Help with need with Spec!!

[newbie2009]

Alrite people, so i have decided to splash out on a new rig, so i need your help as am a newbie here.

I will be using it for mainly gaming, eg Crisis, CoD 4/5, FM2009 n PES 2009 and the budget for this rig is £1250 for a full kit with monitor.

I have no experience with OCing but hope to learn..

So this what i have come up with, is there anything i can improve on and also im look for the most bang for your buck..thanks in advance.


Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM
£209.99
(£241.49)

Biostar TPower Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £189.99
(£218.49)

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (AX-48701GBD5-H)
£165.99
(£190.89)

Coolermaster RC-1100 Cosmos S "Sport" Silent Full Tower Case - Black (No PSU)
£139.99
(£160.99)

Corsair 6GB DDR3 XMS3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1600C9)
£134.99
(£155.24)

PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad-Crossfire PCI-E 750W Power Supply £89.99
(£103.49)

Pioneer BDC-S02BK 5x BD-ROM + 12x12 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) - OEM
£79.99
(£91.99)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £59.99
(£68.99)

Akasa AK-967 Nero Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler (AM2/AM2+/939/LGA775/LGA1366)
£23.99
(£27.59)

Sub Total : £1,094.91

Shipping : £14.99
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £166.49

Total : £1,276.39


1 Question: -

1) i7 920 is it any good for gaming as i wont be using it for any work (encoding, rendering), so will i be better of with a dual core


PS - i knw the case is abit over kill but i am thinking of upgrades for the future

Peace

 

[mp260767]

for the list of games you've listed maybe think of going for the dual core 8500, gigabyte p45 mobo , 4gb of pc8500 memory, cooler like the tuniq tower, corsair 650w psu.

 

[newbie2009]

cheers mate .....

 

[dlknight]

Alrite people, so i have decided to splash out on a new rig, so i need your help as am a newbie here.

I will be using it for mainly gaming, eg Crisis, CoD 4/5, FM2009 n PES 2009 and the budget for this rig is £1250 for a full kit with monitor.

I have no experience with OCing but hope to learn..

So this what i have come up with, is there anything i can improve on and also im look for the most bang for your buck..thanks in advance.

1 Question: -

1) i7 920 is it any good for gaming as i wont be using it for any work (encoding, rendering), so will i be better of with a dual core


PS - i knw the case is abit over kill but i am thinking of upgrades for the future

Peace

Morning,

I would go dual core if you are using it mainly for gaming, E8500 looks a good choice. Here's a good starting list with latest intel chipset, could go P45 or nforce 750i too depending on preference. I have left out the cooler as you would need to make sure that a chosen one fits the motherboard and case. Personally I would go for a Thermalright Ultra-120. Also you forgot a monitor so have selected a pretty good 24" as an example.

• Dell TrueColour E248WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor £219.99(£252.99)
• Asus Rampage Formula Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £167.99(£193.19)
• Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (AX-48701GBD5-H) £165.99(£190.89)
• Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £139.99(£160.99)
• Coolermaster HAF 932 Case - Black (No PSU) £89.99(£103.49)
• LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail £59.99(£68.99)
• Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £59.99(£68.99)
• OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Platinum Series DDR2 (OCZ2P10664GK) £47.99(£55.19)

Sub Total : £951.92
Shipping : £14.99
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £145.04
Total : £1,111.95

Cheers

WhiteKnight