Guidance on Components Please

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Hi again folks. Over the past couple of months ive been looking forward to the day were i can spend money on brand new components. Out with the old in with the new kind of thing!

I'm almost adamant on getting a Nvidia GTX 480 graphics card, but would like some guidance on which of the brands is the best. Also if there's better alternatives.

I'm also looking for buy a new Motherboard,CPU,Ram and CPU cooler - Was hoping for maybe an over clocked bundle? If not do OCUK do custom over clocks for an extra cost on there CPUs?

I'm also going to be buying a Samsung blu ray drive.


My main goal is too eventually have a set up which is 3D Ready and to have the ability to play blu ray as well as high demanding games.


Any input and advice would be appreciated. I'm looking to purchase today.


Kind Regards
 
Most 480 are pretty similar, I use the Gainward which was on special a few months back.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £334.86
(£284.99) £334.86
(£284.99)
Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £219.98
(£187.22) £219.98
(£187.22)
Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £144.11
(£122.65) £144.11
(£122.65)
XFX 850W Black Edition Modular Power Supply £124.98
(£106.37) £124.98
(£106.37)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BD-ROM / 16x DVD Writer Drive - Black (Retail) £50.98
(£43.39) £50.98
(£43.39)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Sub Total : £1,006.72
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £178.14
Total : £1,196.11
 
Whats your opinion on the i5 vs the i7 for gaming RJC please?

Im stuck at the moment between the two. I know the i7 is superior in different aspects but ive not read much on the gaming aspects.

In gaming not a lot, only real plus point is when multiple gpu's as you can use dual bandwidth both run at 16x. Some P55 chipsets can.
 
Ok thats great, sorry to come backwards and forwards but really need it sorting im so eager to buy :]


In respect to me possibly buying one GTX 480, would two 470's in SLI be a lot better performance, if so is the drivers out to support all of this please? It would only be abit more expensive to get the two in respects to the one 480gtx
 
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