HELP PLEASE NEW BUILD AMD OR INTEL??

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 20:12

hi can anyone match this spec hw91 made for me? I want a future proof extreme gaming rig that will play all the latest games on the highest settings also want to play flight sim games like flight sim x etc, also will be doing some home recordings guitars and mics using sony acid pro DAW software, I am open to AMD suggestions as I beleive they are more futureproof and Ive heard ATI gpus are better than nvidia, but also heard intel is better for recording, I am really not swayed either way so any suggestions are apreciated, I will try to explore overclocking but will more than likely use the preset overclocking on the motherboard software and want sli or crossfire for the future, oh and also need windows 7, can up my price to £1200 at a push

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 20:49

stulid said:
future proof isn't Intel, its AMD.

but just for you.

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Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £223.24
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Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £159.99
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Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9) £117.49
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Intel X25-V Value 40GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MP040G2R5) - Retail £84.59
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Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £80.99
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Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £64.99
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Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £35.24
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Samsung SH-S223L/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
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hi mate thanks for the quick reply, I thought u couldnt use ATI cards crossfire with intel chipsets? also mate why have you put 2 hard drives? also will games in the future be more dependant on how many cores u got?

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 20:52

also wouldnt the F3 spin point hdd be faster at 32mb and only 3 quid more?

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 20:53

RJC said:
You can use Crossfire on Intel chipset The P55 & X58 range can do SLI & Crossfire.

The SSD will be for Windows and the Seagate would be used for storage ect.

why what benefits does it have using a seperate drive for windows?

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 20:56

stulid said:
all the 500gb drives, not sure about the blacks are 16mb, and you just wont notice the difference between the F3, seagate and WD Black.

I will be recording guitars etc on a DAW, doesnt it matter about the speed of the hdd

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 20:57

stulid said:
A SSD is MASSIVELY faster than a mechanical drive, and I mean by a lot.

oh right i didnt know that

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 21:00

stulid said:
nope.

you may want more space.

if i upgraded when i started running out of space could i buy a new drive then? and just add on to it?

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 21:01

oh yea stulid what was the alternative u had up your sleeve? lol

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 21:06

yea i seen a similar 1 to that on another post earlier, but u cant sli on that motherboard can u?

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 21:19

just had a quick scan around DAW forums and theyre all swearin by the i7's, think your first one will be the choice for me, thanks mate.

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 21:23

stulid said:
nope, but do you need too with a single GTX480!!

why are they the buisness when it comes to graphics?

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 21:28

stulid said:
fastest single gpu card out.

is it faster than 2 5870's?

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 21:29

its for a 42'' LCD TV at the moment gonna get a good monitor at a later date maybe even eyefinty

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 21:30

but then nvidia has 3d support

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 21:33

Redmint said:
No, but it's a lot cheaper than 2x 5870s.

but another 5870 wont be as expensive in a year or 2

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 21:39

stulid said:
no, but it wont suffer from a little thing people call micro-stutter, and its minimum frame rates are higher.

also sli scales better than crossfire.

heres some cool articles.

2 GTX470 vs 1 5970(dual gpu card) http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/geforce-gtx470-sli.html

2 GTX480 vs 2 5870 http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/geforce-gtx480-sli.html

so for an extra 80 quid on the i7 spec i could have a 480 then i could sli in the futre

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 21:40

JonKLJ said:
so for an extra 80 quid on the i7 spec i could have a 480 then i could sli in the futre

this pc has gone from 800 quid to 1280 haha, get what ya pay for tho???

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 21:42

and thats not even with windows haha

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 21:44

i hope the graphics are gonna look better than my ps3 or ill be well ****ed off haha

JonKLJ · 8 Aug 2010 at 22:02

Redmint said:
High end PC gaming is expensive. You have to keep in mind you're paying a fair bit extra than you really need to run games with decent settings atm, but it should still be quite fast 2-3 years from now.

yea i see what you mean There probably wont even be any games coming out soon or until the next gen playstation 4's and xbox's that will challenge these gpus coz the money is in the consoles.