, ATX
HDD: Samsung HD103UJ 1TB 7100, 32MB SATA II
HDD: Samsung HD250HJ, 250GB 7200, 8 MB, SATA II
Optical: Samsung SH-223Q bare, lightscribe

Aesthetics :P :
Case: NZXT Lexa Blackline, Red
Fan controller: Aerocool GateWatch 2

€812.20

StopNotWorking

If you already ordered it then wouldn't it be best to not ask us what we think? It'll only make you feel bad if we say something like you could of gotten a Q9/8300 which would run cooler and use less power while being a better OC.

And you could get a case with better airflow that still looks good like a cooler master 590 or antec 300. And they would save you abour 60 doofers(which could be added to your CPU budget so you could get the Q9300).

Aside from that it looks fairly good OP, enjoy

AdamusAdonis

hehe, thanks.
intended to see what yee'd build entirely though..

StopNotWorking

For 800? I'd probably go with a PhenomII 720BE+4870 then fill in the gaps with some DDR3 RAM and then the usual things..

cherryghost

Solitaire wrote: »

And The Reason For Asking Here First Before Buying Anything Part 2 is this topic.

You've specced a P45 build with triple-channel DDR3 from an X58. Not physically compatible.

Oops.

That P45 motherboard supports DDR3. It should be fine. Have a mate running an identical spec one except a gigabyte P45 with 2gb ddr3 from a 3gb kit (theres only 2 DDR3 slots). runs fine.

Solitaire

I'm not having a good day today... forgot there were all of one non-X48 mobos that could use DDR3... and it was the one in this topic :rolleyes::o

Still the wrong kit though :P