Have £730 from insurance

thunderflash · 13 Feb 2011 at 23:39

Right this is my basket as of now, things change every few minutes lol

Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge)
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W Power Supply
Patriot Viper 2 Sector 5 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-18000C9 2250MHz Dual Channel
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX)

Totals £732

Will I go for it?

Any ideas most welcome

Michelle

stulid · 13 Feb 2011 at 23:45

Its ok, the black drive with its sata6GB and 64mb cache is no faster than a Samsung F3 or Seagate barracuda

thunderflash · 14 Feb 2011 at 07:04

stulid said:
Its ok, the black drive with its sata6GB and 64mb cache is no faster than a Samsung F3 or Seagate barracuda

Ok thanks I will change that then, everything else ok though?

stulid · 14 Feb 2011 at 07:08

yes it is.

stulid · 14 Feb 2011 at 07:18

did you ever want to add another gpu for crossfire etc?

if so, the msi 55 board is good.

Troezar · 14 Feb 2011 at 07:22

Great advice there, as things stand Sandybridge is a no brainer. I've always had AMD but for gaming and general use you can't beat Intel quads atm.

thunderflash · 14 Feb 2011 at 08:27

stulid said:
did you ever want to add another gpu for crossfire etc?

if so, the msi 55 board is good.

Ok thanks i didnt really think about crossfire in future, that's my basket changed to the MSI 55 model. Leaves me £35 for a heatsink any recommendations? I have a zalman but won't be able to fit it to an intel board but it ran non stop 24/7 for 3 years silently, so I did like that but if there is something that performs better maybe?

stulid · 14 Feb 2011 at 11:25

was going to say something like a Akasa Venom or Titan fenrir.

but the ram sticks may be to tall.

Corsair XMS3 and GEIL value ram 1600mhz is low in height.

Cookeh · 14 Feb 2011 at 12:01

+1 for venom

+1 for ram won't fit under.

+1 for GeIL

thunderflash · 14 Feb 2011 at 23:13

Thanks all that's my basket changed to add the venom cooler and Geil ram, just waiting for cheque to clear now

MarkA · 14 Feb 2011 at 23:33

I would deffo go with an SSD too.

thunderflash · 15 Feb 2011 at 09:33

MarkA said:
I would deffo go with an SSD too.

I would love to SSD but I think I would need more than 60gb for my main programs like Steam with Black Ops, Photoshop CS and then all the other normal everyday programs, think my main drive had about 96gb of programs installed, with all photos,films etc being held on another drive.

thunderflash · 18 Feb 2011 at 16:21

Back again

insurance canceled my £730 cheque and sent me an £858 one instead

so am now back to the drawing board a little. Need to send cheque to overclockers once received and need to use the whole amount but not go over.

Have been looking to maybe get the i7 2600k instead of the i5 2500k CPU, not that much benefit though. Also looked at the sata hybrid drives, some good performance videos on YouTube on them and as they are large capacity I could get one of them rather than a SSD maybe? Not sure though, any ideas?

tommytinkle · 18 Feb 2011 at 16:27

thunderflash said:
Back again insurance canceled my £730 cheque and sent me an £858 one instead so am now back to the drawing board a little. Need to send cheque to overclockers once received and need to use the whole amount but not go over.

Have been looking to maybe get the i7 2600k instead of the i5 2500k CPU, not that much benefit though. Also looked at the sata hybrid drives, some good performance videos on YouTube on them and as they are large capacity I could get one of them rather than a SSD maybe? Not sure though, any ideas?

If the 2600k isn't beneficial to you stick with 2500k and get a better graphics card with the additional available money?

Also fix that err water leak

thunderflash · 18 Feb 2011 at 16:34

The leak was my husband falling through the ceiling in the adjoining room and pulling the water pipe as he fell, so yeah he is sorted as is the leak

Is there a better graphics card I could get? Have just read custom PC mag and the nvidia Gtx 560 gets a really good write up and figures for the twin fozer MSI one seen to beat the 6950 easily. Have always had nvidia gpu's so am maybe a bit biased.

thunderflash · 18 Feb 2011 at 16:37

Oh and a quick question, I have a logitech 50% off code. Which gaming mouse would you get? Replacing a broken G5.

Cookeh · 18 Feb 2011 at 19:05

If replacing a G5 definitely a G500! It's the same mouse pretty much

HD6950 flashed to a HD6970 will easily beat a GTX560Ti - its may even beat a GTX570 (haven't seen benchmarks for quite a while).

However, at your price point the HD6950 is the best bet

thunderflash · 18 Feb 2011 at 19:28

Cookeh said:
If replacing a G5 definitely a G500! It's the same mouse pretty much

HD6950 flashed to a HD6970 will easily beat a GTX560Ti - its may even beat a GTX570 (haven't seen benchmarks for quite a while).

However, at your price point the HD6950 is the best bet

Thanks Cookeh, will order the G500 and keep to a 6950 then thanks.

Cookeh · 18 Feb 2011 at 20:24

thunderflash said:
Thanks Cookeh, will order the G500 and keep to a 6950 then thanks.

pleasure.

Heres the GTX560Ti Vs. HD6970 benchmark.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/292?vs=330

You may notice some "anomalies" - these games tend to favour nVidia, I assume some bribery/corruption went on

thunderflash · 18 Feb 2011 at 23:13

OK thanks will stick to the 6950, it's only for Black Ops and I only have 1400x900 display just now so am sure I won't need anything else.

Just hard drives and CPU cooler now I think. Not sure wether to get a Hybrid Sata or RAID 0 some normal HDD together. SSD too small or too expensive for me and boot times don't really come into it for me at all.