New Member From Norfolk, UK

[slakey]

Hey everyone, joined this forum after I saw it mentioned in a YouTube video by TimeToLiveCustoms.

Mainly joined this forum for some help and guidance.

My current PC is around 4 years old, and does sound like it's overheating on some games, so I have decided it's best to get a new pc.

I will be buying on finance so I can't buy the components separate and then build the PC from scratch, so I've had a good look around for websites that have PC configuration and well I've found one, now I just need to decide which system to buy.

PC Number 1:

COOLERMASTER CM STORM SNIPER

AMD PHENOM II X6 1055T

ASUS® M4A78LT-M LE

4GB CORSAIR DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz

1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770

640GB WD CAVIAR GREEN

CORSAIR 650W PSU

TITAN FENRIR EXTREME DIRECT TOUCH COPPER CPU COOLER



Total Price: £904

PC Number 2:

COOLERMASTER CM STORM SNIPER

AMD PHENOM II X4 965

ASUS® M4A87TD

4GB CORSAIR DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz

1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770

640GB WD CAVIAR GREEN

CORSAIR 650W PSU

TITAN FENRIR EXTREME DIRECT TOUCH COPPER CPU COOLER

Total Price: £905

Which should I go for I've already gone over my budget so I can't spend anymore.

The PC will be used for gaming, current games played are Football Manager 2010 and The Sims 3 with expansion packs.

Although I would like the PC to have the ability to play some of the latest games if I choose to buy them, mainly Modern Warfare 2 etc.

So which would be best?

Thanks for the help, both prices include Windows 7 64-bit.

 

[thestepster]

number one for sure as its got the 1055T and its cheaper

 

[tinytomlogan]

The only difference is the CPU so Id go for the one with the 1055 dude. Welcome to the forums btw

 

[slakey]

I wasn't sure if the Mobo was any greater difference, whether one was more suitable then the other?

Cheers.

Also thoughts on the Sniper Storm Case and the HAF 932 Case, I want ultimate cooling and not sure which one was best, Storm Sniper is winning at the minute, because of the dust filters, but the Storm is also £29 more, is it worth the £29 more?

 

[thestepster]

edit ignore that i read the case wrong

 

[slakey]

Another concern of mine, if I went with the 1055T CPU will the PSU be able to handle it all?

 

[thestepster]

yeah mate that psu will be able to handle all that without a problem corsairs a top line psu maker

 

[slakey]

Okay just want to make sure everything is good before I buy.

 

[MeltedDuron]

Definitely #1. Cracking setup! Welcome to the forums mate! Tom you just keep bringing em in heh

 

[AMDFTW]

welcomoe fella

also setup 1 is the best IMO

 

[killablade]

Welcome to this place of pure epicness!!

As for which system to choose.. I'm not sure.

System #1 has a faster CPU (although #2 also has a pretty damn fast CPU) but system #2 has a much nicer motherboard.

I'm not a fan of mAtx motherboards so I would go with system #2

Maybe you can swap out the motherboard for the one system #2 has?

 

[slakey]

Ideally I wanted to stay away from micro ATX mobo's as the components are closer together and therefore get hotter a lot quicker I've been told.

So to go for the ASUS® M4A87TD, it bumps my price upto £921.

 

[slakey]

Sorry to add more systems to the list but just came across one more

From Overlockers.

System Specification

- Case: Antec 300 Gaming Case - Black

- Power Supply: OCZ 600W SteathXStream PSU

- CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz overclocked to 4.00GHz

- Motherboard: Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AMD 880G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

- Cooler: Akasa Nero V2 heatsink

- RAM: Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz

- Hard Drive: WD Caviar Black 640GB 6Gb/s 64MB cache

- Graphics Card: HIS ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024mb

Price: £899.97 inc VAT but not delivery.

Any possible problems with that set up?

 

[slakey]

Anyone, care to share some light on the situation?

 

[killablade]

That last one features a faster CPU, memory, and hard drive than the other two, but the other two feature a better case, heatsink and psu. I'm not 100% sure on which of the 3 motherboards is best, but you could read some reviews on that and figure out which one is best.

 

[slakey]

The PC in my first post with the 1055T would need to go upto £921 total as the mobo is a micro ATX, and I'd like to stay away from micro ATX's.

 

[slakey]

The memory has now been changed so I can only select Samsung branded so I'm not too sure if they are any good or not.

 

[Steve-O-]

Yea man just spend a little more and get #1 with a ATX mobo and you'd be set. That Sniper case is a really good case. Even with a mATX I think you'd be perfectly fine on temps especially with that case.

 

[slakey]

Cheers, I nearly bought the PC two days ago until I found out I couldn't afford it yet.

I can afford the actual deposit but I have to pay a £55 arrangement fee

 

[slakey]

Hey people, I was just wondering if the stock AMD CPU Cooler was any good?

Reasons for asking I can save a little bit of money, but I will look to upgrade the CPU Cooler to either the Titan Fenrir or the Corsair H50 at a later date.