i5 build getting there ...

FireShadow

FireShadow

FireShadow

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I welcome any comments

rig will be used for gaming, xna and business software dev (multiproject solutions in vs2005/2008/2010 and black shark/gta4/crysis/stalker are most pressing performance concerns)
(running 2x 1680x1050 monitors)

(I know the 470 is good alternative but I don't like them)

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for the price of that GTX460, you may as well get a GTX470 and just not ever worry if you have enough power to run the latest games at max settings.

or, save £30 and buy a cheaper GTX460 1gb - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-092-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830

and change the black drives for two of these seagates - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-206-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940 - £50 saved.

and finally, this psu is the same wattage, still modular, made by seasonic and cheaper

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-002-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

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how about a cheaper i7 build?

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £239.99
(£204.25) £239.99
(£204.25)
MSI GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £229.11
(£194.99) £229.11
(£194.99)
Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £111.99
(£95.31) £111.99
(£95.31)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9) £105.74
(£89.99) £105.74
(£89.99)
XFX 750W Black Edition Modular Power Supply £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.99
(£70.63) £82.99
(£70.63)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £68.98
(£58.71) £68.98
(£58.71)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £48.16
(£40.99) £48.16
(£40.99)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£13.61) £15.99
(£13.61)
Sub Total : £972.72
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £172.41
Total : £1,157.63


OR

your build with the changes,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Radon Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz Overclocked Bundle £364.00
(£309.79) £364.00
(£309.79)
Options applied to the above product:
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £35.99
(£30.63) £35.99
(£30.63)
MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £170.36
(£144.99) £170.36
(£144.99)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £111.99
(£95.31) £111.99
(£95.31)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.99
(£70.63) £82.99
(£70.63)
XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £68.98
(£58.71) £68.98
(£58.71)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £29.99
(£25.52) £59.98
(£51.04)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£13.61) £15.99
(£13.61)
Akasa 8-Pin 30cm PSU Extension Cable £4.69
(£3.99) £4.69
(£3.99)
Sub Total : £838.27
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £149.10
Total : £1,001.12
 
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thanks for ideas - the cyclone is good
XFX psu makes me nervous
I could survive with 64gb SSD but with 128gb my whole system can be ssd with disks just for backups and torrents

just realised that win7pro + software raid1 with ssd = raid with trim (not possible with hardware raid)

blacks are expensive [edit] and they seem quite slow now I check ...

I just switched from i7 to i5 after realising that it makes little difference IRL

470 decision is a nightmare - I might use spare GTS250 and wait for GTX475 to come out

thanks again - back to the basket for me
 
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no need to be nervous of the XFX psu's, they are made by seasonic, same as the HX corsair range is, and the Antec new truepower range.

reviews of the 750w,

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/XFX-750-W-Black-Edition-Power-Supply-Review/933

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=184

reviews of the 650w,

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/XFX-650-W-XXX-Edition-Power-Supply-Review/899

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=181


as for the hardrive question,
you can compare these 1tb results for the black with 64mb cache and sata3.0 interface against the samsung F3

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/1tb-2tb-roundup-2_3.html#sect0 has the black in its results.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/1tb-hdd-roundup-3.html has the samsung F3 in it.

im sure the results are comparable coming from the same website, and being of the same capacities, in fact the 640gb Black surely doesnt even have 500gb platters like the Seagate and Samsung?

so its platter density is lower per square inch.
 
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but they are not good reviews!

they are just trying to get some market share with little effort - buying up low grade seasonic rejects and putting them in nice boxes with good looking fans

very nervous :-)
 
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