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Hi all,

Building a new PC as mine is 5 years old and failing me :( Looking at realy playing skyrim on it as well as normal working with vms and such, can you give me your opinion please?

Case
FRACTAL DESIGN R3 - BLACK PEARL CASE


Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X2 565 (3.40GHz/6MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION


Motherboard
ASUS® M4N98TD EVO: DDR3, 2-Way SLI, SATA 3.0GB/s


Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 4GB KIT)


Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready


2nd Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready


Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)


1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM


Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£72)


Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II C240 A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£99)


Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
 
Just a dual core? While it may unlock to a tri or quad there is no guarantee. I would go with a Phenom II X4 right off the bat.
 
If this is the PSU you're talking about then it won't work. All of the GTX560 cards I have seen require 2x PCI-E connectors, if you're going to SLI you need x4 and that PSU only has x2.
Also, make sure the PSU you get can handle the power consumption you're asking from it.
 
If this is the PSU you're talking about then it won't work. All of the GTX560 cards I have seen require 2x PCI-E connectors, if you're going to SLI you need x4 and that PSU only has x2.
Also, make sure the PSU you get can handle the power consumption you're asking from it.

That's not the same PSU, but you're still right.
 
Ok So I have revisited the build as suggested, any better?



Case
FRACTAL DESIGN R3 - BLACK PEARL CASE


Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X6 1090T (3.20GHz/9MB CACHE) - BLACK EDITION


Motherboard
ASUS® M5A99X EVO:USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, Quad CrossFireX™/SLI™


Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 4GB KIT)


Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready


2nd Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready


Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)


1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM


Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TX SERIES (TX750) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£86)


Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II C240 A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£99)
 
Nice case. I dislike doors on a case but it is down to personal preference.

Much better CPU. Be sure to get into Folding once you are up and running. ;)

Very nice mobo, RAM, and PSU.

Dual 560's. yep, you really need to Fold.

What brand hard drive?
 
I just need it to be quite! My old PC is so loud, can hear it downstairs :) I figure water cooling and a door :p

I believe it is a Maxtor brand.

Debating if to trade out the Nvidia cards for 2 2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6950 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11

They seem to give better bang for buck
 
Maxtor? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :D

Go with a Western Digital Black.
 
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