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Any opinions on this PC?
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30-07-2009 3:37pm#1
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"Very busy" is the answer :P Trying to work out what I'm buying to replace my dear deceased Astra is kinda taking priority a bit this week
CPU: That's an OEM part with no or limited guarantee. The main reason I'm just a little cynical is because there's a lot of good quad-core deals floating around at the moment. Just a tad cheaper are two 3GHz AMD quads, and the older one is a Black Edition. Just above it you have the more refined 45nm Intel Q9400 if you want a warranty, and for a tenner more the AMD X4-955BE. And if you threw a bit more money at it there's also the Q9550...
Mobo: Decent current-chipset mobo, good OC potential, no problems. Just bear in mind it only has the single PCIe slot... not that many people really need CrossFire anyway :P
Cooler: For LGA775 only. One of the few 92mm coolers that can keep a raging quad in check
RAM: The right type, but maybe not the right company. OCZ has had a lot of issues with overvolted DDR2 lately and the stuff doesn't really like MSI mobos either :rolleyes: Try to get another brand PC8500 for around the same price, so long as its CL5.
Case: Fine, plenty of other choices though. Antec 300 is cheap and has its 140mm fan included, CM690 Xcalade is better and costs around the same as the CM590... until you add the cost of getting one or two Scythe 140mm fans, as it doesn't come with any But it starts life with more 120mm fans than the CM590 anyway :P
PSU: Not pushed on those, being ageing, cheap and nasty Fortrons with issues aplenty. Not that you'll ever draw enough power to bring out its worst. Or indeed even make it practical when an Antec EA650 or Corsair VX550 will do just fine and cost less...
GPU: Good card for a good price, but bear in mind that ATi have their similarly-performing HD4890 for over €30 less... up to you really.
HDD: A bit small for a big mid-range build but can't be faulted on value-for-money. You might want to see if you could get a 1GB model for €20 more but its not critical.
Optical: Yeah. Whatever
And now... I'm off to bed :P0 -
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