i7 spec from oz

[seanpears99]

Hi all

Moved to oz 3 months ago with my Vaio Z series and 4870 x2 desktop.

Love COD and want to upgrade as far as I can so I dont have to pay the mega prices over here to much as I can claim some of the spend back on new business tax.

Anyways, I want to futureproof myself as much as possible (again) and wanted to know if any builders could see any problems in my spec choice:-

PS Some of these things might be different over here (i.e. candle powered PSUs)

Black Armor Case with Liquid Cooling VH600LBWS
EVGA X58 SLI Classified LGA1366
Intel Core i7 950
Corsair 12gb pc3-12800 ddr3
evga geforce gtx295 x2 (sli)
thermaltake toughpower w0133 1200w
LG GGW H20L x 2
Western Digital Velociraptor 300gb

need to consider heat sink? (or will the case cooling be ok)

This is coming in at about $5k aussie dollars.

Do I need to be careful at hardware choice? Havent built since the 775 days!

 

[seanpears99]

I am a futureproof idiot, I am only runing a quad core E6600 with ATI 4870x2 and 4gig of ram.

Should I wait to future proof, normally COD realeases are the bench mark of where I want to be.

Cheers

Sean

 

[seanpears99]

Which means, when a new COD title comes out, I can spend more money
!

 

[seanpears99]

Thanks for the advice guys, agree with everything you said so in the end opted for the one below.

My only concern is that they only had the following memory available:-

Patriot PVT36G1600LLK PC3-12800 2GX3 VPR XMP C8 6GB Triple Channel Kit 0.00 1 0

is this going to make a big difference?

Cheers

Sean

Product Unit/Price Qty Subtotal
ASUS P6T X58
Lightspeed FX 3968.00 1 3968
Lightspeed FX DDR3 0.00 1 0
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme Heatsink + Fan Holder + 120mm Fan 0.00 1 0
Integrated IEEE-1394 Firewire Port 0.00 1 0
Patriot PVT36G1600LLK PC3-12800 2GX3 VPR XMP C8 6GB Triple Channel Kit 0.00 1 0
Integrated Gigabit Ethernet 0.00 1 0
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 0.00 1 0
Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz, 8MB Cache 0.00 1 0
Gigabyte Odin 1200W Modular PSU 0.00 1 0
Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium PCIe Fatal1ty Pro Series 0.00 1 0
(2) Radeon HD5870 1GB CrossFire | Dual DVI, DisplayPort, HDMI 0.00 1 0
Enspire Digital Standard 1 Year Parts and Labour Nation-wide Onsite Western Digital 300GB Velociraptor, 10000rpm, 16MB Cache 0.00 1 0
LG 22X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer, SATA 0.00 1 0
LG 8X Blu Ray/HD-DVD Combo Drive, DVD Burner 0.00 1 0
G.Skill Falcon 128GB SSD 477.00 1 477

Total: $4471

 

[seanpears99]

That is the worst website I have ever seen