Major upgrade (£3000+ build) critique? :P

i'm not as experienced as these guys but i would have to agree with them, theres always new technology around the corner so its really not possible to futureproof, especially since new technology usually breeds competition and leads to further advances. personally my suggestion, and I know you seem keen to keep the 30" but you could get 24" which is still huge and save a packet, for example the BenQ 24" is a fantastic monitor and i'm guessing its probably half the price of the dell 30"

gl to you if you want to spend 3+ grand though =D wish i could spend 3k on my build
 
What's so good about the Silverstones?

Just having a look at random reviews of the Temjin T10 - seems good... how well do they perform acoustically?

Looks a bit cheap compared to some of the Lian Lis :O
 
silverstone have superior build quality and structure, they are spacious and well thought out, they also come backed by the brand name of what most would agree is an industry leader in there departmant.
They are a premium and it does concern most who buy there products as many have said on here, they shortly follow that statemant by... as soon as i opend the box i realised it was worth every penny i paid.

you wont be dissapointed by it if you choose one.
 
Spend half that money on a PC with a nice monitor, save the other half for in 18 months time imo. Theres plenty of £1000 - £1500 specs on the boards, just use one of those and tweak as needed

- Pea0n
 
Nehalem's not worth waiting for. It will be amazing, but it's got nothing to do with games, and it's only the native quad-core that's out this year, octo-core is 2009. If you want DDR3, then it's not an unwise decision, just depends on whether you can stomach the pricetag. But basically, you should go with X38/X48 + DDR2 + 45nm Quad. Whether you do or not is of course your choice, but don't wait around for Nehalem, I don't see it benefitting games at all seeing as how current quad's aren't used anywhere near to their full potential.
 
Chimerical said:
Nehalem's not worth waiting for. It will be amazing, but it's got nothing to do with games, and it's only the native quad-core that's out this year, octo-core is 2009. If you want DDR3, then it's not an unwise decision, just depends on whether you can stomach the pricetag. But basically, you should go with X38/X48 + DDR2 + 45nm Quad. Whether you do or not is of course your choice, but don't wait around for Nehalem, I don't see it benefitting games at all seeing as how current quad's aren't used anywhere near to their full potential.
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Yeah you're probably right... I think i will most likely stick with that combination

is the X48 considered to be much better than the 790i nvidia chipset (i'm a bit out of the loop!) :D
 
well the x38/48 allow xfire whereas the 780/790 allows sli and as u said u r not an ati guy then its the nv chipsets for u (if u want sli that is, and for £1500+ spec u really should) 30" monitor seems overkill tho...
 
creed said:
well the x38/48 allow xfire whereas the 780/790 allows sli and as u said u r not an ati guy then its the nv chipsets for u (if u want sli that is, and for £1500+ spec u really should) 30" monitor seems overkill tho...
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Hmm well i'll be using the monitor to watch films in my bedroom, so i ideally want the 30" :D

Most likely wont bother with SLI, although i guess it depends how the 9xxx series pan out (price/performance wise) but i think i'd rather stick to 1 GTX really
 
Stick with Intel chipsets. Nvidia chipsets seem to generally suck atm, for example the Striker II Formula has numerous bugs, crashes and faults even when running at stock speed.
 
The pointlessness of a £3k PC is beyond me.

Personally I'd have, if I had the cash would be:

Top Quad - QX9850?
4Gb Top DDR2
Best clocking mobo availible - DFI X48
2x64Gb SSDs
2x150Gb Raptors
HD3870X2, maybe just one...
Then water cooling.

I think would kick some preverbal!
 
hmm i'd rather get SSD when 1) they're at a sensible price 2) the write speeds are improved :D (which they have done a lot, but only in the most hilariously priced ones)

Can't see the point in paying a ridiculous premium to get the top end chip, id rather go 1 step down :S
 
creed said:
Spend less, upgrade more often, it makes far more sense as future proofing is just not possible when it comes to PCs
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This is good advice. I'd also reconsider the huge monitor- not only is it eating a massive chunk of your budget, you'll not be able to drive it at native res with any modern game using current GFX cards- not that I've tried myself, but there seem to be an awful lot of pixels in a 30".

If you do want to use something for the consoles, a 37" HD monitor will be less than a grand!
 
Bossk128 said:
This is good advice. I'd also reconsider the huge monitor- not only is it eating a massive chunk of your budget, you'll not be able to drive it at native res with any modern game using current GFX cards- not that I've tried myself, but there seem to be an awful lot of pixels in a 30".

If you do want to use something for the consoles, a 37" HD monitor will be less than a grand!
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Well yeah i know what you mean about smaller upgrade steps - it's just that i havent had the opportunity to upgrade in such a long time - i need a total overhaul now :)

As for not running games at the native res (2560x1600), from the reviews i've seen, the 3008WFP scales really well, so im not too worried about having to drop down to 1920x1200 or maybe a little lower... i'm more concerned about 'desktop real estate' (haha!)
 
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