How does this spec look?

[scotlad]

Hi all!

I am building a system for gaming/development, also I require it to run multiple instances of some fairly intensive apps 24/7.

Please let me know if there is anything you would change or add and whether it will all fit in the case etc, i'll be looking to do a basic overclock aswell!

Coolmaster Storm Scout Case
Coolmaster Silent PRo 700W Power Supply
Intel Core i7 920 2.66ghz 8mb cache
ASUS P6X58D-E Motherboard
Coolmaster V8
Patriot Viper 6GB DDR3 1600MHZ RAM
PALIT GTX460 1024MB Graphics Card
Samsung 1 TB F1 Hard Drive
Sony Optiarc AD-7241S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe Optical Drive

Budget around 1k.

Cheers

 

[scotlad]

OK thanks for advise, so I might take the AMD route, using money saved for a SSD (my first!) revised spec below:


AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8GHz 9MB Cache Socket AM3 Retail Box Processor -
Cooler Master V8 CPU Cooler (Socket 940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1366) -
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H 890GX Socket AM3 HDMI DVI VGA Out 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard -
OCZ Reaper Low-Latency 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 12800C6 (1600MHz) Dual-Channel -
OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E SSD 2.5" SATA-II Read 285MB/s Write 275MB/s 50,000 IOPS -
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) -
MSI GTX 460 Cyclone OC Edition 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI Mini HDMI Out PCI-E Graphics Card -
Coolmaster Scout Storm + Coolermaster Silent Pro 700W Modular PSU -

Will the V8 fit? For 10quid more i can get the CoolIT Eco A.L.C. CPU Watercooler will I get better performance/temps with that?

Also an alternative motherboard is:
Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard [90-MIBBV5-G0EAY00Z] - 119.99 Vs 105 pounds for the gigabyte.

 

[scotlad]

how about the coolmaster V6GT is it better than the v8? I like the bling of the coolmaster range think it will fit in with the black case nicely but that Spire TherMax Eclipse II looks excellent value/performance hmmmm.

 

[scotlad]

don't need a 890 chipset motherboard with a nvidia card, get a 870 or 880 instead.

Good point regarding the motherboard, if I go for Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H AMD 880G

will I just be loosing out on the ATI crossfire functionality? I don't intend having more than one graphics card at any point.