AM3, less the screen, knocking round the K

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Starting a new one, as the other's titled as 'Gaming Spec for a low £300 Odd Plse', and can't change it, anddd £300 is no where near a K :D.

Thanks go out to all who contributed in the old Thread! ;)

Here's what's already ordered:

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** [11162-15-20G] x2
Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower Case with Window - Black

Here's what's going to get ordered, unless there's a reason not to, which if there is, I'm hoping somebody will give me the heads-up:

Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard [90-MIBCN0-G0EAY00Z]
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail [HDT90ZFBGRBOX]
Thermalright Archon CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/AM2/AM3) I'm expecting this'll fit just fine in the Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62?
G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) [F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ] Not sure if these are suited to the Motherboard?
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply - With FREE 3D Mark 2011 Advance Not researched PSU yet, but expecting this one would be hard to beat?
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) [WD5000AAKX]
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM [AD-5260S-0B]
Logitech G510 Gaming Keyboard (920-002762) [920-002762] Should have one bought!
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616) [910-000616]
Creative Fatal1ty HS-800 Gaming Headset (51MZ0310AA001) [51MZ0310AA001]

Suits you sir :cool: :D
 
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hold up why have you ordered two 5770s? Once upon a time it was good value but nowadays it's not. Unless you have them from an old build or you got them very cheaply I'd cancel that order asap. The rest looks fine.

Also hard disk and windows perhaps?
 
skippy2421 said:
hold up why have you ordered two 5770s? Once upon a time it was good value but nowadays it's not. Unless you have them from an old build or you got them very cheaply I'd cancel that order asap. The rest looks fine.

Also hard disk and windows perhaps?
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Sorry, amended now, my mistake, it's two 5850!

Got Windows waiting for it, but you quite right, forgot the HDD :rolleyes:, off to add one now, thanks.
 
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Nice picture.
I thought of installing my Archon in a north-south configuration.
have you tried both, or is that the first that you tried? If you've done both, which worked better?
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Thanks, yep, tried both and that cpu is quad cores LGA775 which has 2 separate cpu dies, with that position that has been throughly tested at open rig, I got the best temperature since it has 6 heat pipes with each 3 pipes handing each cpu die which is better than six pipes sharing the heat load from the 2 silicon dies.
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There is hope.
 
as for the rest, the Antec 750W is a great unit.

I've seen the ripjaws used on a Crosshair IV.

The thing with the archon is with the mobo. Hopefully the mobo components wont get in the way (very doubtful) and the CPU socket wont put the cooler in a more awkward position inside the case than the 775 this guy has.

Also, a word about a Sapphire 5850 Deal. OcUK has them for £108 (pre order). Maybe worth investigating over a pair of 5770.
 
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He's a big one alright :), ... wouldn't me fitting it east -> west cover my memory slots on the suggested board though, reason I was going for that cooler was so as not to cover them?

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Good to hear the memory should be OK, thanks.
Not going to be easy finding somebody with the same motherboard, cooler, and case setup.
The 5770 was lsited incorrectly, already amended; it's 5850's I've ordered.
 
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The only reason against it would be a Sandybridge 2500K build, but if you want to go 1090T, go for it :) Should run close price-wise.

Good headset is the Roccat Kave. Twice the price. Just an idea. And you'll look like Mickey Mouse.

*There's a Google Chrome extension for builds in my sig*
 
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Yea, had a look at a possible SB, one you've mentioned earlier, if I'm not mistaken, but am around £50 over the K already with the AM3, and wasn't convinced by the SB motherboard, making the SB option even more. My dog looks like MM :), from what I've read that headset should perform well, thanks for the suggestion though.

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Yea, saw the 'OcUK Shopping Cart Viewer 1.4' on the other thread.
 
Running the 1090t, Crosshair IV Formula mobo & the 2x4gb G.Skill Ripjaw Xs here and its running very nice and smoothly, very pleased with it all (I was using a Q6600 previously and the system feels a lot nicer) :D
 
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