Rate my spec

[youngTY]

Hey guys, I am currently half way through my build and would like to share the spec with you all. I have £500-600 worth of my spec upto now and just need the rest :) anyways here is my full spec:

BitFenix Colossus Venom Edition Full Tower PC Case - Green/Red LED
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 3.30GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) Processor
XFX Radeon HD 6850 Dual Fan 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics card
Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX (socket AM3) DDR PCI-Express Motherboard
Corsair H50 Water-Cooling CPU Cooler
8GB Mushkin Radioactive #996983 (4x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz 6-9-7-24
Corsair HX Series 850W Modular ATX2.2 SLI/Crossfire Compliant Power Supply
1TB Western Digital Caviar Black SATA III Hard Drive (x2)
Kingston 64GB SSDNow V100 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive
Samsung SH-S223C 22x Internal DVD±R/RW SATA Drive - Black
SPEEDLINK Vivo 2.1 Subwoofer System
TP-Link Wireless N 300Mbps Wireless USB Adapter
22" BenQ G2222HDL Widescreen LED Monitor (x2)
Razer Arctosa USB Gaming Keyboard - Silver/Black
Logitech G500 Laser Gaming Mouse
Thats my full spec :) I will be having the two 1TB hard drives in RAID 0 and then run the operating system of the SSD. The system will have two partitions, one for Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) and Linux Mint Debian edition. I was going to get the matching mouse for the keyboard but it has been discontinued and I am not sure if it's coming back in stock :( Anyways, what do you thank and what would you change within my specification personally? I know most of you will say pffff XFX!!! Hell no. Well to you people I like XFX so am keeping it :cool:

Anyways what do you think?

[Faz]

Might want to look at 2 x 4gb, leaves room for expansion if you can ever justify 16gb :D

Other than that it looks quite epic.

[youngTY]

Might want to look at 2 x 4gb, leaves room for expansion if you can ever justify 16gb :D

Other than that it looks quite epic.

True I was thinking of getting these instead and push it upto 16GB because I havnt got the RAM yet, buying them soon :) Heres wat I may get instead and getting two sets so it makes 16GB:

https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR3+Dual+Channel+-+PC3-12800/8GB+Patriot+Viper+II+%27Sector+5%27+%282x4GB%29+DD R3+PC3-12800C8+1600MHz+Dual+Channel+Kit+?productId=43734

The timings on these look quite good also.

[Sarky]

Better graphics card for those two monitors I'd say :)

Everything else looks spot on! Nice rig :D. Any pics?

[callumburns]

bloody nice mate! although a 580 would make it perfect :rolleyes:

[Spaceboy]

am I spotting a certain black and red theme with this ? :D

[Alfizzle]

+1 on the 580 idea and the 2x 4gb suggestion :)

apart from that it looks good :)

[youngTY]

am I spotting a certain black and red theme with this ? :D

yes you are :thumb: the case has two modes, green LED or red so am using red and inside the case it also red :thumb: ow and black :D I already have the 6850 so will keep with that for now. I will post some pics up soon for yas to see.

[Josh]

Not a bad build mate. That's the board I'm getting next week actually. It's not a choice of components I'd PERSONALLY go for. But it should do you fine. :)

P.S Welcome to Aria, sorry I couldn't say hello the other day! I'll say ello tuesday. :)

[youngTY]

Not a bad build mate. That's the board I'm getting next week actually. It's not a choice of components I'd PERSONALLY go for. But it should do you fine. :)

P.S Welcome to Aria, sorry I couldn't say hello the other day! I'll say ello tuesday. :)

haha its fine :) and most people dont like XFX if ur implying u wouldnt have that card :thumb: and the board, wer are u going to get it from because havnt aria discontinued selling it? I got mine afew months back.

[Josh]

haha its fine :) and most people dont like XFX if ur implying u wouldnt have that card :thumb:

I've had XFX and had no problems tbh. I don't like the H50 or the case :P

[youngTY]

I've had XFX and had no problems tbh. I don't like the H50 or the case :P

haha :) H50 is okay, was thinking of a noctua cooler at first. and the case i love it especially the red LED :thumb:

[Josh]

haha :) H50 is okay, was thinking of a noctua cooler at first. and the case i love it especially the red LED :thumb:

I've got a thermaltake Frio and a CM 690 II advanced with Side window. :D

Get some pics of your rig up mate would be sweet.

[youngTY]

I've got a thermaltake Frio and a CM 690 II advanced with Side window. :D

Get some pics of your rig up mate would be sweet.

shall do whens its fully done :thumb: still need around 1,000pound to finish it :) grrr the pound sign doesnt work on this keyboard in the shop lol

I have the motherboard, graphics card, RAM, hard drives, CPU and case upto now :) just need the rest

[Josh]

shall do whens its fully done :thumb: still need around 1,000pound to finish it :) grrr the pound sign doesnt work on this keyboard in the shop lol

I have the motherboard, graphics card, RAM, hard drives, CPU and case upto now :) just need the rest

I've got: Case, PSU, Heatsink, Fans, HDD's lol. I need Mobo/CPU/GPU/RAM/SSD.

[Martin]

I'd have gone Sandy Bridge, would perform alot better, for cheaper.
Your post says the Formula IV like mine, your profile says the IV Extreme

[youngTY]

I had got the motherboard and everything before Sandybridge has come on sale :)

[Martin]

I'd say a lapse of judgement about the market.
Is it the Extreme IV, or the Formula IV?
Not a bad spec either way, don't get me wrong.

[youngTY]

I'd say a lapse of judgement about the market.
Is it the Extreme IV, or the Formula IV?
Not a bad spec either way, don't get me wrong.

Just the formula IV :) and I like AMD so I shall be fine :thumb:

[Martin]

Just the formula IV :) and I like AMD so I shall be fine :thumb:
I love AMD as well.