Proposed new system

[daylightdon]

I'm a newbie and am considering building a system with a Gigabyte mother board # Gigabyte LGA1366 SATA3 ATI CrossFireX ATX Motherboard GA-X58A-UD3R using an Intel i7 930 CPU with a Gigabyte Radeon HD5750 1 GB DDR5 128B 740MHz 2DVI/HDMI/VGA PCI-Express 2.1 Video Card - Retail GV-R575OC-1GI.
I will be using a Corsair 850 watt PS and 6GB of memory to start with.

Would this be considered a good combination?

A suggestion for a CPU Cooler would also be needed.
Thank you

[Dark Mantis]

Yes, fine setup. My only concern would be if you are planning to play games on this rig then the graphics card could do with upgrading to a 5850 really as the 5750 is only 128 bit and the 5850 is the full 256 bit, apart from other considerations. Of course it all depends on your budget.

[daylightdon]

Thanks for the input. Yes, that would be about $200.00 over my budget.
I'm not much of a gamer anyway. I do lots of graphics and design work.
Just want my computer to be fast and reliable. I do not like waiting for screens or programs to load.

[Dark Mantis]

As long as your graphics and designs do not include 3D work then you should be fine. If you are looking for a card with a lot of rendering power then look elsewhere.

[daylightdon]

What else would you suggest in the less than $200.00 price range?

[Dark Mantis]

What else would you suggest in the less than $200.00 price range?

I take it from your answer that you probably will be doing rendering etc. To be honest the 5850 is the next real step. The 5770 is better than the card you picked but not by a lot. You will need to way up how much the card is going to cost you in time wasted if you don't upgrade If you plan on using it for the next 12 -18 months I would think the extra outlay per day is negligable.

[daylightdon]

OK thanks. I will sharpen my pencil and see what I can do to come up with a few extra $$$.
Any suggestions are welcome.

[Dark Mantis]

You are more than welcome and if there is any more questions you know where we are.

[daylightdon]

What about a coller?
I was thinking about the Coolermaster 8?

[Dark Mantis]

It take it you mean cooler not coller! Well there are so many around but if you are not going to be overclocking or playing games it's not such an important choice. Any decent cooler would do you really but get one that is quiet as if you are going to be sitting next to it for hours on end working you don't want to be deafened! This is not so much my domain as I liquid cool all my gear nowadays. There are many people on here who can probably advise you on air coolers better than me. Just let them know you don't want to spend a fortune!
Just checked it out(the CM v8) very nice cooler and would do you fine I should imagine. Also speed controlled so you can turn it down when you get tired of the noise

[daylightdon]

I have BAD hearing so it would not bother me.
I used to fly and also did a lot of shooting!!
Both will destroy hearing.

[Dark Mantis]

So will age

[Peteruk]

V8 is a nice cooler newegg has a good deal on that one or theirs the Hyper 212 Plus.

The GTX 460 is another card to look at its slower then a HD 5850 but faster than a HD 5750 and just a bit better then a HD 5830.

[daylightdon]

I see that Gigabyte has one  : Gigabyte GeForce GTX460-1 GB DDR5 PCIE2 256B 2DVI-I/HDMI/FAN RTL
that Amazon sells for $229.00 which is not too bad.

Yes age does cause problems....68

[Dark Mantis]

Oh! Just a youngster eh!