I7 over 955be but what next, spec help pls

rjpullie · 20 Jul 2009 at 21:51

Hi, some advice needed pls as iv looked over posts and researched net and decided to go i7 instead of 955be? pretty much over budget but if anything is a must for gains over extra price i can do it, mainly be used for gaming and bit of media/dvd/photoshop,
Thanks in advance

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £205.99 -

Asus VH222H 22" Widescreen True HD LCD Monitor £159.99

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £143.99

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £142.99

Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600LLK) £75.99 OCZ

ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready Modular Power Supply £57.99

Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £53.99

Prolimatech Megahalems Performance CPU Cooler (Socket 775/1366)
£44.99

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £44.99

Total : £948.74

RJC · 20 Jul 2009 at 22:00

Spec looks good, you will need a fan for the cpu cooler

DavyBoy · 20 Jul 2009 at 22:01

Ummm, what exactly do you need advice with??

You've already decided to go with i7 instead of PhenomII.. so what is it you want to know?

Xelene · 20 Jul 2009 at 22:06

mainly used for gaming and a bit of photoshop?

don't need a 920, either wait for i5 or get a Phenom 2 955 BE imo

rjpullie · 20 Jul 2009 at 22:07

DavyBoy said:
Ummm, what exactly do you need advice with??

You've already decided to go with i7 instead of PhenomII.. so what is it you want to know?

Okay thanks for replies, are the parts I have chosen are the best value for money in performance terms and as RJC pointed outt do i need anything else to beneift like fan on cooler etc or should I go nvidia instead of ati??

rjpullie · 20 Jul 2009 at 22:11

RJC said:
Spec looks good, you will need a fan for the cpu cooler

Which would you go with??

DavyBoy · 20 Jul 2009 at 22:12

I would say that the components are fine, except for maybe the PSU... I would opt for something other than an OCZ PSU... that's just me though...

But apart from that it looks pretty good imo... I personally would go for i7 rig over PII...

Xelene · 20 Jul 2009 at 22:14

rjpullie said:
Okay thanks for replies, are the parts I have chosen are the best value for money in performance terms and as RJC pointed outt do i need anything else to beneift like fan on cooler etc or should I go nvidia instead of ati??

Whats your budget sensibly? Core 7 costs quite a bit more in real terms - and isn't the best at performance per pound. It's great if you want to have the absolute best or really do a lot of specialist work that demands it, but as a day to day desktop it isn't the best choice.

I have one, but it was running full pelt most of the weekend transcoding stuff, if you aren't doing that stuff it's not worth the premium.

RJC · 20 Jul 2009 at 22:20

rjpullie said:
Which would you go with??

One of these - clicky,

or Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 which Overclockers don't seem to have at the moment.

rjpullie · 20 Jul 2009 at 22:26

@sldsmkd

Well i was originally only looking to spend £700 to £800 as i have a dell 19" tft but figured if im going to spend that on a good system i may as well get good monitor to enjoy visuals on so ended up at around £950 inc 22" asus monitor :eek:

, to breakdown my useage, basically games like bf2, cod series, bf1943, resident evil 5 etc, also converting avi to dvd, basic photoshop and home pc stuff??.. Was hoping this build to last me a couple of years too but i understand things change quickly