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by: GrebGoneBad April 4, 2012 12:46 PM PDT

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Buying a customized PC, Is this going to work?

by GrebGoneBad - 4/4/12 12:46 PM

Hi, i'm just wondering if you think that the following computer spec is going to work well as both a gaming computer, (for online and offline games) and as a home computer, (for things such as Microsoft office etc.) and also for running CAD software? Is the motherboard going to be able to support all the components?<span>

<span>Computer Case - X-Blade Black <div><span>CPU - AMD FX 8120 (8 x 3.1 GHz) AM3 16MB - Black Edition
<span>CPU - Heatsink Be Quiet! Dark Rock Advanced BK014 - Silent
Memory - 16GB (4x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.50V (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9)
Graphics Card - NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 - 2 GB - (PALIT) - (PCI-E)
Motherboard - Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (AMD 760G) - VGA
Sound Card - Motherboard Integrated HD Sound Networking - Edimax Wireless LAN 300Mbps (PCI)
Power Supply - 700W PSU
Hard Drive #1 - 1 TB (1000 GB) SATA-III HDD 7200 RPM 32MB
Optical Drive #1 - Samsung 24x DVD Re-Writer/Reader /- RW- Black - Lightscribe (SATA)
Operating System #1 - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)

Also, am i going to be able to add a second disk drive, hard drive (SSD) or add a sound card in the future with this setup?thanks for your time
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Seems familiar.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 4/4/12 12:57 PM

In Reply to: Buying a customized PC, Is this going to work? by GrebGoneBad

I have this hp d4999t with that Nvidia 520 and while it's OK, the total system draw is about 105 Watts when a game runs. So while I like to see BIG POWER SUPPLIES I can't see why here.

Also I've had too many issues with that AMD line so back to Intel for now.

If this was me, I'd get similar with the Intel CPU then pick a video card from this list.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html

You can do better.
Bob


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by GrebGoneBad - 4/4/12 2:45 PM

In Reply to: Seems familiar. by R. Proffitt Moderator

Thanks for the advice, I'll take it into consideration. Ideally, I would love an Intel i7, but unfortunately Intel is just too expensive for me at the minute. If I was to go with Intel the price would be bumped up by around another £200-£300, so I think I'll stick with and for now. But again, thanks.


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