Final i7 Spec check before ordering!
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looks good, but youre twenty pound under, id spend £30 more, taking you 10 over and get this monitor, its much better
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yes, get this.! lol
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail + Far Cry 2 Game £229.99
(£199.99) £229.99
(£199.99)
Asus P6T Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £178.99
(£155.64) £178.99
(£155.64)
Asus VH222H 22" Widescreen True HD LCD Monitor £155.99
(£135.64) £155.99
(£135.64)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £114.99
(£99.99) £114.99
(£99.99)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply £72.99
(£63.47) £72.99
(£63.47)
Coolermaster CM-690 Dominator Case - Black (No PSU) £64.39
(£55.99) £64.39
(£55.99)
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £55.99
(£48.69) £55.99
(£48.69)
G.Skill 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 NQ PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Triple Channel (F3-10666CL9T-6GBNQ) £42.99
(£37.38) £42.99
(£37.38)
Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 (967557-0120) £30.99
(£26.95) £30.99
(£26.95)
Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1366) £28.98
(£25.20) £28.98
(£25.20)
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £6.89
(£5.99) £6.89
(£5.99) Sub Total : £870.57 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £133.23 Total : £1,004.40
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
(£199.99) £229.99
(£199.99)
(£155.64) £178.99
(£155.64)
(£135.64) £155.99
(£135.64)
(£99.99) £114.99
(£99.99)
(£63.47) £72.99
(£63.47)
(£55.99) £64.39
(£55.99)
(£48.69) £55.99
(£48.69)
(£37.38) £42.99
(£37.38)
(£26.95) £30.99
(£26.95)
(£25.20) £28.98
(£25.20)
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64)
(£5.99) £6.89
(£5.99) Sub Total : £870.57 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £133.23 Total : £1,004.40
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I saw you were getting a very basic monitor - so a picked a great E-IPS monitor and reworked the spec around it. Also added an optical drive and changed the keyboard +mouse to nicer ones (they are the inputs after all). It should all be on your budget if you buy it for him.
Also, i'm assuming you don't need an OS.
Also, i'm assuming you don't need an OS.
Some interesting changes.
My thoughts were either 260->4890 or change to the Asus full hd monitor. However, he want it saturday! So gotta add £15 on there for saturday delivery
. And its taken a lot of convincing to go from a 750-800 Phenom II/C2Q setup to this. Also, what advantages of the P6T are there over the UD3R? If they're good enough for ocuks bundles they're good enough for me!
Kenny.
Is RAM speed not a huge concern on i7? I'm used to clocking things in sync. The machine will be clocked, probably 3.33/3.66 depending how it goes. Also, I think the 260 is worth the 20 quid at the moment.
So much to decide! I wish ocuk's website had some clever cart 'bundling' or something, so I could spec and compare seperate baskets!
My thoughts were either 260->4890 or change to the Asus full hd monitor. However, he want it saturday! So gotta add £15 on there for saturday delivery
. And its taken a lot of convincing to go from a 750-800 Phenom II/C2Q setup to this. Also, what advantages of the P6T are there over the UD3R? If they're good enough for ocuks bundles they're good enough for me!Kenny.
Is RAM speed not a huge concern on i7? I'm used to clocking things in sync. The machine will be clocked, probably 3.33/3.66 depending how it goes. Also, I think the 260 is worth the 20 quid at the moment.
So much to decide! I wish ocuk's website had some clever cart 'bundling' or something, so I could spec and compare seperate baskets!
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nahh, tbh you wouldnt notice the speed difference in the ram imo mate.
and the 4870 would kill the gtx 260.!
and the 4870 would kill the gtx 260.!
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Overclocking with the i7 is very different from on a 775. The BCLK (base clock) is similar to the FSB - however the BCLK is only 133-220MHz - so you don't want to run it synchronously. The boards are made with this in mind- so you just pick whichever divider puts your ram speed within its limits when you increase the BCLK. Anyway, because of the MASSIVE bandwidth of triple channel DDR3 Ram, increasing the speed past 1333MHz does not yield much extra performance (nice to be able to tho).
With the d0 and titan cooler - consider 3.66GHz easy to get.
The 4870 1Gb and gtx 260 golden sample are pretty much even in performance - may as well get the one you like the look of best.
With the d0 and titan cooler - consider 3.66GHz easy to get.
The 4870 1Gb and gtx 260 golden sample are pretty much even in performance - may as well get the one you like the look of best.
nahh, tbh you wouldnt notice the speed difference in the ram imo mate.
and the 4870 would kill the gtx 260.!
Reviews suggest otherwise? Note this only after a quick google, no idea if they're up to date articles etc. The 260 seems to come out 10-20% on top at the moment, and he wants the rig to last 4-5 years so that could prove useful.
Interesting. Got a lot of reading to do methinks! He's not really a PC hardware literate guy, so will need something and stable and trustworthy as I can. It appears from some quick research that 920 D0's are fantastic clockers.
nahh, tbh you wouldnt notice the speed difference in the ram imo mate.
and the 4870 would kill the gtx 260.!
Er, no.
I'm an ATi fanboy as much as the next guy, but come on you can't go saying things like that. The 260 '216' IS better than the 512MB 4870.
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Er, no.
I'm an ATi fanboy as much as the next guy, but come on you can't go saying things like that. The 260 '216' IS better than the 512MB 4870.
well i beg to differ.!
well i beg to differ.!
No, seriously kenny it is better.
The 260 '216' is about the same performance as the 1GB 4870.
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That article is over a year old, and is not concerning the GTX260 with 216 stream processors, which jumped it back over the 1GB 4870.
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Heres the latest folks.
Its amazing what you can squeeze in by changing some small things. Found my old Logitech MX3100 wireless set, which I'm willing to donate if it means I get to fiddle with a 4890 for an afternoon.
My new concern is the cooler. Reviews suggest its pretty loud once it gets going, and i7 certainly ain't cool at higher clocks. Not many LGA1366 coolers on the market yet, and I certainly dont have the budget to splash £60 on the Noctua, so any alternatives?
Its amazing what you can squeeze in by changing some small things. Found my old Logitech MX3100 wireless set, which I'm willing to donate if it means I get to fiddle with a 4890 for an afternoon
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My new concern is the cooler. Reviews suggest its pretty loud once it gets going, and i7 certainly ain't cool at higher clocks. Not many LGA1366 coolers on the market yet, and I certainly dont have the budget to splash £60 on the Noctua, so any alternatives?