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Carl_Bennetts

Carl_Bennetts

Carl_Bennetts

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Hi,

Anything you would change?
Do i need Thermal Compound or do i get some with the heat sink? It's been a while since i built a rig.

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 SUPER OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with HAWX2 PC-Game £169.99
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £145.00
Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £103.99
OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £67.99
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £59.98
Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 High Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/939/AM2/AM2+) £23.49
Sub Total : £485.47
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £86.71
Total : £582.18
 
The other option for a bit more future proofing would be to change the setup to a I7 950 as it's today's special with a Asus Sabertooth X58.

I would knock off the gtx 460 and wait till next after christmas.

Just use my X1950XTX for now. Would that work with the board?

Thansk,

Carl
 
thanks, I currently have no pc and i'm so itichy to get a new build going. It's been a while since my last build...see sig.

I beleive the i7 would last me a lot longer than the i5. Although i want something to be longer lasting than bang for buck, hope that makes sense.
 
To be honest your build was good, just needed a change of psu, and either get the cheaper 1GB GTX460 or spend the extra on the much faster 5870.
 
Carl_Bennetts said:
i've always stuck with Single GPU although 2 GPU and the I7 route might be better?

thanks again
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Nah, i5 is faster than i7 for a gaming rig, the turbo boost is more aggressive.

and stick with a single gpu then, I only asked because the motherboard would need changing to one that ran both 16X pci-e slots at identical speeds if considering dual graphic cards.
 
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sorry for going on....

if i was to wait and get a 570 would the system be good enough for that GPU?

Although the 460 is in the basket ready to buy!!!
 
Carl_Bennetts said:
sorry for going on....

if i was to wait and get a 570 would the system be good enough for that GPU?

Although the 460 is in the basket ready to buy!!!
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the system is more than ready for ANY single Card, even the cards like the 5970 with two gpus built in to a single pcb will run perfect.

and there is the release of the 6950 and 6970 next week.
 
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