Finally Decided on everything!

_syn_ · 21 May 2009 at 09:57

As usual i have been very indecisive when it comes to parts for my next new build.

In the end i have opted for the following:

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail + Far Cry 2 Game

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

Asus ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £164.99

Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 650W ATX2.2 Modular SLi Compliant Power Supply

Coolermaster Storm 'Scout' Gaming Case - (No PSU) £80.99

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £72.99

OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (OCZ3G1600LV6GK)

Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA775)

Hopefully everything will arrive friday so i can get building over the weekend!

Thanks for all the input over the last few weeks!

original.wood · 21 May 2009 at 10:06

seems like a very good solid build there, good solid componants and possibly best bang for buck.

apart from the case, but thats just me.

_syn_ · 21 May 2009 at 10:14

Ill be honest, it was a choice between the antec 900-2 or the scout. in the end budget started getting tight so tried to shave a few quid off.

icey_haj · 21 May 2009 at 10:33

I can't really fault the choice of parts.

Be sure to post some pics of the build.

_syn_ · 21 May 2009 at 10:37

ill try! but only if my cable management is not a disgrace

cmndr_andi · 21 May 2009 at 12:30

Make sure you have at least one good 120mm fan to add to that thermalright.

_syn_ · 26 May 2009 at 11:22

Bit of an update, put it all together and it posted first time!

Have got the OS installed, and although theres a few tweaks have now switched to cable management mode. As a result of that i decided to buy some more optical drives and rid myself of the dreaded IDE cables!.

Little bit concerned with the True though, it does like to twist a bit too much for my liking.

Will take a before picture later on and then show off the after once im done.

LukeTW · 26 May 2009 at 11:25

Pics please, really wanna see that case

Linx · 26 May 2009 at 11:28

Excellet build, be sure to post pictures

_syn_ · 26 May 2009 at 12:07

Will try and get some pics up later, as expected the cabling on the first build is a disgrace