Any problems with this build (apart from cost)?

[Drake22]

this is what i would get for that money

 

[stulid]

Looks worse.

Sammo62, can you know repost your basket with all the changes suggested.

 

[mattjd]

Yep I have to agree.

Antec 1200 and a 850W Antec PSU is a good way to go.

Keep with the Noctua D14 great cooler. x2 5850 would be cheaper.

UD5 not worth it unles you really want dual ethernet slots :L uD3R is fine for overclocking.

Let me havea go for you

 

[stulid]

CM690 MKII over a HAF anyday.

And I just noticed the price! £109!

 

[mattjd]

Intel X25-M Mainstream 160GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive - £354.99
Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £224.99 x2 - £449.98
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66GHz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail - £199.99
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard - £154.99
Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black - £129.99
Kingston HyperX 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3-12800CL9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel - £127.98
Antec CP 850W Modular Power Supply - £96.98
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version) - £89.99
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM - £89.99 x2 - £179.98
Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM2) - £69.99
Razer DeathAdder Respawn 3500dpi Xtreme Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail - £41.99
Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard (967929-0120) - £25.99
Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM - £15.99
Arctic Cooling MX-3 Thermal Compound - £6.99

Total - £1,963.18

 

[sammo62]

Something like this.

Could still go 80gb SSD with a 5970 or 2x 5850s really.

 

[stulid]

Swap the harddrives to what mattjd has got!

Sorted.

 

[mattjd]

I think my list has got much better performance for a bit more

 

[sammo62]

Yeah I really like your basket mattjd. Trying to decide on a 5970 or 2x5850s and the 2 WD drives over the f3s.

 

[stulid]

Just been through this thread, and no one has bothered to ask what resolution or his monitor size!

 

[sammo62]

1920x1080 24"

 

[mattjd]

Yeah I really like your basket mattjd. Trying to decide on a 5970 or 2x5850s and the 2 WD drives over the f3s.

WD > F3

x2 5850 = 5970 but cheaper.

 

[stulid]

Definitely get those blacks. www.xbitlabs.com had a 1Tb round up the other week.

Fastest!

 

[sammo62]

Ok cool, guess they would make use of the 6gb sata. The only thing im really concerned about with them is game loading times, so was thinking 2 raid 0'd F3s might be good for the price.

Im umming and erring over the graphics card, but thanks for everyones help.

 

[Drake22]

Looks worse.

Sammo62, can you know repost your basket with all the changes suggested.

hows this worse with 2 5870s and 150 pounds cheaper?

 

[rpg]

Ok cool, guess they would make use of the 6gb sata.

Afraid not. Mechanical hard drives simply can't transfer data fast enough to utilise SATA 6GB/s. In this review, the mechanical WD black SATA 6GB/s hard drives in RAID0 (2-disk) actually performed better (albeit slightly) using a SATA 3GB/s controller compared to a 6GB/s controller. The only real use for SATA 6GB/s is for SATA 6GB/s SSD's.

 

[stulid]

Nasty ugly case.

Worse cooler.

Smaller SSD space.

Half the harddrive space.

Two 5870, when one 5870 or two 5850 or a 5970 will do.

 

[Drake22]

its great case
cooler with 3 fans is better than new noctua
whats the point of such large ssd?
150 pounds left if he needs more hdd
why not? "will do" ? if he wanted a spec for "will do", a £1k build can be done that wont be different in performance.

 

[rpg]

cooler with 3 fans is better than new noctua

 

[sammo62]

Alright guys lets keep it civil, everyone has a different view, which is why I like these build check threads- see the different possibilities and decide on my priorities. I think I will go for a slightly beefed up graphics configuration and save on a few other bits.