just ordered my new build :)

cainer

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cainer

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nice, the time has arrived. just got off the phone with Gary @ overclockers and my order has been placed,
what you think?..

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99

Corsair Dominator GT 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C8 2000MHz Triple Channel Kit (CMG6GX3M3A2000C8) £319.99

OCZ Vertex Limited Edition 100GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTXLE100G) £309.99

Asus P6X58D Premium Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £249.99

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

Fractal Design Define R2 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £79.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £76.99

Noctua NH-U12P SE2 Dual Fan Quiet CPU Cooler (LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £61.99

Seasonic X-750 gold (from a competetor as OC dont stock these :( ) £122.96

will be a couple of weeks till i have it up and running due to having to wait on the gfx and SSD but il re-post once its built :)
 
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£300 for ram, that stuff better actually make a noticeable performance increase over a lot of the cheaper kits

seems like a pretty solid build though, will blast through everything you're gonna use it for :)
 
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MonkeykingZX said:
£300 for ram, that stuff better actually make a noticeable performance increase

seems like a pretty solid build though, will blast through everything you're gonna use it for
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must admit it did hurt a bit spending that lol, but im hoping this build will last me for 4-5 years without needing anything other than another 5870 when i need one and their much cheaper
 
lot of money, if u got it then happy days. Cant afford that with my mortgage lol... im about to hit the £600-£700 mark n thats my lifes savings all gone lol . Nice
 
A nice build, not that far from the one I’m looking at building, though not sure if you’d notice much difference with those Corsair Dominator GT 6GB DDR3 PC3-16000C8...I may get Corsair Dominator GT 6GB DDR3 PC3-14400 C7 1600MHz instead.

How come you’ve gone for the OCZ Vertex Limited Edition 100GB over the Intel X25-M Mainstream 160GB? Can’t say I’ve heard much about the OCZ Vertex Limited Edition.
 
kronos_100 said:
How come you’ve gone for the OCZ Vertex Limited Edition 100GB over the Intel X25-M Mainstream 160GB? Can’t say I’ve heard much about the OCZ Vertex Limited Edition.
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faster read/write, i was originally going to get the 80gb intel but thought id give this one a try, also im pretty sure it works from a new controller (sandforce?)
 
I was wondering if it was one of the new sandforce based SSDs, thought that was only gonna be in the Vertex 2 Pros. I'll have to look more into it...or should I just wait for the 6 Gb/s SATA SSDs to come out. I’m kinda sick of waiting for parts to be released though.
 
kronos_100 said:
or should I just wait for the 6 Gb/s SATA SSDs to come out. I’m kinda sick of waiting for parts to be released though.
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trouble is by the time 6 gb/s sata's come out smth better will be in the pipelines.. then ul find urself waiting for that instead :p
 
Good spec, agree with previous comments that the performance to value of the RAM takes some justifying tho :cool:

From what I read the SSD is a bit of a interim set up (rather than a new controller) but its one hell of a performer!
 
fordypaul said:
From what I read the SSD is a bit of a interim set up (rather than a new controller) but its one hell of a performer!
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just read this about the vertex II pro,
"OCZ claims maximum read/write performance of 280/270 MB/s"

as this vertex LE edition is 270/250 there isnt much in it, although il be interested to see how the pro version measures up when its released
 
cainer said:
just read this about the vertex II pro,
"OCZ claims maximum read/write performance of 280/270 MB/s"

as this vertex LE edition is 270/250 there isnt much in it, although il be interested to see how the pro version measures up when its released
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With those stats, if the price is ok, its one hell of a drive, it very soon available and kicks a*s, if i could accept the price i would buy one too!
 
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