Build list for new toy:- Asus M4A89TD Pro /usb3 motherboard, Phenom 2 x 4 965 black edition CPU, Titan Fenrir CPU cooler, Corsair HX 850 mod. PSU, XFX ATI Radion HD 5830 1024mb graphics card, 4 x 2Gb Corsair XMS3 DDR3 memory, Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme PCIe sound card, Western Digital cavier black 1TB sata 3 64MB cache hard drive. Cannot decide on case. Fancy Fractal Define R2 -silver- or Lian Li PC A10A. Don't want an ugly black case!. Will it all fit? Bit concerned about lack of external bays in Fractal - quite fancied a fan controller and like the removable motherboard tray in the Lian Li. Any advice or opinions please.
Please will you edit your post to make it easier to read?! To be honest, if you're looking at spending £160 on a mobo, you should consider a P55 board and the i5 750 instead of the 965. I personally would avoid the 5830 and either downgrade to a 5770 or upgrade to a 5850. Do you really need a sound card? Onboard mobo sound is very good nowadays. As for the case, Lian-Li all the way! P.S. Welcome to the forums!
Fractal is a nice looking case and very quiet - but you do need to buy a few extra fans. As previous poster suggested dot bother with the 5830. Either can a 5770 with a view to upgrading to 5770 crossfire in the future, or expand yur budget for a 5850.
You could save £100 by dropping down to 4Gb of RAM, and buying either an HD5850 ( you could push to a 5870 perhaps ), or an i5 750 and a decent P55 motherboard. I would also switch the Caviar Black for a Samsung Spinpoint F3, as thats easily the best mechanical drive.
