Finally I have come to a conclusion

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I've spent the last month or so reading reviews, taking advice from people here and various other forums and looking through prices for a new rig that will keep me 'future proof', for a while at least. So, here is my final rig which I'm going to buy as soon as Overclockers gets the XFX 5850 in stock;

Intel Core i7 860
ASUS Maximus III Formula
G-Skill Ripjaw 4gb DDR3 PC3 16000
Zalman CNPS10X Extreme
XFX ATI 5850

I already have an Antec 300 case, OCZ GameXstream 600W PSU, 22" Samsung Monitor etc etc.

Sound like a good gaming system to you?
 
To be honest, if you are wanting to spend £190 on a mobo and £227 on a CPU, you may as well just get an i7 920 and a Gigabyte UD5. The i7 920 D0 overclocks just as well as the 860 and the X58 is simply a more powerful chipset, with full x16x16 graphics lanes available. Also, many more coolers are currently available for the X58 (as it has been out longer), personally I would suggest this or this.

The funny thing is that an i7 920/X58 UD5 is actually cheaper than the above setup.
 
cmndr_andi said:
To be honest, if you are wanting to spend £190 on a mobo and £227 on a CPU, you may as well just get an i7 920 and a Gigabyte UD5. The i7 920 D0 overclocks just as well as the 860 and the X58 is simply a more powerful chipset, with full x16x16 graphics lanes available. Also, many more coolers are currently available for the X58 (as it has been out longer), personally I would suggest this or this.

The funny thing is that an i7 920/X58 UD5 is actually cheaper than the above setup.
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I have to agree with the above - plus you'll have a mountain of knowledge to hand to tweak the system to a very respectible clock as approx 90% of forum members who own i7 920s run this combination of components - and with good, tried and tested reason too.

Either machine would be a monster - but one would be 'flagship monster' with a lot more user information to hand, which has it's benefits if you're thinking of clocking in the future.
 
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The funny thing is that an i7 920/X58 UD5 is actually cheaper than the above setup.
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That is before you factor in the price of triple channel memory, for a good speed to overclock you are looking at about twice the price of dual channel. It is swings and roundabouts really where price is concerned.
 
dannyboyee82 said:
That is before you factor in the price of triple channel memory, for a good speed to overclock you are looking at about twice the price of dual channel. It is swings and roundabouts really where price is concerned.
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If you want, you could always use dual channel memory in the X58 board, it certainly supports it. However, it makes more sense to get 6GB triple:

Cheapest (in stock) 1600MHz 4GB CL8 (2 x 2GB kit) : £72.99 (price per GB = £18.25)

Cheapest (in stock) 1600MHz 6GB CL8 (3 x 2GB kit) : £101.99 (price per GB = £17.00)

Twice the price indeed.
 
agree you can,t use the ram as a guide you get more ram for the x58 compared to the 1156,and if you went to 8gb on both it be nearly the same,its just down to what the op prefers i think by now everyone knows how to compare between the boards if not they want shooting :D
 
dannyboyee82 said:
I take your point, but does the cheapest memory in stock really fit the rest of the system? That, I',m not so sure about.
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I am :D

Anyway, this is only the cheapest with that specific speed and latency - its not exactly bargain basement RAM - especially as both have been seen to work very well in heavily overclocked systems and come with lifetime warranties.

No point paying over the odds for RAM.
 
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