more help speccing a system

[Storlock]

Hi Guys, sure you've all had this asked a lot, but I'm looking to build a new system and after some advise. Last time I built a system it had an AMD K6-2 at 200 MHz so be gentle on me

I'm after a system which will game well, with enough graphics horsepower to look good on a 1080p projector screen (100 inch). However, I spend most of my time manipulating spreadsheets. My currnt laptop (company Dell Latitude D630) can take anything upto 45 minutes with some of the stuff I'm manipulating so I normally leave it going in the background and do other things while it works, so I'd be after enough processing to be able to game with a load of applications working away behind it.

This is what I put together as a possible system, bit worried about it having enough power and fitting into the case, I think the rest is okay. I was also thinking I might be better with 2 460s in SLi rather than the 5830s, they are more powerful, but also more expensive, how much difference would it make?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Krypton Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz Overclocked Bundle Krypton Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz Overclocked Bundle £387.75
(£330.00) £387.75
(£330.00)
Options applied to the above product:
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £37.99
(£32.33) £37.99
(£32.33)
Options applied to the above product:
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £152.99
(£130.20) £152.99
(£130.20)
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5830 PCS+ 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5830 PCS+ 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £154.99
(£131.91) £309.98
(£263.82)
OcUK Cream 23.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black OcUK Cream 23.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £136.29
(£115.99) £136.29
(£115.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-00765) Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-00765) £113.96
(£96.99) £113.96
(£96.99)
Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000528AS) Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000528AS) £51.69
(£43.99) £51.69
(£43.99)
Samsung SH-B083L/BSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) Samsung SH-B083L/BSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £45.99
(£39.14) £45.99
(£39.14)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black £27.99
(£23.82) £27.99
(£23.82)
Sub Total : £1,127.33
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £20.10
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £200.80
Total : £1,348.23

 

[Storlock]

budget is a bit flexible, I'm being made redundant so getting a reasonable pay out, but not sure how long it needs to last me for. basically after a good system, prepared to pay for it but can't spend too much.

 

[Storlock]

mind if I ask why? all the numbers I've seen say that on a performance scale, 2 cheaper cards in crossfire/SLi seem to be better for the same money IF your motherboard can handle it.

 

[Storlock]

thanks for all the help so far

I went for the pro version of windows because I have some software that doesn't support win 7 and I need the XP compatibility (specialist stuff for some test equipment which tends to lag a few years behind the normal upgrade curve) I don't use it much, but being able to continue to use that is worth the extra for me.

and yeah, redundancy is never fun, this is my third time. I'm not even completely sure I am being made redundant, the management are still trying to work out whether they want me to go or not, so are putting me through the process in the mean time.