check this spec and help me choose please

baten · 26 Jun 2009 at 18:56

im building myself a new machine, and i have a spec but cant decide on 2, maybe 3 item, so what do think of the spec and which of those i cant decide do you think, thanks in advance for your help

Asus ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card or a
BFG GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz
OCZ Reaper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-15000 (1866MHz)
Asus P6T Deluxe v2 Intel X58 or a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58
also putting in a 1tb harddisk samsung probably, an OCZ vertex 120gb SSD
and then the PSU either an Enermax 85 1050watt or a be quiet 1000+ pro (either 1000 or 1200 see how I feel.

as i want to overclock which of these coolers Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir CPU Cooler or the Prolimatech Megahalems Performance CPU Cooler with 2 of these on Scythe Kaze Maru 140mm Cooling Fan

cheerrs again

baten · 26 Jun 2009 at 20:09

Anyone, just some opinions would be good, wanting to order it

RJC · 26 Jun 2009 at 20:15

Personal choice would be the Asus 4870x2 and the Gigabyte UD5, can't comment on the Asus motherboard as I am currently using the UD5.

The psu units are overkill for your system, a 620w - 750w will be more than enough.

CPU coolers, I have heard good things for all of them, have a look at the Thermalright Ultra as well.

baten · 26 Jun 2009 at 20:24

thanx for your reply RJC

SKaRT · 26 Jun 2009 at 20:28

I'd second the choices on the 4870x2 and the PSU, although I'd probably side more towards going to 750w if you plan to do a lot of overclocking. Gives a bit of breathing room then, the 1000/1200w units are a total waste of money though

. I'd probably go for the Noctua cooler myself: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-NC&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

baten · 26 Jun 2009 at 20:37

thanx again, have found the single PCB version of the GTX295 but apparently it needs 46amps, on the 12volt rail, which would be half ish of the total the enermax 1050 watt can supply, think 76watts in total, or was it 87, anyway thats a lot of amps and i really dont want to put 2 PSUs in my cases anymore using an n-way relay.

Anyway still cant decide, comparing the 2 mobo's more, probably go for the gigabyte

siumatfung · 26 Jun 2009 at 20:52

the ASUS P6T which is 164.99 is a very good board aswell

but the v2 ASUS board is newer than the gigabyte

but the layout of the gfx card slots are a bit silly tho

baten · 26 Jun 2009 at 21:06

just remembered why i like the asus version 2 board it has sata 3 ports on it, but yes the card slots are in daft place. but with dual gpu cards cant see me putting more than 1 card in, whether it is ati or nvidia

NAM_killer · 27 Jun 2009 at 12:38

The 295 is the best gpu and i would look online at benchmarks for the fenrir and megahalem at high overclocks on a 920 to make a choice of which to go for, hope it helps!

baten · 29 Jun 2009 at 22:09

thanks all for opinions, ne more welcome