Please advise/help with my build

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dangerous365

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Hi, Im a beginner in all this custom pc stuff, i was going to buy a dell xps studio for £660ex . Then i decided to build one myself as i was advised that some of the parts were not good enough for the system.

Here is my new i7 920 build. Im pricing ex VAT.

Case £39
Antec 300
http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?W...source=froogle

Processor £210
i7 920
http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/Intel&...920-81p452.htm

PSU £60
Corsair 650W TX
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=29099

Motherboard £186
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P iX58 Socket 1366 ATX
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/155843

Hard Drive £42
Western Digital 500GB
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=27026

DVD/CD DRIVE £15
Pioneer DVR-216 DBK
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=34239

Memory £120
G-skill 6GB
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...tml?gsk-6gddr3

Graphics Card £147
Sapphire Ati Radeon 4870 512mb
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?sap-4870

Total £820 ex VAT.
Please help me! This works out a little over budget. My budget was £650-£700 ex VAT. I want to get a build as close to the Dell price to give me the confidence to go ahead with this.

1) I want it to be CROSSFIRE ready (or whatever it is called - so i can add a second graphics card in the future)
2) Is everything compatible?
3) Please recommend a different part if it is better for the same price or better and cheaper.


I need to try and get the price down slightly without compromising on the spec!

thanks!
 
my advice is to buy everything from newegg.com. everyone i know shops there and i've had great success in building compuetrs from the parts they send. buying from several different sites invites disaster.
 
Um everything looks ok except I don't know about the ram b/c the link is broken. If you want to run Crossfire (2x video cards) you're going to need a bigger and better power supply. 650w just won't cut it with two of those cards. I would look at a 750w or bigger just to be on the safe side, minimum.
 
i d say, don t go with the i7, if u went with Q6600 which wouldn t make much of a difference in gaming, you could probably save 300 £

ddr3 ram and mobos that are compatible are very expensive, and i d rather go wit h the gtx280 which would cost about 200£ and then buy another one in sli mode whenever the prices go down.
 
HxCore said:
i d say, don t go with the i7, if u went with Q6600 which wouldn t make much of a difference in gaming, you could probably save 300 £

ddr3 ram and mobos that are compatible are very expensive, and i d rather go wit h the gtx280 which would cost about 200£ and then buy another one in sli mode whenever the prices go down.
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Yea I agree.

I just looked up the specs and the recommended PSUs for that card here and it states that you should be fine. However, with all of your other components, I would suggest something just a little bit higher to be on the safe side. Go with a 750w or higher by the same manufacturer and then you'll be set when the computer is under heavy load. The last thing you want is to be playing a game like Crysis and have it crash when the game starts getting heavy.
 
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