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bentoovey1

bentoovey1

bentoovey1

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Hello! I'm pretty much ready to go ahead and purchase the components for my new set up, i just thought i'd run it by the forums just incase i made some oversights. Please feel free to recommend other similar specs at similar prices (not looking to go over £800) or alterations to the current spec :)

MOBO/CPU/RAM: Radon Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz Overclocked Bundle - Gigabyte £390

GPU: HIS ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE CODMW2 PC-Game £195

PSU: Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £71

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £30

OD: Sony Optiarc DRU-870S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - Retail £18

Case: NZXT Hades £63

Wireless Card: TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless Lite N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781N) £10

Total including VAT/Postage is £795

I got the wireless card because my student house doesn't do wired connections :'(
 
bentoovey1 said:
do we not rate seagate on OCUK forums? :P thanks guys, i've changed it now, i'll leave it a bit longer in case anyone else has suggestions for change :)
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the F3 is a tiny bit faster, but you probably would need a benchmark program to tell the difference.
 
I'd be tempted to get the CM 690 II Lite edition instead of that case, i think its ugly and the CM has better features and build quality ;)
 
I'm quite impressed then, no major changes like ive seen made on some other similar threads :D initially i was going to get a 460GTX 1024MB but the motherboard was CF compatible only. AND i get a free game with the GPU so that sort of offsets the price haha, student scrimping to a moderate degree!
 
bentoovey1 said:
I'm quite impressed then, no major changes like ive seen made on some other similar threads :D initially i was going to get a 460GTX 1024MB but the motherboard was CF compatible only. AND i get a free game with the GPU so that sort of offsets the price haha, student scrimping to a moderate degree!
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you could have a problem there then if you want crossfire?

that gigabyte motherboard only runs the second slot at 4X speed.
 
does having a 4X speed limit my choice of cards or does it limit the speed of communication between the two cards already in crossfire? and thanks for the case advice :D i thought the NZXT was sexy (in an aesthetically pleasing way). whats the pros of having the Cooler Master over the NZXT??
 
If you were looking to go down the GTX460 (and or Crossfire) (and forgo the game, the horror :p) then this mobo would be better:
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6
Of course then you'd have to do your own overclocking.
infact for an extra £10 you could get:

Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6 Intel P55 (Socket 1156)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz
Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler
Total: £400.44
 
stulid said:
you could have a problem there then if you want crossfire?

that gigabyte motherboard only runs the second slot at 4X speed.
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Realistically, it doesn't make that great an impact on performance - isn't it only something like 5% less than x16 x16?
 
bentoovey1 said:
does having a 4X speed limit my choice of cards or does it limit the speed of communication between the two cards already in crossfire? and thanks for the case advice :D i thought the NZXT was sexy (in an aesthetically pleasing way). whats the pros of having the Cooler Master over the NZXT??
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~No reduction in speed.

Without knowing what the NZXT has, the CM has filters everywhere, lots of fan "holes", a removable HDD tray thingy maboby to allow for up to 15" GPU's and also the possibility to venture into water cooling in the future.
 
Cookeh said:
Realistically, it doesn't make that great an impact on performance - isn't it only something like 5% less than x16 x16?
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its the un-syncronised speed difference that ruins it, having one card getting more bandwidth than the other.

what I think your talking about is 16X/16X VS 8X/8X which isnt a problem as both cards get an equal share of the pie, and 8X/8X is enough for any modern system.
 
burrell said:
~No reduction in speed.

Without knowing what the NZXT has, the CM has filters everywhere, lots of fan "holes", a removable HDD tray thingy maboby to allow for up to 15" GPU's and also the possibility to venture into water cooling in the future.
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I am a firm believer that things with more holes are better...
 
stulid said:
its the un-syncronised speed difference that ruins it, having one card getting more bandwidth than the other.
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can i also ask if i theoretically did have 2 cards in crossfire on the motherboard in what way would things be 'ruined'? You'll have to forgive me for not knowing, my limits with computers extend to 'what bits go where' and 'mouse click 1 is kill'.
 
perhaps ruined is a strong word, but I do remeber seeing some results ages ago showing the difference between 16X/16X crossfire vs 16X/4X, and there was about a 5% speed drop.
 
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