Final Spec Check

Haze · 25 Oct 2009 at 20:22

Hi im all ready to get it sorted,, ill be using it for 90% gaming, and budget is £1k max thanks

VTX ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor

Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM

Asus P7P55D Pro Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £132.97

G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-16000CL9D-4GBRH)

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail

Zalman CNPS10X-Quiet CPU Cooler (754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1156/1366)

Didaco · 25 Oct 2009 at 20:25

looking good but the 5870 will be very unhappy it wants a big monitor so it can show you its true capabilities
try a 24 inch 1900*1200/1900*1080
i know the 2209WA is an amazing monitor but it onlu has 1680*someother number as its res

RJC · 25 Oct 2009 at 20:27

Spec looks good, no hard drive.

Haze · 25 Oct 2009 at 20:37

got hdd, will save up for ssd after xmas

Haze · 27 Oct 2009 at 13:20

quick question, i already have a q6600 running, but i needed a new mobo for pci e 2, will notice a big differance going to the i5, or should i just update the mobo ?