How does this i7 setup look?

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How does this look, mainly used for gaming but also design (photoshop, dreamweaver etc) Budget is £500 wondering if i can get anything better for value. (i allready have a heatsink)

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That looks fine to be honest. You could maybe save a bit of cash and drop the USB 3.0 and Sata 3 ports to get the cheaper varient, but if they are essential then I'd say that's fine :)
 
I don't think OEM 920's are sold by OC anymore :O
The price of the retail one has varied quite a bit, from around £205-£220.
 
Look good to me! Although I would have gone for an OEM cpu and bought a third party fan. But that's just my preference.
 
I can stretch to the 930 if it is worth it. I would have choosen the 920 OEM but dont seem to sell them. Yes i plan on overclocking. Thought the 920 D0 was a better overclocker than the 930? I can downgrade the board just thought it would be ideal to get the new tech stuff, not sure how much better 6gb Sata is to the 3
 
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Well Sata 6gb is going to become standard eventually, until a new version comes out so I guess it's good to be future proof. I havn't overclocked my 920, most people with them tend to though and get good results. I'm not sure about the 930, it's the newest i7 so i'd just search for some results that people have got when overclocking. Depending on how much your going to overclock you might want to get a cooler like the H-50 or something similar.
 
 
p6t se will serve you fine but i'm sure people will tell you it's not good enough due to it's low price ;)

although i'd go for the p6t if you think you might want sli in the future
 
just built an i7 920 system with a mate using a p6t se, very nice board and the whole build was a doddle (except fitting the tuniq tower... amazing what reading instructions does for ya lol)

very nice and very quick system with 6gb patriot ram... very envious of him the git :)
 
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