Last minute advice before purchase

samurl · 2 Feb 2010 at 15:01

Last minute advice..(Parts Arrived!)

Parts finalised and ordered:

Asus P7P55D Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard

Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail

Corsair 4GB (2X2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit

Club 3D ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler

Coolermaster CM-690-II Advanced Dominator Case - Black

Corsair HX 650W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply

MonkeykingZX · 2 Feb 2010 at 15:03

the 850 is overkill yeah, that ocz psu will easily run that system

edit: also you might aswell get this ram Patriot Sector 5 Viper II slightly faster and about the same price

stulid · 2 Feb 2010 at 15:04

Nice spec. Maybe change the psu for corsair modular 650w

samurl · 2 Feb 2010 at 15:06

If the 650w is more then enough for the system I will go with that instead, as I would have liked to stay with the corsair. Thanks for all your input over the two threads stulid awsome help

Cheers, MonkeykingZX

stulid · 2 Feb 2010 at 15:06

Don't get the OCZ psu, they tend to have a limited range of connectors.

samurl · 2 Feb 2010 at 15:11

Cool I've gone with the retail version of the CPU even though I'm going with the H50 just for the sake of the longer warrenty, considering the OEM one is a year anyways, need I bother?

Other then that looks like I'm good to go

edit:

My RAM choice looks ok? there seems to be quite a few selections on the PC12800 / 16000MHZ selection that are v similarly priced, i.e the Patriot stuff, at stocks speeds this won't really be any different though?

stulid · 2 Feb 2010 at 15:19

Always nice to have a spare heatsink! Incase anything happens. Patriot or corsair both good, I prefer corsair.

samurl · 2 Feb 2010 at 15:23

Cheers again stulid, great help, placing order now

ssharp59 · 2 Feb 2010 at 15:37

just to point out, the corsair ram does not have the heatsink as pictured on the website.. its only the xms stuff that does.

samurl · 2 Feb 2010 at 16:01

cheers for that ssharp59, shouldn't matter all that much I wouldn't have thought?

Missed your edit MonkeykingZX. To be fair to Corsair, i've always used them and never had any problems, so I can deal with the very slight performance decreace from the Patriot, if I'm actually going to see any!

Ordered

delivery for tomorrow apparently, which will be suprising.

MonkeykingZX · 2 Feb 2010 at 16:04

post some pics of the build and let us know how it goes

stulid · 2 Feb 2010 at 16:09

Nice!!

samurl · 2 Feb 2010 at 16:34

Hopefully!

bits getting delivered to work, so it will most likely get built in the what feels like 5degree server room

pinki104 · 2 Feb 2010 at 16:36

i am building something of the same spec, could a corsair tx 650w run that

Didaco · 2 Feb 2010 at 16:41

pinki104 said:
i am building something of the same spec, could a corsair tx 650w run that

with ease

BigRazer93 · 2 Feb 2010 at 18:32

Didaco said:
with ease

+1

samurl · 3 Feb 2010 at 14:51

Parts have arrived and are staring at me ready to be assembled after work!

I will be sure to take some snaps for you all not that it is THAT amazing! a nice new build is always nice though!

I will try and get some of the pics up later.

Ricardox1 · 3 Feb 2010 at 15:24

We look forward to seeing your pics!

samurl · 3 Feb 2010 at 18:53

samurl · 3 Feb 2010 at 19:32