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Xbandito

Xbandito

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I am trying to build a near future proof (say 5 years) pc as possible, with the biggest budget I have ever had in my life, so is this lot any good -:
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card x2
Intel Core i7 975 3.33Ghz (Nehalem) Extreme Edition (Socket LGA1366) - Retail x1
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard x1
Corsair Dominator GT 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C7 1866MHz Triple Channel Kit x1
Corsair HX 1000W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply x1
Pioneer BDR-S03XLB 8x BD-ReWriter / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) x1
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - Fatal1ty Champion Series 7.1 Sound Card x1
Samsung SM2494HM 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor x2
Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black x1
Corsair Flash Survivor 32GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive (CMFUSBSRVR-32GB) x1
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) x2
Akasa AK-967 V2 Nero Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler x1
Sony Optiarc DRU-870S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - Retail x1
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin x2
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) x1
Akasa SATA-3 100cm Rounded Data Cable x4
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit - OEM x1


Total £3336
 
If you budget is that big then your off to a good start.
I'd still make some cuts here and there though.
I'd save £500 by using a i7 920 and clocking it to 3.6/4Ghz with a decent cooler.
Also unless your really going to need bit locker (which has apparently been compromised already - read on internet so don't quote me) and the ability to use another 50 odd languages you could just get Win7 Pro.

Gigabyte UD7 is a strong choice as it comes with USB 3.0 and some really helpful extras.
After saving that money from the CPU you could grab some more RAM to boost it to 12Gb and get another screen to run eyefinity.
 
I would never build a PC to last 5 years. Imagine what a top end PC 5 years ago is like now??

The fastest Pentium 4 in January 2005 was the Pentium 4 HT 570J.

Even a £40 dual core would obliterate it.

Even the 6800 Ultra which was one of the fastest graphics cards at the time is slower in modern games than even an HD4650 which is under £40.

Just build a decent £1000 to £1500 PC now and every two years change the core components like the CPU,motherboard,RAM and graphics card. On top of that you can probably re-use things like the case,monitor and other bits too.

You can get yourself a nice Core i5,Core i7 or Phenom II based computer for that price. In two years you can get a nice Sandy Bridge or Bulldozer based PC to replace it.
 
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Thanks guys, some interesting replies there. As for getting a 920, I never clocked a cpu in my pc life, never trusted myself to get it right, might get the 950 instead = save some pennies and still same speed.
The overclocked bundle, nice but I still have this thing in the back of my head putting me off "clocked" things, they just dont work with me.
As for not building a pc for 5 years, well I have two reasons to argue that, one is my health, will I still be using a pc in 5 years = doubt it, two, will I have the cash to upgrade = doubt it.
The ssd looks very interesting and I might just add that.
 
A 3.5" bay is the perfect size to hide £20 notes (they fit perfectly length ways).
Spend a grand and a half on a nice system. Don't fill a drive bay with a drive, fill it with the change out of your budget, then dip in to it when you feel like buying some new tech.
Wife/Girlfriend/Boyfriend will never look there.

Disclaimer: Can't guarantee a wad 2k thick of £20's in a drive bay is either going to be a fire hazard and/or not going to ruin the air flow in the case
 
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