Been out the loop need help :)

Infamous786

Infamous786

Infamous786

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Hello guys, I Have been out the loop for a while for hardware as my pc been running fine for a while. So i need your guys help. I’m thinking of building a new system I have put a spec below, the reason for upgrade is my screen is failing (screen burn), want a new case as the thermeltake is making some weird vibration noises. I’m not sure to take some parts out of my old pc, such as Powersupply? sound card? even the graphics card as i don’t do much gaming.

Main usage of my PC is,
Encoding dvds
Watching Videos
Music
General use
Some games now and again, but its not a big thing for me anymore
But would like something fast, and a really nice screen, and allot of usb connections

Spec

Dell UltraSharp U2711 27" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £845.99
(£719.99) £845.99
(£719.99)
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail
Asus P6X58D Premium Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £239.99
(£204.25) £239.99
(£204.25)
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £173.89
(£147.99) £173.89
(£147.99)
Enermax Modu 87+ "80Plus Gold Certified" 700w Power Supply £159.99
(£136.16) £159.99
(£136.16)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £144.98
(£123.39) £144.98
(£123.39)
Coolermaster HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £139.99
(£119.14) £139.99
(£119.14)
Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Low Latency Triple Channel (PVT36G1600LLK) £109.99
(£93.61) £109.99
(£93.61)
Asus Xonar D2X PCI Sound Card £84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)
Prolimatech Super Mega CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366) £54.99
(£46.80) £54.99
(£46.80)
Sony Optiarc DRU-870S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - Retail £18.99
(£16.16) £18.99
(£16.16)
Prolimatech Blue Vortex Blue Wings 140mm Fan £10.99
(£9.35) £10.99
(£9.35)
Sub Total : £1,906.18
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £337.47
Total : £2,265.85


Any changes i should make, or should i wait for any new equipment coming out? I know we get a lot of threads like this, but spendng a bit of money want to get the best value!

Cheers!!
 
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yeh i dont think i was looking correcltly my bad put in a Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail, do u think it woul be good to use some of my old parts?
 
Well i have a thermeltake tough power 750watt, sound is important as i have logitech z5500 speaker set up, and also have a 3870x2 graphics card, would that be fine for general use?
 
Yep thats the one? so re use graphics? power supply, Sound card.? the reason i choose the mobo it looks like it can clock well, and it has a lot usb, i want a rock solid system!
 
If i re use power supply, graphics card, and sound card, brings down the price.

Dell UltraSharp U2711 27" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £845.99
(£719.99) £845.99
(£719.99)
Asus P6X58D Premium Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £239.99
(£204.25) £239.99
(£204.25)
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £234.99
(£199.99) £234.99
(£199.99)
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £173.89
(£147.99) £173.89
(£147.99)
Coolermaster HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £139.99
(£119.14) £139.99
(£119.14)
Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Low Latency Triple Channel (PVT36G1600LLK) £109.99
(£93.61) £109.99
(£93.61)
Prolimatech Super Mega CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366) £54.99
(£46.80) £54.99
(£46.80)
Sony Optiarc DRU-870S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - Retail £18.99
(£16.16) £18.99
(£16.16)
Prolimatech Blue Vortex Blue Wings 140mm Fan £10.99
(£9.35) £10.99
(£9.35)
Sub Total : £1,557.28
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £276.41
Total : £1,855.89
 
Yeh, i always find having a decent screen for a pc is essential. whats the point of having all this pro hardware and then having a basic screen, current screen i got is a 20inch NEC 20wgx which is great but would like a bigger screen, but not to lose quality. How many usb does the Asus P6X58D-E? because i got a lot of devices for usb
 
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive , Never used OCZ before is this a good brand for SSD, Also the ram never used Patriot Viper 6GB good reviews, and the cooler has good reviews also!
 
Decisions!! im going to be more carefull this upgrade, last upgrade had to wait for ages for a fix, the DFI and the 3870x2 were not compatible, if you went on a certain type of website that used flash, it would lock up, took dfi like 7 months to release a bios to fix the issue, think it was more bad luck though
 
Tell me about it, i had to buy some rubbish card for the time being till they solved the issue. One of my friends had a problem with OCZ gold, wouldnt boot after a while, had to RMA
 
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