£1,000 Build specification help.

Ananokki

Ananokki

Ananokki

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Hello,
I am looking to spend £1,000 on a machine which will be used for encoding video's, gaming and also streaming media to my PS3.
I would like to overclock but i thought as this is the first machine i've built that it would be easier buying the pre clocked setup?
Also, what cooling measures might be worth taking into considering if i'd be running the system at 4ghz. I hear the Corsair H50-1 is a great option?
I've looked at the following components, are these a good choice or is there anything i've missed or worth changing?

i7 bundle including Corsair H50-1 - £600
Sapphire HD 5850 - £229.99
Corsair HX 750W - £117.99
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - £85.99
Samsung F3 1TB - £64.99
Sony Optiarc AD-5240S - £16.99
Arctic Cooling MX-3 - £6.99

Thanks for any advice.
 
it depends if that chip will add or not also that is a overclocked i7 so yeah


it looks great mate
 
Fantastic. I did read about the 930 but due to it being a new chip and the first revision I thought it would be a safer bet with the D0 revision of the 920?
 
Ananokki said:
Fantastic. I did read about the 930 but due to it being a new chip and the first revision I thought it would be a safer bet with the D0 revision of the 920?
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iirc the new i7 is pretty much the same, just with a higher multi.
In theory, the max overclock will be identical, in real life it might be a bit easier due to having that higher multi.

The new i7 is not 32nm or anything different. If you plan to overclock, just get the D0 i7 920 imo.
 
Okay great. So, I guess I will be ordering those components tomorrow! Is it worth buying anymore fans to help the H50 or are the standard ones more than capable?
Seeing as this is my first build are there any cables or accessories I need for use now or future use?
I think that's all the questions I have for now ha, thanks.
 
Ananokki said:
Okay great. So, I guess I will be ordering those components tomorrow! Is it worth buying anymore fans to help the H50 or are the standard ones more than capable?
Seeing as this is my first build are there any cables or accessories I need for use now or future use?
I think that's all the questions I have for now ha, thanks.
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I think the overclockers bundles are conservative overclocks that can run in any old poor airflow case.
 
Ananokki said:
So the lazy man option is what ive already suggested? I think i may go for that option and then if I fancy it i could overclock it further.
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if you going to overclock it yourself anyway and try to push it further, why pay someone else to do it for you to only do it to 4ghz? Have you priced the items individually to see how much more it is? Just my 2 cents.
 
If you haven't already bought I suggest you drop the PSU to a HX 650 or even VX 550, which are perfectly capable of powering this build.
 
^ There is RAM in the i7 bundle.

You shouldn't need more MX-3. The bundle comes with AS5, when you order I think you can ask for them to swap that out.
 
I won't be ordering until tomorrow. The reason why I thought i'd have the PSU greater than I really need at the moment is future expansion, I have a tendency to fill quite a lot of HDD space rather quickly so I'm looking to purchase a few more TB drives.

I'm running 1650 x 1080 so the 5850 seemed more than adequate for my needs?
 
Hard drives are not power hungry. You could run lots of HDs just fine on a 550 unit. The 650 is the limit of sensible head room. 750 is just a waste.
 
Okay i'll look at changing to a 650w PSU as that does make sense panta. It would seem the ASUS 5850 card is out of stock and available for pre-order, would it be worth waiting for this model because of the overclocking warranty or just to pick the cheapest card in stock?
 
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