Easy enough to do? *scared*

[Nocky24]

I'm thinking of going for the i7 4Ghz bundle, a corsair tx 650w (or 750w), a seagate 500GB 32mb cache HDD, and probably using the windows 7 RC 64bit, the case, optical drive and gpu i already have. I've only had experience installing cpus, psus and gpus but never installing motherboards, HDDs and Operating Systems. Is it easy enough to do and will this combination of parts work well?

The full spec will end up being:

i7 920 @ 4Ghz
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 mobo
Patriot Viper 6GB
Titan Fenrir cooler
500GB Seagate 32mb
Ati Radeon 4870 1GB
Antec 900
Corsair tx 650W (or maybe 750w)
Windows 7 RC OS 64bit

 

[Nocky24]

Get the 4890 instead of the 4870.

Rest looks ok.

If you have enough money you could even consider a small SSD.

Already got the 4870 so i'll be sticking with that for now. How much of a performance increase will i get with these SSDs anyways? Will be using this system for gaming only so if were not talking fps increases im not that interested to be honest mate.

 

[Nocky24]

Only for gaming? get this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-002-OB&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=

£150 cheaper, you might lose something like 2fps but save £150.

I did look at that but i play counter strike source and a lot of other source based games and i know they benefit a lot due to the massive bandwidth the i7 has, or so i'm told anyways. To tell you the truth i'm upgrading from a q9550 skt 775 based system which i'm abit disappointed in to be honest, most of my cpu intensive games (like css, hl2:ep2, etc) are performing at a lower fps than what i expected so i'm thinking the i7 is the answer right now :/

 

[Nocky24]

In that case... WAIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!

A q9550 with a decent/high end gfx card should easily play the source games at 200fps+! There must be something wrong with your current set up.

Do a clean windows install, and see if it solves your fps problem!

ps. my set up plays all the source games maxed out on 60fps+ (1440x900 though)

edit; have you oc'ed your cpu? it should hit 3.5ghz-4ghz with a good cooler, a nice performance boost!

on dust2 and office i see usually 80+ fps on 24/32 man servers (1680x1050). When i start playing assault or militia i have seen lows of 50. My other source games don't seem too bad though i suppose. Still disappointed though as i thought with my system i'd never see lows like that again no matter what map or server size i play on.

 

[Nocky24]

Dont upgrade tp i7 to play source games, seriously, HUGE waste of money. Oc your cpu and do a clean windows install. Should see 100fps+ on your system (think you have 4870?)

Yeh i might try overclocking. However i'm completely new to it so i'm just wondering whether its best to sell what i've got and buy the bundle. At a bit of a loss i know :/