Build finalised: Any suggestions/recommendations?

[rpg]

After Fermi disappointing, I've decided to go with a 5850 and OC. The build below comes to £1,600 inc. VAT. If anyone has any recommendations maybe to change or drop something, please let me know. Similarly, if there is something better I could get, let me know also. The budget can go a bit higher if necessary.

 

[RJC]

Spec looks good, will you be adding a another gpu in the future, as you can drop the PSU to a 600w <.

 

[stulid]

+1 looks fantastic.

 

[Higadeb]

+1 looks like a solid build! Enjoy

 

[rpg]

Spec looks good, will you be adding a another gpu in the future, as you can drop the PSU to a 600w <.

+1 looks fantastic.

+1 looks like a solid build! Enjoy

Thanks guys.

Yes, I may CrossFire 5850's later in the year depending on ATI's refresh offerings. I'll also keep an eye on what NVIDIA bring to the table, but after the GTX 470/480, I won't be holding my breath.

 

[Alex h]

looks good especally if your going to crossfire just check the cooler think some one said about it in another thread if your going to overclock could be wrong but better to be safe

 

[stulid]

Yeah, when you start getting close to 4ghz it struggles.

 

[NormanPorkinson]

600 watt will handle crossfire - just as long as its cross fire and not sli. hahaha!

 

[Fledge]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-000-CI ??

 

[nWovance]

Get one of them crazy air coolers on here, i read somewhere there better then these weird self-water cooled systems, there exspensive tho.

 

[rpg]

Oh, I wasn't aware of the H50 struggling. I definitely want to run at 4GHz+ so I think I might change it.

Should I go for the CoolIT Eco instead? Or is there a better air-cooled option for the 930?

Cooling is something I definitely don't want to scrimp on so would be prepared to spend the extra.

 

[rpg]

What about the Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler? Would that be a better buy than the H50?

Actually rather than start a conversation about coolers in this thread, I'll post a thread over in the cooling section. Thanks guys.

 

[stulid]

You might be better of just asking in the cooling forum.

Something like what cooler for a i7 930 4ghz+ overclock will get you expert answers

 

[rpg]

Thanks stulid, you just got in before I edited my post!

 

[ant2k50]

The monitor seems relatively small/cheap in comparison to the rest of the build - maybe get a slightly bigger one?

 

[Mr. May]

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5870 "Dirt 2 Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £309.99

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66GHz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail + Assassin's Creed II Game £204.99

Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MH080G2C1) £189.99

Samsung SM2433LW 23.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor £164.99

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £158.99

Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600LLK) £129.98

Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 850W Power Supply £122.99

Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £89.99

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) £89.99

Samsung SH-B083L/BSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £77.98

Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £66.99

Sub Total : £1,367.55
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £15.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £242.03
Total : £1,625.08

bigger screen better gfx hows that ? and what is the most you can strech to btw ?

 

[nWovance]

The monitor seems relatively small/cheap in comparison to the rest of the build - maybe get a slightly bigger one?

i second that mate

 

[Mr. May]

nWovance whats the prolite 27" like to use ?

 

[rpg]

Thanks to all for your responses.

The problem with the monitor is that I don't really have much room for a screen bigger than say 23" so I'm a bit limited in that regard, I'd almost prefer a 21" or 22" as I'll be sitting quite close to the monitor. I went for the Benq as it's 1080P and it's a LED LCD - which should give a better contrast ratio. Would I be just as impressed with a CCFL LCD? That Samsung monitor you linked looks good Mr. May, I presume you think that's a better choice than the Benq?

Also, the general consensus over in the graphics card section is that it's not worth the extra £100 for the 5870 over the 5850 as you can OC the 5850 to 5870 performance. I know the 5870 can OC too but it's not a performance increase worth it relative to the extra price.

I can stretch to £1,800 if necessary but not really past that.

 

[stulid]

And now you know what memory and cooler to get, your sorted.