my new computer

[crorush]

im going to build a new computer, just want to know if there is any problem with compatibility

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo, E8400, Wolfdale Core, S775, 3.0GHz, 1333MHz, 6MB Cache, 9x Multiplier, Retail £110.79 £127.41

Motherboard: Asus P5Q PRO, iP45, S 775, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR2 1200MHz, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £86.49 £99.46

memory: 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2, PC2-8500 (1066), 240Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-15, EPP £42.64 £49.04

Graphic Card: 2GB XFX HD 4870 X2, PCI-E 2.0, 3600MHz GDDR5, GPU 750MHz, 1600 Cores, CrossFire, 2x DL DVI-I/ HDTV

Hard drive: 1TB (1000 GB) Maxtor STM31000340AS DiamondMax 22, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ

Power supply: I dont know how much it requires ,can some1 recommend one?

 

[daniSAUR]

Hey crorush, welcome to OC3D !

Just a few questions:

1) What are you using your build for?

2) What's your budget?

3) What sized monitor are you using?

IMO, motherboard I'd recommend getting the MSI Neo2-FR; great board for overclocking if you're into trying that out in the near/late future.

Power supply (or for short PSU) you could look for a good case/PSU combo - that is depending on your budget - but I'd look at decent brands such as Coolermaser, Antec, Corsair, etc.

Also, if you're going for a windows based OS (opperating system ), make sure you get a 64bit one so you can utilise all 4GB of RAM. IMO I'd even settle for some CL4 PC2-6400 sticks!

Hope this helps dude!

Dani

 

[crorush]

hi, daniSAUR, thank you for your help!

I get this build for gaming, mmorpgs,or single game like cod, just want to try every great game i havent played before, my budget is around £700 exclude monitor, planing to buy a cheap 22" monitor, does 4870x2 work well with E8400 otherwise i will choose xfx gtx275 or 260. is 4890 better than 275, i found its only for £145 at scan.

 

[daniSAUR]

GPUs work with any CPU chips. Seeing as you're a gamer your main focuses should be on a good CPU and GPU.

I just looked at some benchies on the two cards (HD 4890 and GTX275) and the nVidia card seems to out perform the ATi one by only a small amount. If you're going to be playing new games - for example those made by Crytek - then getting a nVidia card would give you higher FPS (frames per second) during gameplay. I believe they run a bit cooler than the ATi cards as well (someone correct me if I'm wrong ). The HD 4890 only seems to beat the GTX275 when in CrossFire, so if you get two HD 4890's you'd be rocking out on the games! :rocker: :rocker:

A 512mb GPU should be fine to have, 1GB may be a little pointless with the screen size.

 

[teejay73]

First off the hd4890 is more or less on a par with the gtx275 and in crossfire it would blow a single gtx275 out if the water but as single cards they are about the same when you factor in cost etc.

If you are looking for a psu then make sure it has enough amps on the 12v rail(s), i would personally go for the corsair 650tx series as it has a mighty 50+ amps on a single 12v rail, if on the other hand you want to set up two cards in xfire/sli then you might need a bigger supply!

As regards to the motherboard, i have a p5qe mobo and can tell you that it has fantastic overclocking abilities so i would assume the p5q pro would have just the same potential, remember also that if you decide on a ati gpu or nvidia gpu and plan on running xfire/sli in the future then make sure your mobo can do this.

Hope this helps.

 

[teejay73]

just checked out overclocker`s and they have the hd4890 @ £145. and the cheapest gtx275 @ £175., personally as you are getting the p5q pro mobo, i would go for the 4890 based on the fact that you can x-fire with this mobo only.

Remember that when in x-fire this mobo will only run at 8x and not at 16x, so perhaps will induce a slight bottleneck on the cards, dont think this will be too much of a visible issue though.

If you thought about it, you could go the i7 route as i am sure that a £700.00 budget would allow for this and also the p45 mobo will at some point become yesterdays tech.