Looking for future proof

diegobgr

diegobgr

diegobgr

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Hi.

My doubt now comes beacuse I want to get something with the most future proof posible.

AMD Phenom II 1055T X6 2.8Ghz 125W AM3 Box (change for i5 760?)
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H Socket AM3
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
4 GB G.Skill RipJaws DDR3-1600 CL7
WD Caviar Black 1 TB SATA3
WD Caviar Green 1TB SATA2 64MB
Cooler Master Dominator CM-690 II Advanced
OCZ ModXStream PRO 600W modular
Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1GB GDDR5 (change for an Asus GTX 470 1280 MB?)
LG DH16NS30 Reader DVD SATA 16X
LG GH24LS50 Burner DVD SATA 24x Black LightScribe

Samsung XL2370 23" LED Full HD HDMI/DVI

What do you think?
 
Well thats pretty much as future proof as you can get before Bulldozer and Sandy Bridge comes in (new technology) i would suggest however to 100% go AMD as it is more future proof than Intel and you may even be able to get the new cpus when they come out and put them straight in your motherboard :)...i would suggest that you swap the 1tb WD Caviars for Samsung F3 1tb...regarding graphics cards i would go 5850 because there cooler and quieter than NVIDIA GTX 4 series.
 
You should also add what you use your system for.

Like day to day useage.

But overall it looks good.

I'll let the people with the graphs step in now. With all the technical reasons for going with whichever cpu or vid card. :)
 
Get rid of the SSD if you want it to be closer to £1k:

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It's a magic build with unique upgradability.
 
If you want a certain amount of "future proofing" then your only option is AMD. Intels socket 1156 (i3/i5) will be killed off by Sandybridge in Nov/Dec followed by 1366 (i7) next year. There is also no guarantee that AMD's new cpu's that are coming next year will not need a new board as well. Even if they do work in current high end boards there will more than likley be some features crippled just as AM3 cpu's have in AM2 boards.
 
Well for starters drop the hexcore cpu. For gaming and odd photo editing your just wasting money. Most games dont use quadcores to their fullest so having 6 is just a waste an X4 955BE would be more than suitable for your needs.

A spinpoint F3 drive is quick and quiet a 1TB example will be £40ish. Now i'd usually say put the money you save on the CPU to the GPU but in your case with that size screen a 5850 should be ok (5870 would be better though).

However I would advise to change the mobo. I have posted in a lot of threads about the asus crosshair boards. I'm not on the asus payroll but for AMD users they do make a lot of sense. Firstly wether you opt for the III or the IV they both do xfire properly, 2 lanes at X16 (IV does tri-fire 1X16 2X8). The board you have chosen is X16 & X8. They include an X-fi soundcard and have lots of overclocking options to get the most from the CPU.

Now you may never use xfire but you never know what the future holds and you would be safe in the knowledge that if you do you are getting the most of the setup. There is no cast iron guarantee that these AM3 mobos will run the new (bulldozer AM3r2) AMD cpus but seeing as AM2+ mobos can take AM3 cpus it's a reasonably safe bet.

Hope this helps....good luck with the build
 
honosuseri said:
Well for starters drop the hexcore cpu. For gaming and odd photo editing your just wasting money. Most games dont use quadcores to their fullest so having 6 is just a waste an X4 955BE would be more than suitable for your needs.
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Agreed but if you're shopping for a future-proof build today and expect it to last years, you may as well ditch in extra £35 and get 2 more cores for future multi-threaded tasks. You don't lose anything in terms of performance, you get better overclocking capabilities and performance in highly CPU-intensive tasks.

A spinpoint F3 drive is quick and quiet a 1TB example will be £40ish. Now i'd usually say put the money you save on the CPU to the GPU but in your case with that size screen a 5850 should be ok (5870 would be better though).
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Agreed but the screen size doesn't matter, it's the resolution that counts. Some 27" monitors have the same resolution as 22" equivalents. 5850 will overclock easily past 5870 speeds. It's pretty much guaranteed.

However I would advise to change the mobo. I have posted in a lot of threads about the asus crosshair boards. I'm not on the asus payroll but for AMD users they do make a lot of sense. Firstly wether you opt for the III or the IV they both do xfire properly, 2 lanes at X16 (IV does tri-fire 1X16 2X8). The board you have chosen is X16 & X8. They include an X-fi soundcard and have lots of overclocking options to get the most from the CPU.
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Please don't BS about the mobo. I mean Crosshair boards are great but they do not offer anything much over standard boards. And you pay a high premium for them. The money can be put in better places. Bragging about Crossfire lanes is just wrong, symmetrical Crossfire means you'll run any cards at 8x/8x anyway, doesn't matter if you add another card there. And I highly doubt that a person that is interested in such a move wouldn't state it in the OP. Currently scaling with Trifire is miserable and not worth it at all.

Re the soundcard, it's a joke. I advise you to seek some info on that X-fi crap, it really isn't anything that you would spend your money on. It's better than most on-board soundcards but worse than anything you'd plug an expensive set of speakers/headphones into.

Now you may never use xfire but you never know what the future holds and you would be safe in the knowledge that if you do you are getting the most of the setup. There is no cast iron guarantee that these AM3 mobos will run the new (bulldozer AM3r2) AMD cpus but seeing as AM2+ mobos can take AM3 cpus it's a reasonably safe bet.

Hope this helps....good luck with the build
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No guessing is good advise.
 
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