How's My Build?

[cravingsleep]

I was wondering what you thought of my build? Is it all going to work? Any where I could decrease the price without comprising performance (the PC will primarily be used for gaming and internet surfing).

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 PRO AMD 970

CPU: AMD Quad Core Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz Socket AM3,

GPU: Power Color 1GB HD 5830 Graphics Card,

RAM: Novatech 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit,

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 16MB Cache Hard Drive SATA 6GB/s 8.5ms 7200rpm - OEM,

Optical Drive: LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD+/-RW SATA Black,

PSU: Corsair TX 650W V2 ATX2.31 80 PLUS® Bronze Power Supply,

Monitor: Acer V223HQVqbd 54.6 cm (21.5") CCFL LCD Monitor - 16:9 - 5 ms,

Case: Novatech Vulcan Midi Case,

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium,

Network Adapter: Edimax EW-7612PIn 300Mbps Wireless 802.11 b/g/n PCI Express Adapter,

The parts come from a multitude of UK websites and it comes to £648.68 (including peripherals).

Thanks.

 

[Mischa]

you should talk to my friend Nick he knows more than me about computing. I think his username is cravingsleep.

*edit: sorry Nick didn't realise it was you

 

[patonb]

Its not a bad build, but as its a builtg setup youre not getting discounts by shopping sales.

I suggest hitting up scan or overclocks and try piecing it together and se 9if you can get it cheaper.