Overclock.net - Overclocking.net
     
 
Home Gallery Reviews Blogs Register Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Members List


Go Back   Overclock.net - Overclocking.net > AMD > AMD - General > AMD Build Logs

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 04-10-09   #1 (permalink)
Overclocker in Training
 
amd nvidia

Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 5

Rep: 0 mikepegg Unknown
Unique Rep: 0
Trader Rating: 0
Default Phenom II build - suggestions? changes?

Brit so parts from scan.co.uk, will be overclocking, gaming machine.
Suggestions? Changes?


AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
- £114.98

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P
- £94.30

XFX GTX260 XT, 216 Cores
- £154.40

520W Coolermaster Real Power M520 Modular PSU 2xPCI-E >80% Efficiency
- £62.89

4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2, PC2-8500 (1066)
- £44.68

Xigmatek HDT-S1283
- £29.89

Antec Three Hundred
- £50.47

Total: £553.32
__________________
System: Black Edition
CPU
AMD PHENOM2 X3 720 BE
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4
Memory
Corsair TwinX 4GB DDR2
Graphics Card
XFX GTX 260 XT
Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 750GB
Power Supply
Corsair VX550
Case
Antec Three Hundred
CPU cooling
OCZ Vendetta 2
OS
Vista x64
Monitor
Dell 2209WAf
mikepegg is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-10-09   #2 (permalink)
om nom nom
 
-iceblade^'s Avatar
 
amd nvidia

Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: On earth, thankfully.
Posts: 7,368

Rep: 533 -iceblade^ is becoming famous-iceblade^ is becoming famous-iceblade^ is becoming famous-iceblade^ is becoming famous-iceblade^ is becoming famous-iceblade^ is becoming famous
Unique Rep: 397
Trader Rating: 3
Default

welcome to the boards

looks good, but i'd change that PSU to one by Corsair or Antec. i don't trust CoolerMaster when it comes to PSU's
__________________
must... help... moar...

Quote:
Originally Posted by Afrodisiac
honestly, i couldnt care less if the Wickede Queen of Alara dropped a MostPotente Magicke Staff down the Mines of Haraltraqhor's Lair - im more into headshots and guns:
Quote:
Originally Posted by TnB= Gir, re RAGE
But will the PC have custom features like mouse control, text chat in game, and graphics settings?
parts in [] brackets indicate planned upgrades.

System: Diomedes
CPU
[AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.25ghz]
Motherboard
[Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H]
Memory
[2x2gb G.Skill HK DDR3 1333]
Graphics Card
XFX 8800GT
Hard Drive
300gb Seagate IDE, 640 WD AAKS & AACS
Sound Card
onboard
Power Supply
Hiper 580W
Case
Packard Bell Crescendo
CPU cooling
stock
GPU cooling
stock
OS
[Windows 7 Professional x64]
Monitor
Samsung Series 6 HDTV @ 1360 x 768
-iceblade^ is offline Overclocked Account   Reply With Quote
Old 04-10-09   #3 (permalink)
4.0 GHz
 
PowerTrip's Avatar
 
intel ati

Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Mass. USA
Posts: 675

Rep: 102 PowerTrip is acknowledged by manyPowerTrip is acknowledged by many
Unique Rep: 86
Folding Team Rank: 465
Trader Rating: 0
Default

Power Supply should be change.

Corsair HX520w Modular -79.95
__________________
YorkField Q9550@4.12Ghz on air
Wolfdale E8400@4.5Ghz on air
I did Latty's Linux Challenge and I now run and play games on Linux!
4850s CF Club | 3Dmark06 score 21,231 | I Fold @home | Scythe Mugen 2 Club

System: PowerTrippin@home
CPU
Q9550 E0 @4.12Ghz 485x8.5@1.33v
Motherboard
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P F9
Memory
HyperX 4GB DDR2 1066
Graphics Card
CrossFired 2x1GB Sapphire 4850's
Hard Drive
Seagate 250GB (Windows 7) Seagate 80GB (Ubuntu)
Power Supply
Corsair TX-750w
Case
HAF Nine Two Duece all black
CPU cooling
Scythe Mugen 2
OS
64bit Windows 7 & Ubuntu 8.10
Monitor
LG 20" LCD 1680x1050
PowerTrip is offline I fold for Overclock.net   Reply With Quote
Old 04-10-09   #4 (permalink)
Overclocker in Training
 
amd nvidia

Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 5

Rep: 0 mikepegg Unknown
Unique Rep: 0
Trader Rating: 0
Default

Thanks for replying. Long time browser, first time poster

Ok on the PSU, will change that to the 520w Corsair.
Any more suggestions?

also should I get some thermal paste for the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 or is what it comes with fine?
__________________
System: Black Edition
CPU
AMD PHENOM2 X3 720 BE
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4
Memory
Corsair TwinX 4GB DDR2
Graphics Card
XFX GTX 260 XT
Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 750GB
Power Supply
Corsair VX550
Case
Antec Three Hundred
CPU cooling
OCZ Vendetta 2
OS
Vista x64
Monitor
Dell 2209WAf
mikepegg is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-10-09   #5 (permalink)
4.0 GHz
 
PowerTrip's Avatar
 
intel ati

Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Mass. USA
Posts: 675

Rep: 102 PowerTrip is acknowledged by manyPowerTrip is acknowledged by many
Unique Rep: 86
Folding Team Rank: 465
Trader Rating: 0
Default

Usually its fine, but if you will be overclocking and gaming then you should try Artic Silver or OCZ freeze.

__________________
YorkField Q9550@4.12Ghz on air
Wolfdale E8400@4.5Ghz on air
I did Latty's Linux Challenge and I now run and play games on Linux!
4850s CF Club | 3Dmark06 score 21,231 | I Fold @home | Scythe Mugen 2 Club

System: PowerTrippin@home
CPU
Q9550 E0 @4.12Ghz 485x8.5@1.33v
Motherboard
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P F9
Memory
HyperX 4GB DDR2 1066
Graphics Card
CrossFired 2x1GB Sapphire 4850's
Hard Drive
Seagate 250GB (Windows 7) Seagate 80GB (Ubuntu)
Power Supply
Corsair TX-750w
Case
HAF Nine Two Duece all black
CPU cooling
Scythe Mugen 2
OS
64bit Windows 7 & Ubuntu 8.10
Monitor
LG 20" LCD 1680x1050
PowerTrip is offline I fold for Overclock.net   Reply With Quote
Old 04-10-09   #6 (permalink)
ATI Enthusiast
 
eXe.Lilith's Avatar
 
amd ati

Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Grenoble, France
Posts: 600

Rep: 49 eXe.Lilith is acknowledged by some
Unique Rep: 42
Trader Rating: 0
Default

First off, let me second iceblade on the PSU matter.

Then, my only suggestion would be to go AM3 for 2 reasons:

1) future-proof so you won't have to change everything later when you wanna upgrade and find out the hard way that staying on the aging AM2+ architecture was a mistake.
2) won't cost you that much more
3) more headroom to oc

So...

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P 112.11£

4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX XMS3 DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) 74.99£

So in total that's 43£ more than your original build, but it's future proof and should be better at ocing (saying should coz I haven't laid my hands on that mobo, but according to many threads on different forums it seems quite popular)

System: Operation Cool Breeze
CPU
AMD ES
Motherboard
ASUS M4A79T Deluxe
Memory
Corsair Dominator DDR3-1800 4x 2GB
Graphics Card
Sapphire HD5870 Vapor-X
Hard Drive
Storage: WD Caviar Black 4x 1TB, OS: 300GB Raptor
Power Supply
ZALMAN ZM1000-HP
Case
Antec 900
OS
Win7 x64 Ultimate
eXe.Lilith is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-10-09   #7 (permalink)
Overclocker in Training
 
amd nvidia

Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 5

Rep: 0 mikepegg Unknown
Unique Rep: 0
Trader Rating: 0
Default

Thanks guys, will see if I can stretch to the extra and order away.
__________________
System: Black Edition
CPU
AMD PHENOM2 X3 720 BE
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4
Memory
Corsair TwinX 4GB DDR2
Graphics Card
XFX GTX 260 XT
Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 750GB
Power Supply
Corsair VX550
Case
Antec Three Hundred
CPU cooling
OCZ Vendetta 2
OS
Vista x64
Monitor
Dell 2209WAf
mikepegg is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-10-09   #8 (permalink)
News Fiend
 
DevilGear44's Avatar
 
amd ati

Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Cheyenne, WY
Posts: 901

Rep: 49 DevilGear44 is acknowledged by some
Unique Rep: 46
Trader Rating: 1
Default

You could look into getting an ATI card because you would easily be able to upgrade to crossfire in the future instead of having to use an entirely different card. I suggest the 4870 1GB.
__________________
System: Event Horizon (HAF of the Black Whole)
CPU
AMD Phenom II 940 @ 3.6 GHz
Motherboard
Asus M3A79-T Deluxe
Memory
8GB DDR2-1066
Graphics Card
3x Radeon HD 4890 Crossfire
Hard Drive
2x VelociRaptor 150GB RAID 0 WD CaviarBlack 500GB
Sound Card
Onboard
Power Supply
Corsair 850HX
Case
CoolerMaster HAF 932
CPU cooling
Thermaltake Spin-Q
GPU cooling
Stock
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate
Monitor
Acer 21.5" 1920 x 1080
DevilGear44 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:47 PM.


Overclock.net is a Carbon Neutral Site Creative Commons License

Terms of Service / Forum Rules | Privacy Policy | DMCA Info | Advertising | Become an Official Vendor
Copyright © 2009 Shogun Interactive Development. Most rights reserved.
Page generated in 0.17108 seconds with 9 queries