Hardware options?

dancook · 19 Jan 2011 at 11:51

Hey,

I have a requirement of a multi-core processor, i7 950?

To run ~5 memory hungry applications simultaneously <2gb each - so I'm looking at 12gb total ram.

I will want to upgrade my graphics card for dx11 in the future, but I'm not sure that this affects the purchase choice.

Is there a good CPU, M/B Ram combination I should consider to achieve this? With overclocking?

thanks

Cookeh · 19 Jan 2011 at 12:12

What kind of budget are we looking at?
If its a few thousand then Xeon would be the way to go.
If around £350-400 then its Phenom II X6.
If around £500 then you can get an i7-2600K SB build.

Redmint · 19 Jan 2011 at 12:59

OcUK Motherboard Bundle - Intel Core i7 2600K & Asus P8P67 Pro Intel P67 Mainboard £429.97
(£358.31) £429.97
(£358.31)
2x GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £79.99
(£66.66) £159.98
(£133.32)

Sub Total : £491.63
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £100.23
Total : £601.36

The motherboard also supports 8GB RAM sticks ready for when they're released, I can't find any 8GB non-ecc RAM currently available.

dancook · 19 Jan 2011 at 13:19

Redmint said:
OcUK Motherboard Bundle - Intel Core i7 2600K & Asus P8P67 Pro Intel P67 Mainboard £429.97
(£358.31) £429.97
(£358.31)
2x GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £79.99
(£66.66) £159.98
(£133.32)

Sub Total : £491.63
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £100.23
Total : £601.36

The motherboard also supports 8GB RAM sticks ready for when they're released, I can't find any 8GB non-ecc RAM currently available.

this is the kind of budget I'm looking for, and thanks for this input.