Help me with my spur of the moment build

[ttreverton]

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[Bobthelost]

First and foremost don't waste your money on a 600W PSU :|

Even assuming you're overclocking, leaving room for upgrades and possible SLI in the future you're still only really looking at a 500W PSU. Seasonic are a good brand, i use one myself, but not that model for you, it's just too expensive.

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.ph...owProduct&cmd=pd&pid=006322&cid=PS.808
A nice shiny enermax.
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.ph...owProduct&cmd=pd&pid=006204&cid=PS.808
A cheap and cheerful OCZ modstream.
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.ph...owProduct&cmd=pd&pid=009560&cid=PS.808
Silverstone, a nice solid brand.

These would all still classed as overkill. A 400W version of any of the above would handle that system with a notable overclock and leave room for upgrades.

Motherboard- Are you overclocking? Do you need firewire or any other fancy features?

A newer HD will be faster, but you can just stick with your current one without any penalty

 

[ttreverton]

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[Bobthelost]

Rightyho, i'm not a pentium expert by any stretch of the imagination however the 805 is only really a good CPU when it's overclocked, also they tend to need the more expensive motherboards to do so.

There is an alternative, you go for an AM2 CPU instead:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.ph...wProduct&cmd=pd&pid=010224&cid=CPU.907
At stock settings it'll be faster in games, a bit slower for DVD transcoding or other number crunching applications and the AM2 motherboards are better about overclocking for the most part.

But there are a few people using 805s overclocked around, if you run a search for 805 in the CPU forum you can see how other people did with it.

 

[ttreverton]

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[Bobthelost]

This is the cheapest i could find:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.ph...owProduct&cmd=pd&pid=010393&cid=MB.526
Asrock tend to do decent boards @ $90 it's not bad.

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.ph...owProduct&cmd=pd&pid=010295&cid=MB.526
$105 and it's from Asus, with a few more SATA ports and other assorted bits and bobs.

But they are both notably more expensive than a cheap 775 board.

I'm going to abandon you and go to bed.

Good luck!

 

[ttreverton]

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[Ichigo]

Get dual-core. No reason not to since they're so cheap. Or they will be cheap on Jul 23rd.

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: Ichigo
Get dual-core. No reason not to since they're so cheap. Or they will be cheap on Jul 23rd.

i agree! july 23rd/24th are going to be crazy as hell days. trust me.

 

[pkme2]

I agree with the waiting too. Hope the info was good for you.