help with building a £1.5k rig!

[clukker]

Building a £1.5k rig and was wondering if this set will be all i can get out of the money....

 

[thingemajib]

can i ask why the m-atx motherboard if you're using a full size case? You lose out on expansion slots and potential overclocking (although the latter doesnt seem to be the case in this particular model)

 

[cmndr_andi]

If you are going to spend £310 on a CPU and motherboard, I would suggest you have a look at this and this - exact same price (£310)

I would also suggest going with this cooler (and a decent 120mm fan) as it performs better than the Noctua and will cost the same in total.

Finally, I would suggest going with a pair of ASUS cards instead of XFX (if you can wait for them to come back in stock). The ASUS ones come with a year more warranty and an overclocking friendly BIOS.

 

[tibbsey]

What monitor set up are you using?

Unless it's 3x24", 2x30" or similar, I'd probably drop the 2nd graphics card and splash that money on a SSD.

 

[RJC]

Just my personal view I would look at something like these main components:

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66GHz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £189.99
(£161.69) £189.99
(£161.69)
Kingston HyperX 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (KHX1600C9D3K3/6GX) £139.99
(£119.14) £139.99
(£119.14)
Asus P6T Deluxe OC Palm Edition Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £119.99
(£102.12) £119.99
(£102.12)
Sub Total : £382.95
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 17.50% VAT : £68.68
Total : £461.13

 

[admoo]

I'd agree with cmndr_andi, I'd be looking to get an i7 for that kinda budget.

 

[Griff7520]

I'd agree with cmndr_andi, I'd be looking to get an i7 for that kinda budget.

+1

 

[thingemajib]

just to point out the cmdr_andi forgot about going from dual > triple channel ram

 

[Ryan-3]

Go for 5970 and a HAF932 And the HX modular PSU too

 

[stulid]

Go for 5970 and a HAF932 And the HX modular PSU too

this.

 

[cmndr_andi]

just to point out the cmdr_andi forgot about going from dual > triple channel ram

Well you can run dual channel RAM perfectly fine in an X58 board. But you are correct that having triple channel RAM is ideal. Considering the OP has a £1500 budget, i'm sure he can fit in a decent 6GB kit (ie. the stuff RJC suggested) without breaking the bank.

 

[Ryan-3]

Oh, and the £15 sony drive ain't much different to that for spec

 

[cobhc]

What about this? Or something similar.

 

[Ryan-3]

You can go cheaper on the optical;, and shove some more of the fractal fans in, they're needed

 

[cobhc]

Well depends if the OP likes that Fractal Case