Hello

Ive decided to upgrade the PC, and was wanting opinions on the following build (im on a budget of $1000, and already have a Cooler Master case and 600W PSU)

LG W2253TQ-PF 21.5" Wide LCD Monitor 2ms response 50000:1 HD 22"*** $169.00
AMD PHENOM II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition CPU, 3.40 GHz, 6MB $212.99
Asus RADEON 4890 1G DDR5 PCIE2.0 2xDVI HDTV HDCP HDMI $234.30
Corsair CMV4GX3M2A1333C9 4GB (2x 2Gb) (1333MHz) DDR3 Performance*** $116.60
Western Digital 1TB, Caviar Green, SATA-II, 7200RPM, 32MB Cache*** $95.70
Gigabyte GA-MA785GT-UD3H (Rev.1.0) M/board - AM3, AMD785G/SB710*** $119.90

All parts quoted from http://www.tigersdirect.com.au/index.php

Are those prices cheap?
Is there anything you would change?
Does that Gigabyte motherboard have any IDE cable connections on it? I want to be able to use my current LG DVD burner if possible.

Cheers

1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices(Gigabyte GA-MA785GT-UD3H)
www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=3154&ProductName=GA-MA785GT-UD3H
all those prices look to be about the cheapest you can get

nice setup bro i just recently built my comp

Any comments on the build, anything i should change?

Why AMD go intel i7 haha
and maybe samsung spinpoint maybe alittle faster then the WD but could stay wont be that big of a deal.

and MSY is probily cheaper haha

www.msy.com.au

been buying there for over 5 years no problem from them, check prices there, i bet you you will have some spare money hehe

^ please tell me your kidding... the only thing that i would change is the hard drive, the WD Green hard drives spins at 5400rpm whereas if you get the WD Black or Blue they spin ay 7200rpm... it's not much of a difference but you can tell. especially when the hard drive starts to fill up.

yeah caviar black is the go, other than that looks like a sweet build, would maybe look at the ati 5xxx series cards if you could afford it, much better cards than the 4xxx series.

Pretty nice build man, I'd just change HDD to a WD Black or an F3.

Also, while it might not be the case all the time, but I have had a shocking time dealing with TigersDirect recently - so I would advise steer clear of them. Maybe look at ITEstate since you are in NSW.

Have a look at Whirlpool as well, as they have some good budget suggestions.

Edited once, 23/2/10 - 6:33pm.

i dont think many places stock 4xxx anymore, when i went to msy and pc diy(rate that place really highly - good communication and they kinda know their stuff) they are like nup, dont stock them, end of line etc etc just becareful though.

Thanks for the info, they didnt have any 4890's in stock, so i went with a xfx 5850.

Terror i wish you had seen this earlier, cause my oder turned up without the xfx 5850 and the dvd burner, and a fort night latter im still waiting. They are a ******* joke to be honest, and i would also recomend to everyone to stay well clear of them

Sorry I didn't notice the thread was 2 weeks old! . If I had of saw it earlier...

Yeah I have got to the point in dealing with them that the bank is now taking action.

It has 4 cores as well. 8 threads. And does not run "smoother".

someoe chuck him the whirlpool site lol