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spark123

spark123

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Hey guys,

I am thinking of building my first machine and the following is my spec

Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £234.99
(£199.99) £234.99
(£199.99)
Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
(£144.67) £169.99
(£144.67)
MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £152.74
(£129.99) £152.74
(£129.99)
Corsair Dominator 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Triple Channel Kit (CMP6GX3M3A1600C7) £129.24
(£109.99) £129.24
(£109.99)
Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750HXUK) £112.99
(£96.16) £112.99
(£96.16)
Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £92.99
(£79.14) £92.99
(£79.14)
Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BD-ROM / 16x DVD Writer Drive - Black (Retail) £52.86
(£44.99) £52.86
(£44.99)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD10EALS) £50.51
(£42.99) £50.51
(£42.99)

this is my first machine built so I am not going to oc it at the moment. But once I get more confidence of it, I am thinking of running sli and oc it with some cooling system.

Could you check whether it looks alright. Thanks a lot
 
I agree with all of RJC's suggestions. In addition, if you're gaming (guessing from the graphics card):

-Swap the i7 950 for the i5 760 and the Asus P7P55D-E (saving £160)
-Downgrade the triple channel RAM to the dual channel XMS3 (saving £64 from your build, £39 after RJC's suggestion)
-Swap the GTX 460 (£153) for 2x6870 (2x£195=£390), costing you an extra £237

For £13 more, you'd then have a far more powerful gaming system and you'd already have your SLI (well, xfire).

Of course, if you're doing highly multithreaded applications consistently, the i7 950 might be the better option, but then, I'd question the graphics card choice.
 
hybrid572 said:
I agree with all of RJC's suggestions. In addition, if you're gaming (guessing from the graphics card):

-Swap the i7 950 for the i5 760 and the Asus P7P55D-E (saving £160)
-Downgrade the triple channel RAM to the dual channel XMS3 (saving £64 from your build, £39 after RJC's suggestion)
-Swap the GTX 460 (£153) for 2x6870 (2x£195=£390), costing you an extra £237

For £13 more, you'd then have a far more powerful gaming system and you'd already have your SLI (well, xfire).

Of course, if you're doing highly multithreaded applications consistently, the i7 950 might be the better option, but then, I'd question the graphics card choice.
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+1.
This chap is getting decent at specs! :p
 
Cookeh said:
+1.
This chap is getting decent at specs! :p
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Indeed. +1

However, one small adjustment - the P7P55D-E board's second main PCIe slot only runs at x4 speed. Instead, going for this excellent board which remedies that problem and only costs £10 more would be my suggestion.

2 x 6870 sure looks like a sweet combination - seems to be as fast as two 5870s in CF and much cooler and cheaper.
 
hybrid572 said:
I agree with all of RJC's suggestions. In addition, if you're gaming (guessing from the graphics card):

-Swap the i7 950 for the i5 760 and the Asus P7P55D-E (saving £160)
-Downgrade the triple channel RAM to the dual channel XMS3 (saving £64 from your build, £39 after RJC's suggestion)
-Swap the GTX 460 (£153) for 2x6870 (2x£195=£390), costing you an extra £237

For £13 more, you'd then have a far more powerful gaming system and you'd already have your SLI (well, xfire).

Of course, if you're doing highly multithreaded applications consistently, the i7 950 might be the better option, but then, I'd question the graphics card choice.
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thanks guys. and basically I use the pc to do some image process programming and play some games. I do fancy a fantastic graphic quality. So I was wondering is the adjusted spec and handle this (surely no doubt on the gaming side). And do I need some cooling solution now even I won't oc it any time soon.
 
If you aren't going to overclock it any time soon then no, no additional cpu cooling will be needed.
With 2x 6870's graphic quality will not be an issue and the i5 will easily cope with whatever you throw at it.
 
great, and I will be thinking of overclocking it, say, after 2 months or something. Which system will be more suitable for me in terms of handling the heat transfer
 
hey guys,

would the i5 system look something like this

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £194.99
(£165.95) £389.98
(£331.90)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £144.98
(£123.39) £144.98
(£123.39)
Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750HXUK) £112.99
(£96.16) £112.99
(£96.16)
MSI P55-GD80 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £109.98
(£93.60) £109.98
(£93.60)
Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £92.99
(£79.14) £92.99
(£79.14)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BD-ROM / 16x DVD Writer Drive - Black (Retail) £52.86
(£44.99) £52.86
(£44.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.98
(£34.88) £40.98
(£34.88)

and also do you think the case and the psu are good fit in this specs
 
spark123 said:
and also, in terms of the gpu, would you suggest one 5870 or two 6870? I watch hd movies and play some games as well.
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Pretty much any low-end graphics card these days can play HD movies with no issue - so either of these setups will breeze through HD video decoding. In terms of gaming performance, 2 x6870 is considerably faster than a single 5870 - have a look at this review (use the pull-down menu to select different games tested).

Also, to echo what I said before - if you want to go crossfire make sure you get a board with at least dual PCIe x8 slots (like the MSI I linked to).
 
2 6870's = 2 5870's in performance for much less cash. For single GPU that comes anywhere near, consider 480/580 or wait for the new 69xx cards.
 
Cookeh said:
+1.
This chap is getting decent at specs! :p
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Thanks for the kudos, appreciate it :)

For PSU, your above choice is perfectly sufficient for either a single high powered card or SLI/xfire. Any set of benchmarks will tell you that for ~£400, 2 6870s will far outstrip the 480/580.

cmndr-andi's board looks fantastic- thanks for the heads up.

The i5 overclocks well, so if you want to, look at getting a decent (£20-£30 is all you need to spend) cooler, and some thermal paste. You likely won't need to though.
 
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