Enough power?

rebel28

rebel28

rebel28

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I've been researching parts and i'm almost ready to go ahead but I have a few last minute questions.
The system will be used almost exclusively for gaming, Starcraft II, WoW, Bad company 2 etc - Running resolution currently at 1920*1080. I'm also trying to re-use as many things as I can to get the build up for under £999 (Hard drives / Dvd Drive / mouse etc)

1. Will the power supply stand up to the system? no plans to overclock initially but maybe in future when games start to tax it.

2. Is the video card a good choice or could I do better?

3. Any other suggestions welcome! change i7 for i5 and put the extra £££ somewhere else for example?

This is the build so far, thanks in advance for any advice :)

http://www.4freeimagehost.com/uploads/2a7f75c3aa8e.jpg
 
Looks about the fastest you can get for that budget. :) PSU will be fine for a single 5850, will still be fine if you decide to overclock.

If you can find an extra £20 from somewhere you could get the Retail version of Win 7, which would mean you could reinstall without any issues if you needed to change the motherboard at some point. Apart from that I don't really have any suggestions.
 
The base of the system is very similar to this sites krypton intel overclocked bundle (although your choice of RAM is slightly dearer) so an OC of 4Ghz is possible.

I've recommended that psu in other threads especially since it's on offer at the mo!

The X58 mobo's do both SLI and Xfire so your aren't limited on choice of gfx card. That said in general ati cards are less thirsty. Next card up from your spec is 5870, you can match and in some cases pip it's performance with the 5770 in xfire.

Good luck with the build
 
Thanks for the heads up on windows, so if i understand changing any other component would be fine with OEM but changing the motherboard would require a full re-install?
 
If you changed the motherboard you will need another windows licence when using an OEM version. Or in plane english buy another copy of windows.

The retail version lets you swap motherboards multiple even unlimited? (don't quote me on that) times.
 
Interesting, really thanks for that info then! Will try to scrape a few extra quid together for it then and im all set. Will try to stick up photos of the build here when i eventually get it.
 
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