Help With New Build

CoxyBoy123

CoxyBoy123

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So planning on a new build
I do a film production course at uni so lots of video editing and rendering, lots of photoshop tooo
I am currently running:
P5Q PRO
Q6600 @3.3
4GB KINGSTON hyperx
gigabyte 9800gt superclocked
two wd caviar blue in raid 0
seagate 750gb storage
corsair 650w sli ready cpu
akasa ak966 cpu cooler
antec 900 (bit too noisy for me)

Well i have £1000 saved up, use any of the parts above and spec me a beast, put together what you can and if there is spare add a case
dont need operating system or hard drives really although ssd would be nice ;)

your help would be appreciated joe :)
 
Well concentrating on the work side of things, use this lot with your existing PSU, gfx card, HDD and optical drives, comes in at 1050 if you can manage the extra 50, it would make your work MUCH faster

Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case - Black (No PSU) £209.99 (£182.60)
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £199.99 (£173.90)
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM £198.98 (£173.03)
Crucial M225 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (CT64M225) £149.99 (£130.43)
OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (OCZ3G1600LV6GK) £106.98 (£93.03) x2
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £59.98 (£52.16)
Sub Total : £898.18
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £136.94
Total : £1,049.87
 
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No but you mentioned the old case was too noisy, you can get a cheaper one, could get slightly cheaper mobo too, hows this look?

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM £198.98 (£173.03)
Asus Rampage II Gene Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express mATX DDR3 Motherboard £169.99 (£147.82)
Crucial M225 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (CT64M225) £149.99 (£130.43)
OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (OCZ3G1600LV6GK) £106.98 (£93.03) x2
Fractal Design Define Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl (No PSU) £84.99 (£73.90)
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £59.98 (£52.16)
Sub Total : £763.40
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £116.09
Total : £889.99

Re gfx card it depends, if youre not struggling with anythign youre using atm then no its not really worth it, if you were going to up it Id go for a new 5850, which at £200 means you'd have to sacrifice other areas of your build
 
is there much difference in them mobos??
looking at the 800d case, it is very nice haha
again graphics card?? any need??
 
Hi welcome to the forum mate,

I've been looking for a similarly priced system too,
check out my thread
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18073937

I dont think you need to spend £200 on a case to be honest...looks amazing but honestly ?? Better of getting a better graphics card.

The UD5 is a good motherboard but if you dont plan on overclocking or dont require Nvidia SLI or Xfire you could get away with something less expensive like the UD3, Asus P6T SE or Foxconn Bloodrage GTi.

Could save a bit on the SSD too but its a nice touch...

(as you can probably tell from trying to save money, I wasnt a student too long ago)
 
In that case you could stick with the Gigabyte UD5 which sounds like its a solid overclocking board.

For a graphics card, if your not into the latest games at high res. you could think about the 4890 which ~£150. Prob. offers best bang for buck at the moment.
 
No theres not much difference in the mobos in terms of performance but the aus rampage gene is mATX (smaller) so can become cramped if you use lots of expansion cards
Only you can answer the question about the gfx card, as I say if you arent struggling with any games atm then Id say no, given your initial post you seemed to want a work machine, hence the focus on this, if you want a more balanced gaming machine it can be done but you'd be sacrifcing some performance power when it comes to your editing/rendering etc
 
nono work is the key, i just wondered if the graphics card would help with the work??
my gfx doesnt really struggle so i am not bothered about upgrading that
would you be able to get a decent size and quality screen in there for that price?/
 
not much, your load times would be longer, but that wouldnt really efect you once youre up and running, where as I assume youre using an old monitor atm, in which case the new monitor would be much more beneficial given your uses
 
95thrifles said:
not much, your load times would be longer, but that wouldnt really efect you once youre up and running, where as I assume youre using an old monitor atm, in which case the new monitor would be much more beneficial given your uses
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Yeah, a monitor is a better use of money than an SSD. (Although in an ideal world you would have both!)
 
righty, anybody else got anything to recommend, you guys have covered it well, i dont know if your allowed to say on here but how much do you think i should be looking at for my old parts
can someone run up a final basket
 
just to check, but is my psu strong enough, how much further would that let me upgrade (as in adding hard drives and gfx maybe)
 
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