Hi,

The reason I first joined this site was to find out if all the hardware I selected was compatible and if there were any selections. I am going to Manchester tomorrow to buy it, and it has considerably changed today because of the release of the phenom, so, here it is:

ThermalTake Armour Jr case black VC3000BWS with window 2 Fans +USB2 +Firewire +audio +NO PSU - VC3000BWS - microdirect.co.uk

OCZ ModXStream 780W Modular Gaming PSU - OCZ780MXS-UK - microdirect.co.uk

Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 Skt940 nForce 570SLI Dual PCI-E x16 Dual Giga LAN +8ch.audio Firewire ATX Motherboard - M2N-SLI DELUXE - microdirect.co.uk

AMD CPU AM2 Phenom 64 Quad Core 9500 Retail Box inc Fan Socket AM2 940 PIN (3yr Manufacturers Warranty) - HD9500WCGDBOX - microdirect.co.uk

500GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 SATA II 300 7200rpm 16MB cache Hard Disk Drive - WD5000AAKS - microdirect.co.uk

150GB Western Digital Raptor SATA 10K rpm 16MB cache Hard Disk Drive oem - WD1500ADFD - microdirect.co.uk

OCZ 4GB Kit (2x2048) Reaper HPC Edition DDR2 PC2 6400 800MHz Dual Channel Patent-Pending Reaper HPC Heatsink - OCZ2RPR800C44GK - microdirect.co.uk

Samsung DVD RW SH-S203N/RSMN SATA 20x Lightscribe retail - SH-S203N/RSMN - microdirect.co.uk

EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTX Ultra 768MB PCI-E, Dual DVI Video Graphics Card - 768-P2-E881-AR - microdirect.co.uk


Hopefully it should run great, I am mostly worried about the motherboard - any opinions, I want one more like the ASUS Striker Extreme, just one that supports the AMD chip,

Any opinions welcomed, bare in mind I'm getting it tomorrow, lol,

Thanks,
Doggymad

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AMD Phenom Quad-Core 9500, OCZ 4GB PC2 -6400 RAM, GeForce 8800 GTX Ultra 768MB, 150GB Raptor. 500GB WD HD

The mobo you have there is not am2+, so you won't get the full benefit of the phenom.

is there a board on that site that is?

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Not that I could find.

Really all you wont get is the 3Ghz HTT link.... not a HUGE issue

getting this MB instead, no point having something if you cant use it!

Gigabyte motherboard GA-MA790FX-DQ6 790FX AMD Socket AM2+ Phenom / AM2 Athlon 64 Quad PCI-E 2.0 x16 DDR2 ATX - GA-MA790FX-DQ6 - microdirect.co.uk

Setting off in about 15mins Will let you know how it runs!
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I got the computer today and am VERY happy, it is very fast (I've never seen faster ).

Here are the specs:

*AMD Phenom Quad-Core 9500
*4GB OCZ PC2-6400 RAM (Reaper)
*EVGA e-Geforce 8800 GTX Ultra 768MB
*150GB WD Raptor
*500GB WD SATA2 HD
*780W OCZ PSU

The computer gets a Vista rating of 5.9 and I will let you know about 3DMark scores later

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Living life to the fullest it can possibly be!
AMD Phenom Quad-Core 9500, OCZ 4GB PC2 -6400 RAM, GeForce 8800 GTX Ultra 768MB, 150GB Raptor. 500GB WD HD