Good Spec For Newbie

the_hilders · 31 Mar 2009 at 22:08

Hi I have £1140 to spend is this a good spec to go for :confused:

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Silverstone Temjin TJ07b Case
Intel QX9650 Quad Core Processor overclocked to over 3.8ghz
Titan Amanda cooling system
Evga 790i Motherboard
2 x Evga 280 GTX *** (For The Win) overclocked graphics cards
4gb G-Skill ddr3 1600mhz ram overclocked to 1800 mhz
Tagan 1100w BZ Piperock PSU
300gb Velociraptor hard drive
500gb storage hard drive
Windows Vista 64 Bit

benenhausen · 31 Mar 2009 at 22:12

Sounds like you got your thang together

the_hilders · 31 Mar 2009 at 22:18

My friends spec , I have the option to buy..

KingZeddy · 31 Mar 2009 at 22:30

make sure you can fit that cooler on the mobo, its a big beast

Kennysevenfold · 31 Mar 2009 at 22:33

reflux · 31 Mar 2009 at 22:36

Fast, but a bit last year. Personally I wouldn't buy that spec.

Ben M · 31 Mar 2009 at 22:40

Don't spend that much money on a core2 setup, go i7.

What's with all of the March 09 users?

Benehausen, you have three posts. One of which is in this thread, and pretty useless, and another is asking if the free shipping deal for forum members is still on. How come you joined up?

Kennysevenfold · 31 Mar 2009 at 22:41

Ben M said:
What's with all of the March 09 users?

thugssssss

Kennysevenfold · 31 Mar 2009 at 22:49

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (11139-01-40) £241.49
(£209.99) £241.49
(£209.99)

Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM £229.99
(£199.99) £229.99
(£199.99)

MSI X58 Pro (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £172.49
(£149.99) £172.49
(£149.99)

OCZ Solid Series 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1SLD60G) £120.74
(£104.99) £120.74
(£104.99)

Coolermaster Real Power 700w Modular Power Supply £91.99
(£79.99) £91.99
(£79.99)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £91.99
(£79.99) £91.99
(£79.99)

Corsair XMS3 6GB DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1333C9) £63.99
(£55.64) £63.99
(£55.64)

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £57.49
(£49.99) £57.49
(£49.99)

Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366) £57.49
(£49.99) £57.49
(£49.99)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £50.59
(£43.99) £50.59
(£43.99)

Samsung TS-H653F 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.09
(£13.99) £16.09
(£13.99) Sub Total : £1,038.54 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 : £157.84 Total : £1,197.13

Ben M · 31 Mar 2009 at 22:55

Nice spec ^ but I'd be worried about having 512mb usable graphics RAM if you're running a high res.

Kennysevenfold · 31 Mar 2009 at 23:02

Ben M said:
Nice spec ^ but I'd be worried about having 512mb usable graphics RAM if you're running a high res.

Good point,

the_hilders - do you know what sort of Monitor/res your friend will be running.?

the_hilders · 31 Mar 2009 at 23:40

YES I Think HP2475W, I Already have a new sealed i7 965 processor sitting in my cupboard so was thinking sell that to buy the above pc and add a bit of money but now i think of it may as well just buy the extra components for i7 and start fresh..some real valid comments , thks guys..

Kennysevenfold · 31 Mar 2009 at 23:47

the_hilders said:
YES I Think HP2475W, I Already have a new sealed i7 965 processor sitting in my cupboard so was thinking sell that to buy the above pc and add a bit of money but now i think of it may as well just buy the extra components for i7 and start fresh..some real valid comments , thks guys..

Good luck and keep us posted on how things go mate,

last note, i would say a HD4850x2 would be fine an a 24" monitor, would be much better than a 1024mb 4870 anywayssss