Hows this for an i5 Win7 spec?

photoshop · 18 Sep 2009 at 13:53

Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 Intel P55
Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz
G.Skill Ripjaw 4Gb (2x2Gb) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL)
Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MH080G2C1)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4670 Ultimate "Passive" 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Enermax Modu82+ 625W
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD20EADS)
Corsair H50 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1366)
LG CH08LS10 Blu-Ray Reader
Arctic Cooling MX-3 Thermal Compound

Total = £975 incl VAT + P&P

Will be running Win7 64bit!
Wount be used to game. Mainly used to surf the net, watching movies and some audio editing/encoding.

Good enough?

Will i get a descent overclock?

Will it be a lot faster than my [email protected]?

95thrifles · 18 Sep 2009 at 19:07

yeah looks great, should get good OC, you sure the H50 has the 1156 bracket though?

photoshop · 18 Sep 2009 at 19:29

95thrifles said:
yeah looks great, should get good OC, you sure the H50 has the 1156 bracket though?

I wount be ordering it until Dec (hopefully the prices will have dropped) because by then the H20 will have the bracket and the issue with SSD's will all have been sorted (and possibly any fixes for Win7).

Moeks · 18 Sep 2009 at 19:39

The spec looks fine, other than the bracket situation, but as you say, it'll probably be sorted by then.

What issue with SSD's though ? ...I don't know of one, well JM Micron based ones are basically rubbish, but the others are fine, the Intel you listed is the best MLC SSD there is now.

photoshop · 19 Sep 2009 at 01:46

Moeks said:
What issue with SSD's though ? ...I don't know of one, well JM Micron based ones are basically rubbish, but the others are fine, the Intel you listed is the best MLC SSD there is now.

Sorry that issue is just with crucial ssd's

photoshop · 19 Sep 2009 at 01:47

how much faster than my current [email protected] will this be?

JonJ678 · 19 Sep 2009 at 01:49

Crucial ssds don't have any issues that I'm aware of. I used a J micron ocz one for ages and was fine, people complained about stuttering. Limit how often the system writes to the drive and you're laughing.

It'll be stupid amounts faster than your 3ghz c2d, but only if you push it. Looking at the intended use I think it'll spend the vast majority of its time idling. Perhaps just get the ssd and keep the current machine?

photoshop · 19 Sep 2009 at 01:56

JonJ678 said:
Perhaps just get the ssd and keep the current machine?

The thought did cross my mind but im using XP and Win7 is better for SSD plus how long can i put off moving onto the next OS? I think its time. WinXP has served me well but i think its time to move to the next OS with better hardware/support.

I do spend most of my weekend doing audio rending/encoding using various software including Sound Forge which involves cutting and pasting, editing, recording and im finding that its a little slow due to HDD and processor. Plus encoding a few gigs worth of .wav to mp3 can take a while. I thikn with this new build all will be better/quicker.

Its a case of might aswell move with the times.