i7 upgrade :)

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right i did post in the OC section but that was more oc stuff. so here we go.

these are the parts i already have:
Antec 900 case
ocuk GTX 275 (non oc atm but that will change soon enough xP )
Thermaltake toughpower 700w (non modular)
thermalright ultra extreme 120 +1xfan (775/am2)
soundblaster audigy 2
dvd rw
2x 320GB WD HDD (one cavier and one blue)

right think thats the important stuff i have (got mon, keyboard mouse etc etc blah blah blah)

and heres my preposed purchase:
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thoguht may aswell get the retail version as its cheaper this week, i have heard good things about the asus board and like to stike with them as used them in the past and know what's what :) gunna get that 1366 bracket for my old TRUE cooler so i dont have to spend another 50 or so quid on a new cooler (any idea when these will be in stock or should i just get them off a certain bay?)
also im sure ocuk used to sell the extra fan clips for the TRUE cooler but cant find them now.... will the ones they have on the site for a different cooler work or shall i search the bay amongst the e weed xP so yea i forgot to put the extra fan on there but thats fine.

would that memory be a good choice, i want to try and heavily overclock so gunna need some ram that can good high speeds was thinking this as it will give me some head way, and so if i dont reach that speed i can try to tighten the timings.
any better suggestions for ram? and how high are these sticks as my mate is going to give me a dominator cooler (the new 2xfan style for triple channel) and i need to know if they will fit under.... or if you can suggest much better ram then im all ears :)

im quite leaning towards the 1600 dominator ram now actually ^^

EDIT: almost forgot, my 700w PSU.... this should be more than enough to run this spec with overclocks yea? *crosses fingers*
 
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well im looking for 4GHz+ oc, yea everyone keeps mentioning that ram so ill prob go along with that, not too sure about the mobo as had a gigabyte one in the past and i found the asus i replaced it with to be a lot better. and i cant really justify getting a new cooler for it as the TRUE is sure a beast already, and with one more fan on it ill be saving myself 40£ for near same performance (so ive read)
 
Yeah there's definitely no point in getting the Noctua if you already have the TRUE. However, I'd definitely consider the UD5 and the patriot RAM.
 
hummm prob go for the patriot ram but ive read in a few reviews that the asus board copes with vdroop better than the gigabyte one. dunno if it still applies as they were a good 3-5 months old reviews. what sorta ram speeds will i be looking at with 4-4.5 ghz overclock (prob wont get to 4.5 but i can dream ^^) just wonderign if they will be able to copy with some hefty clocking
 
Right really hoping to press the buy button tonight but im still half minds about some of the parts...
p6t deluxe or ud5
ocz 1866 or dominator 1600 or something else xP

really looking for high overclockability here. i like the look of the asus boards as i have one and its solid and has a better cooler on it on the NB as ya can whack a fan on there. can the reaper ram fit under the new dominator coolers? ahhhh im crap at making decisions hellllllppppppppp :p
 
ahh too late i bought the ocz ram xP pretty sure it aint gunna fit under the dominator/ocz cooler tho, but with the huge fins the aire being drawn from the cpu should help the flow and keep em cool :) if not i still got quite a few 40mm fans about so i can botch something up, or see if they can build me something in work :) and i went for the p6t dlx v2 :) shall prob take pics alont the way so ill prob open a thread wheere the builds are and post my overclocking adventures :)
 
right well ive ordered all the bits and should be delivered tomorrow.... but..... been tracking it today and its still in the wear house, so i rang up sales about 2pm and apparently the ram i ordered is out of stock... even tho it said 10+ when i ordered it :( not happy with that! apparently they are getting a delivery tomorrow morning and so my package should still arrive tomorrow.... but i have a feeling that's hot air and i wont get it till monday now... :( very annoying! and i just tried to speak to them again 3 times at about 10 past 5 and there was no answer any of the times. i wanted to call to see if i could change the order to different ram.... so its all just hopiong they get the ram in the morning now.... not such a happy bunny :(
 
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