Soldato
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1 PSU *cough*
Another £1000 spec me thread
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1 PSU *cough*
I would get this case much better imo but then again i just love lian li 
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-106-LL&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=187
Also consider this CPU cooler:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-NC
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-106-LL&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=187
Also consider this CPU cooler:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-NC
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Hmm, how's this?
Not sure what 8800GTX's are like, but I'm assuming that board won't have enough room for all 3 cards.
Looks like it could 3 to me, if not - just had a quick browse and this board will easily fit all 3, all 16x and PCI-E 2.0..
MSI X58 Pro (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-109-MS
Only £3 or £4 more as well.
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thanks for the reply's everyone, good ideas there.......
to clarify, i used to have a tri SLI system, he has one single 8800GTX which were planning on using again,
probably going to pull out his dvd-r and i'm going to have a look at what HDD's he has.
where does that put us?
to clarify, i used to have a tri SLI system, he has one single 8800GTX which were planning on using again,
probably going to pull out his dvd-r and i'm going to have a look at what HDD's he has.
where does that put us?
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i'm buying this tomorrow and it's down to two systems......
the parts that matter are
motherboard
Biostar TPower Intel X58 @ £218
or
Foxconn Renaissance Intel X58 @ £168
ram
OCZ Reaper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-15000 (1866MHz) Tri-Channel
or
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Triple Channel
you don't need to convince me i'd have the biostar and the ocz but it's £200 more and he'll need convincing this is a good idea!
the parts that matter are
motherboard
Biostar TPower Intel X58 @ £218
or
Foxconn Renaissance Intel X58 @ £168
ram
OCZ Reaper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-15000 (1866MHz) Tri-Channel
or
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Triple Channel
you don't need to convince me i'd have the biostar and the ocz but it's £200 more and he'll need convincing this is a good idea!
He wants a £1000 computer with what's now essentially a £99 graphics card?
If he's wanting it for media (video/audio encoding, intense photo editing, number crunching) then ignore me, otherwise you might want to think about adjusting one or the other.
Either save £400 with a lower specced PC to match the card, or spend some extra to give the rest of the system justice. Otherwise his £500+ CPU/motherboard/RAM combo is going to be spending a lot of time hanging around doing nothing.
If he's wanting it for media (video/audio encoding, intense photo editing, number crunching) then ignore me, otherwise you might want to think about adjusting one or the other.
Either save £400 with a lower specced PC to match the card, or spend some extra to give the rest of the system justice. Otherwise his £500+ CPU/motherboard/RAM combo is going to be spending a lot of time hanging around doing nothing.
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well after all that we ended up with
Biostar X58
OCZ Reaper 6gb @1600
i7 2.66 @ 3.6 easily
Nvidia 275 GTX
Coolmaster 600W psu
and a Noctua cpu cooler
it's an absolute monster and a huge upgrade from his
AMD x2 something or other
8800 GTS
2GB geil ram
Biostar X58
OCZ Reaper 6gb @1600
i7 2.66 @ 3.6 easily
Nvidia 275 GTX
Coolmaster 600W psu
and a Noctua cpu cooler
it's an absolute monster and a huge upgrade from his
AMD x2 something or other
8800 GTS
2GB geil ram
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sadly it's been snaffled away beck to his house, and i'm affraid to say it's waisted on him!
my pal and i have built it (he does the fitting i do the overclock,
took 3 hours (and 30 mins to build the bloody Noctua cooler!)
that's including installing the os all updates and a 3dmark vantage run through (13810)
and he's taken it home to play his empire total war game.... what a waste but some people have some money burning a hole in there pockets!
and we didn't charge him a penny for our services either!
my pal and i have built it (he does the fitting i do the overclock,
took 3 hours (and 30 mins to build the bloody Noctua cooler!)
that's including installing the os all updates and a 3dmark vantage run through (13810)
and he's taken it home to play his empire total war game.... what a waste but some people have some money burning a hole in there pockets!
and we didn't charge him a penny for our services either!