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    Ik know there's loads of these topics already but it's very hard to configure a PC with minimum knowledge, I always get information overload .

    Anyway I'd like some advice on a new PC, with information I got from all over the place I gathered the following components:

    Graphics card (PCIe) XFX GF9800GTX+ 765M

    Processor Intel? Core™ 2 Duo E8400

    Floppy NEC Floppydrive

    PSU Cooler Master RealPower M620

    Casing Cooler Master Elite 333

    DVD Burner Asus DRW-20B1LT

    Case-fan Antec TriCool 120mm

    Motherboard Asus P5Q Pro

    HDD (SATA) Western Digital WD1001FALS

    Memory Corsair 4 GB DDR2-1066 Dominator EPP Kit

    How well will this all run together? I'm very much open to suggestions as this all is chosen pretty randomly. The main thing I will be using the PC for is watching video stuff (1080p) and a little gaming, nothing too much but it'll have to run Diablo 3 at max settings. Stability is very important as well, the PC will be on pretty much 24/7.

    Thanks in advance.

    #2
    Some of the components are a bit overkill for your needs, here's what I think:

    Graphics card - ok, although a Nvidia 9800GT or ATI 4850 is better value for money (upto ?60 cheaper than a GTX)
    Processor - decent enough
    Floppy drive - do you really need this? I've not used one in a few years now personally...
    PSU - probably overkill, consider a 450w-500w unit of decent quality
    Case - personal preference for the most part
    Motherboard - bit overkill, can save about ?20-30 with another variant
    HDD - don't know what capacity that model is you've listed
    RAM - overkill, 800mhz would be all you'd need unless you planned on overclocking (and even then you'd still have some headroom)

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      #3
      Thanks for the reply. I changed the RAM too 800mhz, bit stuck on the graphics card now, all kinds of variants available it seems. Could you recommend one from this page (sorry, it's in dutch):



      Someone else told me ati would be a better choice as i'll have the option to get a 2nd one in the future and run them in crossfire so I'm leaning towards ati now.

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        #4
        On that site the best value card would prolly be:



        Regarding crossfire or SLI, I really wouldn't bother with that. True, in the future you could potentially add another card of the same model for a performance increase, but by that time you could obtain a better single card GPU. Besides which it doesn't give a 2x performance increase, requires a more powerful PSU, and is more prone to compatibility/stability issues.

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