Final build check!!!

CaptainRAVE · 20 Aug 2008 at 15:43

I am ordering this within the next two days!!!! Complete list:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Tuniq Tower 120...not in stock

and Noctua NF-P12 120mm Silent Case Fan
Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound

Asus Rampage Formula DDR2

2x OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Platinum Series DDR2

Sapphire 4870 X2 - not in stock, so may have to get elsewhere

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB

Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP 24"

Logitech Z-5500 THX Certified 5.1 Speaker System
Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card
Coolermaster RC-1100 Cosmos S "Sport" Silent Full Tower Case
Coolermaster Real Power 850w Modular Power Supply
LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive
Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit
Akasa AK-PAX-2 PaxMate Plus Acoustic Absorption Mat
Akasa 20/24-Pin 30cm PSU Extension Cable
Akasa AK-TK-01 Cable Tidy Kit
Akasa AK-TK-02 Cable Tidy Kit

Budget about £2300. This comes to about £2250

. Ok so it was orginally £2000, but I changed my mind

What do you guys think?

semi-pro waster · 20 Aug 2008 at 15:46

You could change the CPU cooler to the Noctua NH-U12P and both save a little bit of cash and it is in stock.

Any particular reason you want the Sapphire 4870 X2? The HIS version ought to perform just as well albeit with a 1 year warranty instead of 2 years.

CaptainRAVE · 20 Aug 2008 at 15:48

I heard Sapphire comes with more stuff? And Sapphire is a more well known brand. Lol, even though one of my other PCs has a HIS x800 in it.

fergie128 · 20 Aug 2008 at 15:56

I would have said Sapphire, HIS and Powercolour were all pretty established brands on ATI cards. Just save yourself 35 notes and get the HIS one in my opinion

Hutch · 20 Aug 2008 at 16:00

The Noctua NH-U12P is performing very well on my Q9550

CaptainRAVE · 20 Aug 2008 at 21:00

Ordered and with the tuniq tower

. Very exciting!!! Have tweaked this for months now with the help of these forums. So a BIG thank-you everyone!

Linken · 20 Aug 2008 at 21:15

Nice build

What do you plan on using it for?

CaptainRAVE · 20 Aug 2008 at 21:37

Gaming mostly (and movies quite a lot)....Spore at first, then Crysis, Mass Effect and eventually Fallout 3 (in that order

). Also run CPU intensive scripts for Bioinformatics type stuff, so will be useful for that too.

Also planning to overclock the hell out of it!