i7 Build Check Please!

JW1993

JW1993

JW1993

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This is what i've come up with:

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Any suggestions and advice are much appreciated!

Thanks :)
 
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Mainly for school work and playing the odd game. I know it's a lot more powerful than needed for that but I want something thats going to last me and will be quite powerful, also upgrade proof!
 
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Its pritty awesome.
But the cost is about exactly the same as the goliath.
So I would buy that instead, and get the OCing they do for it for the extra buck and pre built.
 
I see what you mean, however my build would be around £150 cheaper although it wouldn't be overclocked and I would have to do that myself.

Thanks :)
 
With a decent cooler and about 5 mins work setting up you'll most likely be Prime stable at 3.5 GHz if not even faster.

If I was buying that then I'd either get an SSD for the Operating System

Another 640GB drive to raid for games/apps etc.

Or do both.
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the twin platter 640's are fast drives but very fast in raid.

Obviously depends on your budjet and how much extra performance you like to have/want to spend on. :D
 
Well an SSD definitly be a future upgrade probably along with a RAID set up!

Thanks for all the advice :)
 
Looks good mate. In case you did not know you can get Win 7 a lot cheaper than the RRP as you are a student. Good luck with the build. :)
 
I'm only 16 and won't be starting 6th form until september. I guess this isnt old enough to qualify for the £30 Windows 7?

Thanks :)
 
Well it's still a few months away before I start post 16 education and my sixth form is being built adjacent to my current school and it's not completed yet so I don't think things like that will have been sorted. Thanks anyway :)
 
The £30 offer ran out a week or so ago, but you can get it from Software4Students for about £36 and you don't have to have a valid email address.
 
- Should run like a dream, if you plan to overclock 4ghz etc get something like the corsair H50-1 cpu cooler.

- Dont worry about overclocking, as overclocking an i7 is very easy and 10001 tuts around on how to do it.
 
Maniacfest - Isn't that the upgrade version only? If not, link me :D

atmax1 - Thanks for that :) I'll probably overclock to 4GHZ + a bit later on, but might change my mind at that last minute :O
 
oooooo I found this on the bottom of the page:

For this software to install correctly customers must have ONE of the following:

1. a previous Windows OS (XP/Vista) currently installed on the computer or laptop, or
2. the serial key from a previous Windows OS (XP/Vista) which must be entered in order for the upgrade DVD to install the full version of Windows 7 onto a blank harddrive.

Either way, you MUST own a license to a previous version of Windows XP / Vista.


Does this mean I can use the product key from the bottom of my Laptop on my new harddrive? :D
 
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