2 Gaming builds, your thoughts ?

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Hi guys,

Right so I'm looking at building a second PC for my partner by using some of my current components and upgrading my PC at the same time.

Here is the PC I currently own:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 Ghz, OC @3.6Ghz
Motherboard: Asus P5Q-PRO
Memory: 4GB (4x 1GB) DDR2 800Mhz CL4
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD5870 Vapor-X 1GB
PSU: Antec Sonata 500W PSU
CPU Cooler: Ninja Scythe II
Case: Antec Sonata III Case
Optical drive: SATA DVD-RW
Storage: WD 640GB Caviar Blue
Screen: 24" HP ZR24W 1920*1200

Now I also already have:
- a Belinea 20" 1680*1050 IPS screen
- a ATI Sapphire HD4850 512MB Dual-slot cooler
- a Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
- a Asus Xonar DX Pci-E sound card


Now here is what I am looking at building.

Budget: £700
Main uses of intended build: Gaming, films, music.
Monitor resolution: 1920*1200 and 1680*1050
Will you be overclocking: yes, but reasonably to keep noise as low as I can.
Any motherboard requirements: I don't want any x-fire, and need 4 USBs, no firewire.
Extra information about desired system: Best possible gaming PC for me, and a reasonable gaming PC for my partner using most of the parts I already own. I should also say that I will be starting to play around with Windows Server 2008 on my partner's PC.

So here we go:

Paterner's PC

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 Ghz
Motherboard: Asus P5Q-PRO
Memory: 4GB DDR2 800Mhz
Graphics Card: HD4850 512MB
PSU Antec Sonata 500W PSU
CPU Cooler: Ninja Scythe II
Case: Antec Sonata III Case
Optical drive: SATA DVD-RW
Storage: WD 640GB Caviar Blue
Screen: Belinea 20" 1680*1050 IPS

Overall Price: £0


My PC

CPU: 2.8GHz Intel Core i5-760 £145
Motherboard: !! Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 £85 !! Looking for something in the same price-range but I need a PCI-E port for my Asus Xonar DX sound card, which this MB lacks.
Memory: 4GB 1,600MHz DDR3 £65
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD5870 Vapor-X 1GB (owned)
PSU: !! Antec TruePower New 650W / XFX Black Edition P1-750B-NLG9 £85 / £90 !!, bit-tech recommends the 650W PSU for this type of build, but for an extra £5 you get the 750W which has great reviews as well, wouldn't that be more worthwhile ?
CPU Cooler: Gelid Tranquillo £23
Case: Fractal Design Define R3 £90
Optical drive: SATA DVD-RW £15
Storage (HDD): 1TB Samsung SpinPoint F3 (owned)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DX (PCI-E) (owned)
Screen: HP ZR24w 24" 1920*1200 IPS (owned)

Overall Price & Grand Total: £513


What do you guys think or would recommend ?

I appreciate your input.
 
and that board can do sli/crossfire at 8x/8x so "IF" you want to crossfire the 5870 when prices go down it is possible and also that 750w psu is more than enough for two 5870
 
Thanks for the input guys.

Will go for the 750W PSU !

The the P55-GD65 looks great, but i was just reading a review about it and hearing this:
"For the most part though, the GD65 is worth it, but its current overclocking capablities might limit Core i5-750 users a little, and the BIOS recovery issue pokes us in a way that moves it away from being a definitive choice to just a strong contender on your short list in a highly competitive market."

Would you still recommend the MB ?
Otherwise anything else you would recommend possibly including USB 3, even if the price is higher ?
 
Looking at the Asus P7P55D-E LX at the moment.
Has SATA 6Gb/s, USB3, eSata, and one 1 x PCI-E 2.0 x16 which is enough as I am not a fan of using 2 graphic cards.

Do you guys know if the Asus P7P55D-E LX have decent OC capabilities for a Intel Core i5-760 2.8GHz ?

[Edit: link removed sorry about that]
 
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