final spec,hopefully

[vanthus]

Will this spec suffice to play crysis2 on medium or if not low settings?not interested really in overclocking so not sure best processor cooling to get,but dont want one thats going to be noisy.
Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE

Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION

Motherboard
ASUS® M4A87TD/USB3: DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0

Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)

Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5850 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

3rd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

RAID
NONE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£89)

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EXTREME DIRECT TOUCH COPPER CPU COOLER (£39)

Sound Card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium PCI Express (£66)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Floppy Disk Drive
NONE

Firewire & Video Editing
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)

TV Card
HAUPPAUGE HI-DEF SATELITTE DVB-S2 TV RECIEVER (WinTV-NOVA-HD-S2)

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£108)

 

[PCS]

It will suffice to play on medium/high settings!

My only advice is - do you really need two optical drives? You can read/write DVD's with your Blu-ray writer drive, and therefore unless you plan to copy directly from disc to disc on a regular occasion you can remove the DVD Writer drive.

 

[vanthus]

It will suffice to play on medium/high settings!

My only advice is - do you really need two optical drives? You can read/write DVD's with your Blu-ray writer drive, and therefore unless you plan to copy directly from disc to disc on a regular occasion you can remove the DVD Writer drive.

Glad you asked that,im hedging my bets here,my present pc which ill still keep on using as ive hundreds of apps & games(mostly for the kids) onit,anyway optical drive is on the road out,so i thought(probably stupidly)i might just replace it with the new one.thing is its an ide connection,but if the new one is sata ill need a converter,hence the stupid bit.but still it would be handy for me for disc to disc as you say,& its only 20 quid.

 

[PCS]

Just in case you weren't aware - you can still copy from disc to disc using one drive, but it's a little slower as it first images it to your hard drive, then burns it to the new DVD/CD.

 

[vanthus]

It will suffice to play on medium/high settings!

My only advice is - do you really need two optical drives? You can read/write DVD's with your Blu-ray writer drive, and therefore unless you plan to copy directly from disc to disc on a regular occasion you can remove the DVD Writer drive.

yes,i have a few apps that do that,having the 2 would save you watching when you have to change the disc,but maybe a feeble excuse for having 2.but thanks for your advice.hope someone will still advise me about processor cooler.
sorry,replied with wrong quote.

 

[PCS]

Hope someone will still advise me about processor cooler.

The Titan Fenrir is a great cooler, and the best air-based cooler we offer. It will keep the 965 processor very cool and as a result keep your system running quiet.

The Eco (next step up) will be marginally quieter than the Fenrir, and keep the CPU even cooler. But it's an optional purchase, not a requirement. On the flipside the Triple Copper Heatpipe cooler will also keep your system very cool, although it's not as efficient as the Titan Fenrir. It will however save you £20.

 

[vanthus]

thanks for that PCS.thought i was ready to go but sleinous keeps putting doubts in my head.will my 1st hard drive be ok,i plan to have it partitioned for os.

 

[PCS]

Please see my answer in your other thread.