Check out my build before i buy it please

[joeyboy]

Ok so this is my first gaming computer. Here's what i've chosen:

Processor: Q6600, i picked it cos Supreme Commander supports Quads and i want to play that the most.

Graphics Card: Hd4870 512mb

RAM: Patriot 4GB PC2-6400 C4 Viper Extreme Performance

Motherboard: Asus P5Q Pro iP45( out of stock atm ill wait till it's back in) or maybe get the none Pro version?

Power supply: Corsair 520HX modular power supply

CPU cooler: OCZ vendetta 2( i cant spend more then £30 on cooler)

Thermal paste: Artic silver 5

Case: Antec 900 gamer case

Optical drive: Pioneer 20x SATA DVD+RW

Hard drive: Seagate 500GB SATA2 32mb cache

OS: Vista home premium 64-bit


think that's it lol.
(http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2+800+%28PC6400%29/Patriot+4GB+PC2-6400+C4+Viper+Extreme+Performance+%282x2GB%29+?pro ductId=29822)

[wonderlust]

Get a Samsung F1 over the Seagate, there is a fairly large performance gain in having the F1

[joeyboy]

i thought having a bigger cache was better? The 500Gb Samsung F1 has a 16mb cache, what makes it faster, is it some special design?

[Lynx]

The F1 for some reason is incredibly fast, i forget the reason, its mainly due to perpendicular writing technology, and high density.

[Monkey]

Nope, just faster! :P

And id wait and get the Pro iP45

And the case is niiiiice, although not as nice as <<<<< erhum

[wonderlust]

Samsung uses 334Gb per platter vs Seagates 250Gb.

I have a 7200.10 500Gb and a pair of 7200.11 500Gb (8Mb Cache) drives, they are quick drives, but trail to the Samsung... Just trying to find the review I read...

found it!

http://techreport.com/articles.x/14200

[joeyboy]

well my budget has already gone over the max lol, i'm ok with that because the HD4870 is meant to be noticeably better then the 8800GTS but that means no £100+ case lol!

One thing though, since i really would like this all ordered by friday, could i replace the Asus P5Q Pro iP45 with the Asus P5Q-E iP45? It's £10 more but is it any better, it's in stock lol.:lol:

OMG THE ASUS p5Q PRO JUST CAME IN STOCK!!! YEAH!!!

[Audigex]

The 4870 is a very good card (pretty much equal to the 260 in many games). Very much worth the money.