Will these parts work together? (For new PC)

Overdriven

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Never fully built a PC before from scratch and I'm going to be doing it for my next one. - As I don't like buying PC parts online I'm going to be buying (look around ofc) the parts seperately. So for finding the primary parts I'm looking at PC world... So would these work together:


ECS KN1 SLI A939-AMD Mobo (Socket 939)
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/st...ge=Product&sku=126359&fm=16&sm=3&tm=undefined


Athlon 64 4400+ DUAL CORE CPU (socket 939)
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/st...4&tm=undefined&sku=768208&category_oid=-28011

2x 1Gb PNY RAM
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/st...0&tm=undefined&sku=873860&category_oid=-28001

COOLERMASTER - VORTEX TX LGA 775 AND AMD COOLER
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/st...6&tm=undefined&sku=020210&category_oid=-27993

SAMSUNG - 300GB HDD
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/st...2&tm=undefined&sku=567856&category_oid=-27985

JEANTECH - PSU
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/st...5&tm=undefined&sku=786244&category_oid=-28017

Would all these pieces work together? (Yes, I'm willing to change bits if needed) Also; what cables would I need? Would I need to buy them seperatley?

Cheers for replies.


PS: What about the AM2s? - Willing to spend a bit more cash.
PSS: I know I need a case :p So no "you forgot the case" comments.
 

Naffets

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Few things

Cables wise, you get all those in mobo box (the ones that arent attached to your power supply, excluding a uk power cable)

Hard drive: fork out for a sata one over a crappy standard pata drive, cheaper if anything

Where is your graphics? (i assume you do want to play games :p)

AM2 performance difference at the moment isnt that huge, main advantage is memory bandwidth, now is currently the best time so far to buy socket 939 gear, its amazingly cheap (£98 for a 3800 A64 processor). I wouldn't consider AM2 really for the extra cash you'll pay
 

Yeke

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They will work together yes, but please for the love of god dont buy them from pc world.

Not sure why you wont buy online but can 100% assure you www.overclockers.co.uk are excellent take a look at the site and see what you think, if you absolutly must not buy online go to a fair or something.

am2s dont have a clue sorry :/
dont forget the case! :p
 

Overdriven

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@Naffet: Haven't picked out the GFX card yet since I'm not sure how much I'm going to spend on it when it comes to it; what's the best for £100-£250~ Was hoping for something in the ATI line which won't kill cash but will work with any game (and is faily newish) & Any link for the SATA?

@Yeke: Alright, I'll check them out :p PC world is the closest thing to a computer shop without me going online, hense why I allways check there first (too see how much they charge, then take away about £70 :p) - And I will not forget the case!

For the stuff I listed, is there anything newer/better in general? - Anything I should actually change for the better?
 

MadsKaizer

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Overdriven, please consider other cooler options, especially Zalman coolers are fucking awesome.

I use this for my amd 64 3700+:
http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=165&code=005

and this for my geforce 7900 GT:
http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=192&code=013


at full load my cpu is at 40 degrees, and graphics card at 46 degrees
and that is with fans running at lowest speed, there is no noise or what so ever, and the little there is will be shadowed by your harddrives.


and about SATA drive, Seagate have recently released a new 320 GB disk that is so cheap its unbelievable, but its still good quality, its called something with 7200.10, in denmark its like 70£ for that disk.
 

crispy

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When you get your mobo i will bet you get problems with it being compatible with the cpu :p so one of the first things will be to update bios :)

well they will work together nicely but it might be unstable if you dont update it
 

confused

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Oki basically

Instead of the mobo, i'd recommend an Asus or DFI one. The 4400+ 2x is only a minimal step up from the 3800+ 2x, but with a big price tag. The PSU maker isn't of a well known make, and so i'd recommend going for a Seasonic, Enermax, Antec or an FSP. Also the new Seagate 7200.10 s-ata drives are far ahead of the other makes atm.

As suggested above the zalman coolers are damn good, i'm personally using a CP9500 flower on my cpu and a pair of vf900's on my gpu's.

Personally if I was buying I would be tempted by the new AM2 chips offering some fureproofing but their price tag isn't for everybody.

Also about the case, If you're willing to pay for a good case then look out for a Lian-Li v1000, otherwise the Antec Super-lanboys are aparently very good for their price

Might look like:
REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£66.95 £66.95
HS-021-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-AM2 Aero Flower (Socket AM2/939/754) CPU Cooler (HS-021-ZA)
£25.95 £25.95
MY-007-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR ZX PC3200 (2x1GB) CAS2 Dual Channel Kit (F1-3200PHU2-2GBZX) (MY-007-GS)
£119.95 £119.95
CA-025-EN Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN)
£59.95 £59.95
MB-018-DF DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-018-DF)
£114.95 £114.95
CP-152-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM)
£154.95 £154.95
CA-027-LL Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower (No PSU) (CA-027-LL)
£109.95 £109.95
Subtotal £652.65
VAT £114.22
Total £766.87

Also you'd need a gpu so either a x1800xt or a 7900gt are best bang for buck atm
 

confused

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Just a Note on the Gfx card, At overclockers this week the BFG 7900gt OC is on offer at £191 inc vat... that's pretty damn cheap
 

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