Computer Components - Your Thoughts

**Procurator** · 10/28/2008 08:49:22

I'll be putting my next computer together within a couple of months, and wondered what people's thoughts were on the components I've currently got my eye on. But then I thought, hey, why not make this a thread anyone can use to get opinions on what they're buying too? Be it a little upgrade, a second graphics card, or a whole PC.

And if it lets us show off a little, so much the better.

Here's what I'm looking at now:

LG 24" LCD, 1920x1200 resolution
AMD Phenom X4 9950
Asus M3A32-MVP motherboard
4GiB Corsair RAM (DDR2 1066Mhz)
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 1GiB
OCZ EliteXstream 1000W PSU
The usual Arctic Cooling and Zalman fan-based cooling
LG Blu-ray player

There's stuff missing from that list (HDD, soundcard, case, etc.) but I've already got those.

I've picked the vanilla Radeon HD 4870 because I can add a second one in through CrossFire at a later date if I feel like going nuts. I don't plan on waiting, either. I know Intel are coming out with their Core i7 chips soonish, for example, but they'll be too expensive anyway. (And I hate Intel for forcing their annoying jingle into any advert that so much as mentions them.)

Edit: Updated with what I actually bought in the end.

**Procurator**

Nobody?

Nobody has these components or can suggest anything better/cheaper/more efficient?

**ArchDuke**

It looks really solid, but I'm still learning my way around hardware. I've got a XClio 600W power supply en route from Newegg and I'm getting a friend to help me put it together. I don't know enough to chance tearing up my new desktop. =/

Plus, you posted this at 7am my time. SMILEY

**Pylat**

All I know are Radeons are flippin easy to overclock, make sure you have a little cooling on your system (Not even liquid cooling, just a few fans and a well designed case) and you can squeeze so much more out of your card.