Building a DESKTOP PC what YOU guys THINK?

Question

this are the parts i choose i just want to know if they are good enough if everything will fit together and if i need to add new components or change any components please help me out. and last if this is a good pc for the price or if i could make a better pc and cheaper. thanks!
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Processor: Intel Core i7 920 "D0 Stepping" 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail

Quad Core Technology, 2.66GHz clock speed, 8MB L3 Cache, Triple Channel DDR3 Controller, 4.8GTs QuickPath,
£204.34

Cooling: Xigmatek Apache CPU Cooler (Socket 775/AM2/754/939/940)
£12.99

Graphics ATI: HIS ATI Radeon HD 4670 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI/HDMI AGP - Retail

750MHz Core, 1024MB 1746MHz GDDR3 Memory, 320 Stream Processors
£91.99

MotherBoard: Asus P6T SE Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

Core i7 1366 Support, 6400MHz FSB, Triple Channel DDR3 Support, 6x SATA, RAID, 8x USB2.0, FireWire, 7.1 HD Audio, Crossfire Support, Gigabit Lan
£155.24

Memory RAM: Corsair Dominator XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600C9D Twin3X (TW3X4G1600C9D)

1600MHz RAM Speed, CAS 9-9-9-24 Timings, 1.8-1.9v VDIMM, Supports Socket AM3 AMD Phenom II processors, Lifetime Warranty with Corsair
£74.74

Hard Drive-Internal: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB SATA II 7200rpm 32MB Cache 8.5ms 300Mb/s

1.5TB Capacity, SATA-II Interface, 7200RPM Spin Speed, 8.5ms Average Seek Time, 32MB Cache, 3 Year Warranty
£89.70

Cases: Antec Nine Hundred - 2

The Ultimate Gaming Case.....Evolved
£99.52

Power Supply: 800 Watt power supply unit
£27.99

Optical Drives: Sony DRU870S 24x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer DVD-RAM SATA - Retail

24x DVD-R, 24x DVD+R, 12x DVD-R DL, 12x DVD+R DL, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+RW, 2MB Buffer, 1 Year Warranty
£22.99

Sound Cards: Asus Xonar D1 7.1 PCI Sound Card - Retail

Inheriting from DX and D2X, Xonar D1 provides complete valuable Dolby Home Theater technologies for games and all home entertainments
£48.29

Controller Cards: Novatech PCI Ultra ATA133 / 100 IDE Controller Card
£18.58

TOTAL: £846.37

this is it what you guys think. all this i looked at novatech.co.uk website go and check them out to see if i got the right parts. thanks for your time!

Answer 1

If you ask me it's a waste of money. The graphics card is so underpowered for such a high spec PC. You will be getting no benefit from the i7 processor, You should be thinking SLI for an i7.



You've also selected an AGP graphics card,

*** THIS WILL NOT WORK WITH THE SELECTED MOTHERBOARD ***

You need a PCI Express graphics card.



The Novatech PCI Ultra ATA133

*** WILL NOT WORK WITH THE SELECTED MOTHERBOARD ***

You need a PCI Express X1 card, an even then why do you need one? The motherboard has SATA *AND* IDE connections onboard, and you've selected a SATA drive. So you will have both IDE and SATA connections free even after you've added your HDD and Optical drive.



You also need different memory. The i7 is best with triple channel memory, not the dual channel you have selected. Have a look on http://www.ebuyer.com/search?q=DDR3-i7-Triple-Channel-Kits&x=0&y=0 You need 3 x 2GB Dimms, giving you 6GB. This is the reason your selected motherboard has SIX memory slots.



Personally I would take a look at this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-180-OK

339.97 inc VAT



There's a review of it here http://www.totalpcgaming.com/hardware/ocuk-titan-nero/



Spec:



Case: Coolermaster Elite 335 - Black



Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 4850 1024MB GDDR3



Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache



Memory: Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel



Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2P nForce 430 PCI-Express DDR2



Optical Drive: LG GH22NS30 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer



Power Supply: Corsair CX 400W ATX

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 7850+ Black Edition 2.80GHz



Processor Cooler: AMD Black Edition Approved CPU Cooler



Sound Card: High Definition 7.1 OnBoard



Warranty: 1 Year Onsite Collect & Return Warranty



All for just £339.97 prebuilt, and has a much better graphics card.

Answer 2

Y'know, I once read someone state emphatically that it would be STUPID to buy computer parts off of ebay to build a computer system. So the next week after I read that, I did it. It was a pretty good system that I ended up with. All major name brand components, strong dual-core AMD processor, high clock speed 2GB RAM, strong video card . . . my teenage nephew was drooling when I was done building it. It was actually a decent mid-range gaming system (at the time). The catch is, just like all ebay transactions . . . you have to REALLY know what you are selling or buying. If you don't have a high degree of hardware knowledge, then NO, building a system with ebay sourced parts is not a good idea. But if you have enough hardware knowledge, ebay can be as good of a source for parts as newegg or amazon or tigerdirect or some of the other major retailers. The only problem I found with ebay is, I had to be a little flexible. That is, I might not be able to find Gigabyte xyz1234 mainboard . . . but maybe I can find an Asus mainboard with the same chipset and virtually identical features. THAT type of flexible is what I'm talking about. Or maybe I want a specific EVGA brand video card, but I can only find that particular video card on ebay (at the moment) from XFX brand. If this is encouraging at all, the system I built had about $900 worth of parts (at the time), judging by NEWEGG prices. The total amount of money I spent on parts through ebay was just over $500. So I saved about $400 over the same configuration if it had been purchased from newegg! My best bargain from ebay was a brand new Enhance brand SERVER quality power supply that typically retailed for about 80 bucks ONLINE PRICE. I won the auction at $1 (I was the only bidder, oddly) and $12 shipping. Enhance is a lesser known brand but they make some of the best quality power supplies at any price. It was a true bargain! Anyway, it can be done. I'd suggest you make a rough outline of what system you want to build first, and then start buying the parts a little at a time. Save the motherboard and RAM for last. Start with the CPU and Video card and Power supply and case and hard drive and optical drive. Don't forget you need a copy of Windows 7.

Answer 3

Everything should work fine together, but if you have the extra cash to spare you might want to pump a bit more into a good graphics card. I know that's $150 (£91.99), but the graphics card really is the component that limits the life of a computer the most. You will get a much longer life span out of the computer if you can invest in a higher end graphics card.

Answer 4

Since you made such an elementary mistake with selecting an AGP graphics card I'd say just buy one.

Answer 5

needs more ram jst 2 gigs more