Hello. I'm hopefully going to buy this specification in a few weeks; I just wanted to know what you guys think about it and is there anything that should be changed or added? Main Purpose: Gaming CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 CPU Cooler: Xigmatek Dark Knight Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H RAM: 4GB Corsair XM3 DDR3 1333MHz GPU: 1GB Asus 5850 4000MHz PSU: Corsair 550W HDD: 640GB Western Digital Caviar Black SATA 6Gb/s 7200rpm 64MB cache DVD/R: Samsung SH-S223C 22x OS: Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Case: Coolermaster 690 V2 Also, what size monitor would you recommend with this rig? Thanks, much appreciated.
Not sure about the cooler, but everything else seems ok Maybe a Titan Fenrir would be better? Drop the WD for a Samsing F3 1TB, its much better 22-24" monitor would do you, how much did you want to spend?
^+1 The Dark Knight is a decent cooler but i'd go with the Fenrir for about £5 more & he's right about the Samsung F3.
and a 22 inch monitor should suit that 5850 perfect a BenQ g2220hd is a good one recommended by bit-tech and custom pc
Ah ok, thanks for the replies - very helpful indeed. I was told that I should not go higher than 1680x1050 native resolution for gaming; is this true?
Also, is a 500GB Samsung F3 Sata 3Gb/s 7200rpm 16MB cache worthy in my rig? I can't see myself using 1TB.