new build been ordered

rick fowler · 8 Oct 2009 at 20:26

hi all this is my third build to date this year and here it is,this lot will arrive tomorow,still got some more to order as and when they come in stock,should be a good build to follow my previous ones

Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case - Black

Samsung SM2433BW 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor

Intel Core i7 860 2.80Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail + Operation

Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Game

Asus Maximus III Formula Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard

Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850HXUK)

Crucial M225 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (CT64M225)

G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-16000CL9D-4GBRH)

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)

LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)

Arctic Cooling MX-3 Thermal Compound
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only things i need now is:-

gpu either two 5850 or 5870 not sure which yet???

corsair h50(waiting on the 1156 bracket)

ASUS ROG OC Station (out of stock)

120mm Enermax UCMA12 Magma TWISTER Fan (M.B.T.) Batwing Blades 1.5k RPM inc Rubber A/V Plugs x7

140mm Xigmatek XLF-F1453 LED 1000 RPM and 63.6 CFM and also with quite level (<16 dBA) Fan x2

BigRazer93 · 8 Oct 2009 at 20:53

That looks like a gaming rig right there, if i was you, i would get the 5850, about 5-10% differance from the 5870 and £100 cheaper, with that, you could always buy another ssd and raid them up. But if money isnt a problem, get the 5870. Also, thought abou 2 4890's in cf, they beat the 5870 by a mile if you aint bothered about dx11?

rick fowler · 8 Oct 2009 at 21:08

thanks for the reply,money is not a problem as such,would prefer dx11 route as this is my final build as not got much time anymore to build pc's,just want a kick-ass gaming pc to last a while,would two 5850's be better than one 5870?

also i am right in thinking my psu is got plenty of power for cross-fire?

Samueltastic · 8 Oct 2009 at 21:25

5850 in cross fire will be ok I would have thought as they use very little power.

Sindri · 8 Oct 2009 at 22:36

The 5850's in crossfire will destroy a single 5870, if money isn't that tight i would definitely go for the crossfire option as the performance gain will be well worth it.

Also the psu will easily power the crossfire option

Temi_D · 8 Oct 2009 at 22:45

I heard that the corsair case is rubbish for air cooling and better for water cooled setups

asoxedri · 9 Oct 2009 at 00:53

3rd build this year?! what you taking on MI5? lol

looks good, post some screenies if you get some time. would be nice to add a pic to text.