first ever build

davie77 · 27 Dec 2010 at 04:44

got £1500 sitting about and going to build a new pc with it
wouldnt mind some suggestions on parts

Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Black
Asus X58 Sabertooth TUF Intel X58
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz
OCZ Gold Low Voltage 6GB DDR3 2000MHz
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 SUPER OC 1024MB
Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB 10000RPM
Coolermaster V8 Cooler RR-UV8-XBU1-GP Fan
Pioneer BDR-205 12x BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW Drive
XFX 850W Black Edition Modular Power Supply

got that down so far any advice would be great :confused:

Retronana · 27 Dec 2010 at 07:47

Hi there, is there anything particular you wish to do with it as that would help when suggesting parts

, it's also worth mentioning that sandybridge (new intel generation of CPU'S) will be released shortly so if you don't need a PC immediately it may be worth waiting.

davie77 · 27 Dec 2010 at 08:39

Retronana said:
Hi there, is there anything particular you wish to do with it as that would help when suggesting parts, it's also worth mentioning that sandybridge (new intel generation of CPU'S) will be released shortly so if you don't need a PC immediately it may be worth waiting.

bit of everything realy gaming movies music most thing u can think of a want a pc capable of it , yeh somboday says to me about them are they doing an i7 as somone told me they were doing a new i5 that will be better than the current i7 950 am looking at ???

95thrifles · 27 Dec 2010 at 08:58

Yeah if you can, youre best waiting a coupla weeks, if not and you really need a PC now then Id recomend a bit better gfx card, the 460s good but is underpowered compared to the rest of the pc, a 570 would be nice, theres no need to get the 2000MHz RAM, 1600 is perfectly fine, and velociraptors have had their day, best thing now is a SSD for your boot drive/main apps backed up by a larger mechanical storage drive

Edit: Yeah the new SB due out shortly is only a replacement of the current mid series (i5/i7 8 series) the high end (i7 9 series) isnt due out til much later in the year
If you want a guide of what i7 set up Id go with today then its this

EVGA GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £309.99
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £234.99
Asus X58 Sabertooth TUF Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £159.99
OCZ Vertex 2 "25nm Edition" 100GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTX100G) £159.99
XFX 850W Black Edition Modular Power Supply £129.99
Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Black £129.99
LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £85.76
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9) £72.84
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £42.99
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £35.99
Sub Total : £1,159.59
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £205.12
Total : £1,377.21

But as already said if you can wait thats your best bet

davie77 · 27 Dec 2010 at 09:27

a could wait a few weeks yeh is it jan 9th there out ? and will a need a diffrent motherboard for the new i5/i7s ? ive been considering the 570 aswell yeh or getting a second 460

95thrifles · 27 Dec 2010 at 09:28

davie77 said:
a could wait a few weeks yeh is it jan 9th there out ? and will a need a diffrent motherboard for the new i5/i7s ? ive been considering the 570 aswell yeh or getting a second 460

Yes its entirely new socket so will be new mobo and cpu, also afiak its dual channel ram so youll have to change that out form the above spec too

davie77 · 27 Dec 2010 at 10:09

95thrifles said:
Yes its entirely new socket so will be new mobo and cpu, also afiak its dual channel ram so youll have to change that out form the above spec too

think ill need you as guide line on this build mate lol whats dual channel ram ? any suggestions what ram aye should use ?

95thrifles · 27 Dec 2010 at 10:46

dual channel (2 matching sticks together) is whats currently used by all AMD and intels socket 1156 (i5 and i7 8 series), triple channel (3 matching sticks together) is currently only used by Intels 1366 socket (i7 9 series)
As I say I think SB will use dual channel, there will prob be some new RAM releases too I gather, faster stuff, but if not then the stuff which is currently available would be this or similar

Dont worry bout not being sure, thats what these forums are for

davie77 · 27 Dec 2010 at 11:03

Dont worry bout not being sure, thats what these forums are for

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still no sure about getting the ssd theres just no enuff room on they things for me ive got a load a games in my steam account that ayell want to put on the new machine , if you pack a ssd full a data will it slow down like other hhd ?

95thrifles · 27 Dec 2010 at 11:05

no, SSD can run near full capacity, I use a 160gig X25M and still got 40 gig free but I dont install all games at same time, I tend to have bout 8 on there, if theres any other older games you like to play now n then you can install them on the mechanical, just keep the SSD for your current/fave games

davie77 · 27 Dec 2010 at 11:14

95thrifles said:
no, SSD can run near full capacity, I use a 160gig X25M and still got 40 gig free but I dont install all games at same time, I tend to have bout 8 on there, if theres any other older games you like to play now n then you can install them on the mechanical, just keep the SSD for your current/fave games

can you select were you want to install the game on steam ?? ive got to many for what im using the now only on my old laptop need a new pc cant play anything on this thing hardly any space on it either