As this is my first system please tell me if ive forgotten any thing (apart from a hard drive i have one of these) Comments welcome, (but go easy im new to self builds)

cpu

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz Socket AM3 6MB L3 Cache Cache 125W Retail Boxed Processor includes Free Deus Ex Game Download

Motherboard

Asus M4A88T-V EVO/USB3 880G Socket AM3 Onboard 128MB Memory DVI VGA HDMI Out ATX Motherboard

Ram

Corsair 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333MHz XMS3 Memory Kit CL9 1.5V unbuffered

Case

Antec 300 Three Hundred Case

Graphics

Sapphire HD 6770 1GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card

psu

Corsair 600W CX Series V2 PSU - 6x SATA 2x PCI-E

And ive gone for a new monitor.

LG E2260V-PN Full HD WLED LCD 21.5" HDMI Monitor

Operating system?

Couple of questions/pointers

• Any reason you didn't go for Intel? They've been quite far ahead for a while now and even the i5 are quite good
• 8gb of RAM seems quite excessive compared to other parts of the system. You'd get away with 4gb on that config but 6gb would be optimal.
• Antec is a good case choice.
• 6770 should do you quite well unless you want real hardcore games, media editing etc

You'll find it's good fun making your own system and you'll save a bit money as well

Trickest part for me was always putting the thermal paste on the top of the CPU I always use to get some on my hands and not only can some be quite toxic it takes hours to wash off

I just dint know enough about the tech to be looking into intel, I know amd and the phenoms seem to be getting good reviews, Not that intel arnt, it's just as I'm an amature I thought I'd stick with what I know. I went for 8 gig because there was a deal on with that bundle, plus I won't need to put any more ram in for the foreseeable future. Operating system I have on my harddrive on my pc, will this work, could I just transfer my hardrive onto the new system or is that not going to work?

What operating system is it?

You'll need to re-authorise your OS once everything's installed (product key, internet conn etc). Windows will notice your hardware has completely changed and won't like it but it'll be fine when you give it product info etc.

There is no difference in tech or knowledge required going Intel or AMD, you build the system exactly the same.

I know what you mean but I know phenom is amds good stuff, I don't know what is top end intel, plus i know what motherboards I needed, am3 slot, with intel I don't, so I think if you know it you would think it to be easy but if you don't then it's not. Windows 7 is the os. So overall an alright system then?

Should be able to build a nice little system with what you have. What you looking at building the pc for? I got my computer just to run starcraft 2 (Game) AMD set up (AMD Fan Boy!) Cant fault it love it to bits

I'm building it to be a quick computer that's good for general use and to play a few games now and again, but if I wanted to play more than have a system that could support a bigger graphics card.