£2000 system

slothlust · 15 Feb 2010 at 15:24

hello, everyone. i've got £2000 to spend on my new system. these are the components i have chosen so far.

I Would like you to tell me if there is something better i could buy, in the same price range. and say what do u think about those components. Thanks guys.

1. Core i7 920 --------------------- [£210]
2. Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 --------- [£180] ---------- (i wanted rampage II EX or P6T6 but SATA III and USB 3.0 won me over)
3. Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 ------- [£435] ---------- (CrossFire in the future)
4. Kingston 128Gb SSD ------------ [£170] ---------- (any good? Raid 0 in the future. Btw, are there any 6Gb/s SSDs yet?)
5. Samsung XL2370 --------------- [£265] ---------- (are Iiama's better?)
6. OCZ Z Series Gold 1000W ------- [£180] ---------- (isn't 1000W too much?)
7. Scythe Mugen 2 CPU Cooler ----- [£38]
8. Coolermaster HAF 932 ---------- [£105] ---------- (is there something cheaper that will fit HD 5970 and with a good air flow?)
9. DVD RW Lightscribe ------------- [£20]

10. I cant decide on RAM. I was thinking of OCZ Blade Series 7-7-7-24 1600mhz (is that any good?) or 2100mhz 9-9-9-24
and also, can u explain why the latencies are higher whith higher clock speeds? i mean lets say for 1866mhz is
8-8-8-24 good?

(£1600 overall) but I might add another SSD

BIGBC · 15 Feb 2010 at 15:29

The RAM speeds are largely a marketing thing. The real world performance gains are minimal.
Getting RAM capable of the higher speeds and lower latencies may well help you with overclocking though if you are going for some high increases. Though that cooler would indicate you arent.

On your budget you may want to look into custom watercooling - if its a first build give the Megahelems or H50 a go instead.

Josh P · 15 Feb 2010 at 16:11

slothlust · 15 Feb 2010 at 16:40

thanks for reply and advice. However i was wondering about that psu, i heard a lot of ppl saying that corsair is better than ocz but looking at the specs

corsair HX1000W :

1. Combined 80A of power on +12V
2. 80%+ energy efficient
3.True independent dual rail design

ocz Z series Gold 1000W :

1. +12VDC @ 83A
2. Ultra-High Efficiency (over 90%)
3. Single Rail Design

So ocz has more Amps, is more Efficient, has a single rail design (which i heard is better, am i correct?)

gary996 · 15 Feb 2010 at 16:54

The Corsair PSU's are top quality end off

BaDBoY_uK · 15 Feb 2010 at 16:59

Aren't you missing a storage HDD?
What's the size of that monitor? Better getting a bigger one? 28"

Nice money. I spent £2.3k on mine all in - as per sig. But, things change so quickly that I won't be spending that again

(Then again, I have said that for the last three times....)