New PC Build

scotthy · 13-08-2008, 11:20 AM

Hey, im building a new system and was just wondering if the build I have come up with is a decent one.

My budget is around £800 and I am hoping to end up with a solid gaming build. In terms of performance idealy I would like to be able to play crysis on fairly high settings, but I realise £800 is not a huge budget.

Heres the build:

CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Socket 775 (3.0GHz) 1333FSB 6MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor - Ebuyer - Core 2 E8400 (£48)
FAN - ASUS Silent Knight II Socket 754 940 775 939 AM2 copper Processor cooler - Ebuyer - Scythe Ninja II (£26)
MOBO - MSI P35 Neo2-FR iP35 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard - Ebuyer - MSI P35 Neo2-FR iP3 (£60)
GFX - Gigabyte HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card - Ebuyer - HD 4870 (£180)
HD - Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB Hard Drive SATAII *32MB Cache* - OEM - Ebuyer - 750GB SpinPoint (£56)
DVD - Pioneer DVR-215BK 20X SATA DVD±RW DL Ram Int Black - OEM - Ebuyer - Pioneer DVD±RW Black (£18)
RAM - Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-18) Heat Spreader Lifetime Warranty - Ebuyer - 2x2G Corsair (£60)
PSU - Corsair 620W HX Modular PSU - ATX12V v2.2 APFC - Ebuyer - Corsair 620W (£82)
Case - Antec Nine Hundred 900 - Gaming Case with 200mm Top Fan - No PSU - Ebuyer - Antec 900(£68)

My main concern is I missed any hardware compatability issues, so if anyone has any thoughts or feedback it would be really appreciated,

Thanks for your time!

Pimp · 13-08-2008, 12:43 PM

My rig is a bit less powerful then yours (click on my computer to check specs) and it runs Crysis at average 40 fps on 1280 x 1024 with everything on high but on highest it runs at 15fps lol sometimes as low as 5 fps. I think my CPU is not able to show the full potential of the 4870. BTW everything seems fine in terms of compatibility but if i was you i would check how many 6pin PCI EXPRESS power connection your PSU has, because the 4870 requires two of them for one card.

13-08-2008, 11:20 AM	#1 (permalink) Top
scotthy Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 Status: Offline	New PC Build Hey, im building a new system and was just wondering if the build I have come up with is a decent one. My budget is around £800 and I am hoping to end up with a solid gaming build. In terms of performance idealy I would like to be able to play crysis on fairly high settings, but I realise £800 is not a huge budget. Heres the build: CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Socket 775 (3.0GHz) 1333FSB 6MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor - Ebuyer - Core 2 E8400 (£48) FAN - ASUS Silent Knight II Socket 754 940 775 939 AM2 copper Processor cooler - Ebuyer - Scythe Ninja II (£26) MOBO - MSI P35 Neo2-FR iP35 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard - Ebuyer - MSI P35 Neo2-FR iP3 (£60) GFX - Gigabyte HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card - Ebuyer - HD 4870 (£180) HD - Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 32MB Cache - OEM - Ebuyer - 750GB SpinPoint (£56) DVD - Pioneer DVR-215BK 20X SATA DVD±RW DL Ram Int Black - OEM - Ebuyer - Pioneer DVD±RW Black (£18) RAM - Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-18) Heat Spreader Lifetime Warranty - Ebuyer - 2x2G Corsair (£60) PSU - Corsair 620W HX Modular PSU - ATX12V v2.2 APFC - Ebuyer - Corsair 620W (£82) Case - Antec Nine Hundred 900 - Gaming Case with 200mm Top Fan - No PSU - Ebuyer - Antec 900(£68) My main concern is I missed any hardware compatability issues, so if anyone has any thoughts or feedback it would be really appreciated, Thanks for your time!

13-08-2008, 12:43 PM	#2 (permalink) Top
Pimp Captain of USS Defiant Join Date: Nov 2007 Age: 22 Male Posts: 883 Times Helpful: 28 My Mood: Dangerous Status: Offline My Computer	My rig is a bit less powerful then yours (click on my computer to check specs) and it runs Crysis at average 40 fps on 1280 x 1024 with everything on high but on highest it runs at 15fps lol sometimes as low as 5 fps. I think my CPU is not able to show the full potential of the 4870. BTW everything seems fine in terms of compatibility but if i was you i would check how many 6pin PCI EXPRESS power connection your PSU has, because the 4870 requires two of them for one card. __________________ "Space has no boundary, that is empirically more certain than any external observation. However, that does not imply that space is infinite" - Bernhard Riemann Last edited by Pimp; 13-08-2008 at 12:53 PM.

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