Compatibility/bottleneck advice on new build

Discussion in 'New Build / Upgrade Advice' started by Instinct, Feb 9, 2009.

  1. Instinct

    Instinct Geek Trainee

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    Hi,

    I am building a PC for my family, which is intended to be used mostly for media and homework purposes, though with perhaps the odd bit of gaming (not hardcore by any means). So I have tried to take advantage of low prices for quality hardware. My main questions are:

    1. Is this hardware all compatible?
    2. Is there anything here which is too good, and which would suffer from a bottleneck caused by the other components?
    3. Is the PSU up to the job (bearing in mind there will be no overclocking)?

    CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7400
    CPU fan: Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler (Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler - Ebuyer)
    Mobo: Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L iG31 (Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L iG31 Socket 775 Onboard VGA 6 channel audio mATX Motherboard - Ebuyer)
    RAM: Kingston 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory (Kingston 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory Non-ecc CL5 Unbuffered 1.8V - Ebuyer)
    GPU: Inno3D 8500GT 1GB (Inno3D 8500GT 1GB DDR2 128bit VGA DVI TV Out PCI-E Graphics Card - Ebuyer)
    HDD: Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB (Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATA II 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM - Ebuyer)
    IDE: Optiarc AD-5200A-0B 20X DVD±RW

    And last but by no means least...

    Case and PSU: Coolermaster Black Elite 330 Case With eXtreme Power 460W PSU (Coolermaster Black Elite 330 Case With eXtreme Power 460W PSU with Side Window - Ebuyer)

    I really appreciate your help here - I have enough experience with hardware to build this but not enough to be able to choose without some reassurance.

    Thanks again.
     
    Instinct, Feb 9, 2009
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  2. donkey42

    donkey42 plank

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    well, good news, it'll work but i personally would pick a different mobo because it only has 2 DIMM'S (RAM slots) although it does support for dual mode (RAM) but your RAM doesn't & Gigabit NIC (basically Gigabit means you can have multiple connections (multiple computers) at the same high speed (assuming all network devices are also Gigabit compatable)

    i'm always wary of a PSU that comes with a case as usually they are crappy generic PSU's

    but Coolermaster did have a solid rep for PSU's, but i'm unsure about there case & PSU combo

    Edit: & also about the RAM you'll need to remove some to upgrade
     
    donkey42, Feb 10, 2009
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