Can anyone please help me make my own desktop.

lunatic9009 · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:05

£55 Upgrade to i7.

Not sure if the motherboard is capable of x8x8 Xfire.

Also not sure about case would it fit everything or more fans?

Marine-RX179 · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:09

stulid said:
those components are cheaper when bought separately.

No, not this time:

Marine-RX179 said:
The i7 920 4.0GHz overclocked bundle is on offer. With £45 off and price now at £506, it is cheaper than buying the parts separately and the 4.0GHz pre-overclock comes free! (i7 920 £180+Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R £157+Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel £140+Titan Cooler £30+Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound £7=total £514!)

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:11

lunatic9009 said:
£55 Upgrade to i7.

Not sure if the motherboard is capable of x8x8 Xfire.

Also not sure about case would it fit everything or more fans?

PSU??

stulid · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:11

lunatic9009 said:
£55 Upgrade to i7.

Not sure if the motherboard is capable of x8x8 Xfire.

Also not sure about case would it fit everything or more fans?

yes that board has crossfire, top two slots are 16x, bottom two are 8x.

its reviewed in this months custom pc mag.

excellent score of 91%

lunatic9009 · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:13

£60 Extra for i7 OCed.

Would these complement each other?

Marine-RX179 · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:14

lunatic9009 said:
£60 Extra for i7 OCed.

Would this complement each other?

You forgotten the PSU.

stulid · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:14

and marine is correct.

buy the pre-overcloked bundle.

the worrying bit is done for you!

you need the antec in your spec too.

lunatic9009 · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:17

Oh no PSU.

Marine-RX179 · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:22

Yea, need to get the Antec 650W PSU.

Personally I think I would prefer (if for myself) the Antec 300 case. The layout is better with the PSU placed at bottom instead of at top, and there's already a fan at rear top and rear (out-take). Price is like £1 more, but can add two 120mm fans to the front as well, which cost another £12 for two fans.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-101-AN

If you are not comfortable with the i7 920's build price, you could always fall back to the AMD's build option. But if you can afford (without having to sell your organs for it lol), the decision should be simple.

stulid · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:32

the zalman has three fans included!

here's ewafs build, ignore the cable mess that's what modular psus are for.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18136009

Marine-RX179 · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:38

stulid said:
the zalman has three fans included!

I know, but the PSU is placed at top not bottom...I thought PSU is better placed at bottom instead of traditional way of at top, since most newer cases are like that nowadays...

lunatic9009 · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:40

The £799 AMD build how long would that last before being too far behind?

I know nobody can tell the future but ideally?

Fallen god · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:44

lunatic9009 said:
The £799 AMD build how long would that last before being too far behind?

I know nobody can tell the future but ideally?

i think it should lastest atleast a good 3 years, if anything you could just get another 5850 in a year or 2 and the rest should be fine for a while.

stulid · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:46

don't think it matters to much where the psu is positioned.

they mount them at the bottom of most cases because there is usually a large fan in the way at the top.

the zalmans third fan is on the side, not blocking the psu mount.

my ATCS840 can have the psu in the top or bottom.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:52

lunatic9009 said:
The £799 AMD build how long would that last before being too far behind?

I know nobody can tell the future but ideally?

Are you going to go for the Zalman case?? If so the £40 saving over the Coolermaster case means you maybe able to get the Phenom II X6 1055T into the £800 build budget. It is around the £165 to £170 price mark it seems and is being released next week.

In software which uses three cores and less the processor will run three cores at 3.3GHZ(and run down the other cores to 800MHZ) whereas if the software uses all six cores the processor will run at 2.8GHZ.

stulid · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:57

that processor sounds slow.

wouldn't bother, the 955 is more than enough.

lunatic9009 · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:59

CAT so your saying wait till the new AMD comes out?

What day is it going to be out?

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 23 Apr 2010 at 22:00

In Cinebench 11.5 the X6 1055T is around the same speed as a Core i7 860 and in most games it should be slightly ahead IMHO.

Here is a quick preview with Cinebench results under a 64 bit OS(not a 32 bit OS like some other leaked results):

http://en.expreview.com/2010/04/13/amd-phenom-ii-x6-1055t-turbo-boost-preview/7038.html

It is being released on the 26th or 27th IIRC.

Edit!!

It seems the 27th is the launch date:

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/18571/1/

Fallen god · 23 Apr 2010 at 22:02

If you want it now then just go with the AMD build or wait 2 week if you want to.

stulid · 23 Apr 2010 at 22:04

some people have already got them.

they have posted results in other forums.

the fact it has to slow cores down just to reach a paltry 3.3ghz is sad, the results posted look totally weak.

the 955 runs its four cores at 3.2 already.