Advice for new build please

[Vidar]

Over a week ago I asked this great community to give me specs for a gaming PC with a budget of I think £700, ive managed to increase that budget too £900. As before its only the base unit I need as have everything else. But with an increase in budget is there a better spec someone can recomend or should I stick with what I have?

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail

Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Corsair HX 620W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-620HXUK)

Antec 900-2 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU)

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS)

OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK)

Scythe Ninja II CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)

Samsung SH-S223F/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail

Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 120mm Quiet Case Fan - 3 Pin

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)

 

[RJC]

�30.00 over

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail�250.99
(�218.25)�250.99
(�218.25)

Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail �151.98
(�132.16)�151.98
(�132.16)

Foxconn Renaissance Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard�144.99
(�126.08)�144.99
(�126.08)

Antec 900-2 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU)�102.99
(�89.56)�102.99
(�89.56)

Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C8G)�97.99
(�85.21)�97.99
(�85.21)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK)�78.99
(�68.69)�78.99
(�68.69)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 RAID 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HE502IJ)�65.54
(�56.99)�65.54
(�56.99)

Samsung SH-S223Q/BEBN 22x DVD�RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM�20.99
(�18.25)�20.99
(�18.25) Sub Total :�795.19Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout)Shipping :�12.50VAT is being charged at 15%VAT :�121.15 Total :�928.84

What does the the spec in your post come to.

 

[Vidar]

Clearly im not going to quibble over £30 however how do those specs compare to what I listed for gaming?

What I listed is priced at £832.21

 

[RJC]

In actual terms of performance I can't really say, but you get Quad core cpu with hypthreading and a platform which should give you option's in the future to upgrade more so than socket 775. The board can take SLI and Crossfire.

 

[Vidar]

Hmmmmmm im very tempted as it would save me a fair bit in the long run when I was to make the jump to I7 I am like I say just curious as to what difference I might see

 

[Kennysevenfold]

Mine for the win TBH

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM £239.99
(£208.69) £239.99
(£208.69)

XFX Radeon HD 4870 xXx 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (HD-487A-ZDDC) £159.99
(£139.12) £159.99
(£139.12)

Foxconn Renaissance Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £144.99
(£126.08) £144.99
(£126.08)

Coolermaster Real Power 620w Modular Power Supply £79.98
(£69.55) £79.98
(£69.55)

OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 Low-Voltage Triple Channel (OCZ3G1333LV6GK) £62.99
(£54.77) £62.99
(£54.77)

Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £59.98
(£52.16) £59.98
(£52.16)

Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366) £57.49
(£49.99) £57.49
(£49.99)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £45.99
(£39.99) £45.99
(£39.99)

LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51) £18.99
(£16.51) Sub Total : £756.86 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £115.59 Total : £872.20

 

[icey_haj]

Kenny's spec is good, but choose a better case.

 

[Vidar]

Kenny's spec is good, but choose a better case.

Was gonna go with the Antec 902 for now, Kenny your a legend thankyou for the specs... how will this system compare to the E8400 system id previously listed?

Whats the difference between the I7 you listed and the DO stepping variant?

 

[Kennysevenfold]

Was gonna go with the Antec 902 for now, Kenny your a legend thankyou for the specs... how will this system compare to the E8400 system id previously listed?

Whats the difference between the I7 you listed and the DO stepping variant?

the Do stepping, just overclocks better and runs cooler, but i have had fantastic results, like many with the original chip, so not really worth the extra £££ imo

well for roughly the same monies you would get an extra 2 gigs of ram with my build, an extra 140gig hard drive space, (and i belive as the 640gig drives are single platter, so run a bit faster than the 500gig version) and when you clock that core I7 baby to 3.0GHz (at least) which can be done on stock cooling so you can hit that no bother with that Noctua cooler, you will have a beast of a cpu, compaired to the E8400.? there is no competition

 

[Vidar]

You know im so very glad I joined these forums...

Something tells me if completley left to my own devices id have completley ballsed things up!