New Build I7 core Under £1500

smelly · 2 Mar 2009 at 16:29

Im Trying to build a new system under 1500 pounds. I got my list but wondering if it can be improved on but keeping with the limit of £1500

Motherboard: Asus P6T Deluxe £241.49
Cpu: Intel Core i7 920 OEM £239.19
CPu cooler: Akasa Ak 967 £31.04
Graphic Card: EvGa Geforce 260 "216 SSc 896Mb £226.54
Ram: G.Skills 6GB Pc3 12800c9 £147.19
Case: Antec P182 £118.44
PSU: Be Quiet! Dark power Pro 650W £106.94
OS: vista Home Premium 64b OEM £91.99
Sound card: X-fi titanium- fAtal1ty pro £91.99
Hard drive: Samsung spinpoint F1 1Tb £83.94
Optical drive: Lg GGC H2ol BlueR-HD dvd £70.14
Artic sliver 5 Thermal compound £6.89
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TOTAL £1,468.40 incl shipping

engstrom0304 · 2 Mar 2009 at 18:44

If your gaming that i7 is only worth it if you have dual gpus otherwise it will be slower in many games than something costing half the price because of a gpu bottleneck.

Save money with a antec 300 and no sound card and get sli.

smelly · 2 Mar 2009 at 18:56

engstrom0304 said:
If your gaming that i7 is only worth it if you have dual gpus otherwise it will be slower in many games than something costing half the price because of a gpu bottleneck.

Save money with a antec 300 and no sound card and get sli.

is the Antec 300 going to be silent?

i am a gamer, but not extreme gamer but then in the future i might get a another one. can someone explain this bottle neck problem Engstrom said

reflux · 2 Mar 2009 at 18:59

Get the standard P6T, 6GB of 1333mhz memory and the X-Fi Xtreme Gamer/Music/whatever the cheap one is called.

As for engstrom's comment....if you have a look at the reviews of i7 on the web, it isn't actually as good for gaming as you might expect. Although it's only slower by a few frames per second here and there, it has really been designed for enterprise use in servers running multithreaded apps....so Core 2 is still better for a lot of people.

smelly · 2 Mar 2009 at 19:09

reflux said:
Get the standard P6T, 6GB of 1333mhz memory and the X-Fi Xtreme Gamer/Music/whatever the cheap one is called.

As for engstrom's comment....if you have a look at the reviews of i7 on the web, it isn't actually as good for gaming as you might expect. Although it's only slower by a few frames per second here and there, it has really been designed for enterprise use in servers running multithreaded apps....so Core 2 is still better for a lot of people.

i see i see, because this is my first build i wanna be future Proof. ill be using my system for photoshop as well.

im currently using a dell 9100! old... still got the P4 inside

is the Standard P6t as good as overclocking as the Deluxe?

smelly · 2 Mar 2009 at 19:10

Oh so which one should i get P182 or the 300?

engstrom0304 · 2 Mar 2009 at 19:21

i have an antec 300 and it is pretty quiet especially if you buy some quiet fans for it. Also the nocua cpu fans are silent.

I7 is so good for gaming when put in sli or crossfire. Its not that i7 wasnt designed for gaming but that it is too powerful for todays graphics cards.

icey_haj · 2 Mar 2009 at 19:25

smelly said:
Oh so which one should i get P182 or the 300?

I've got the P182 and it's a top quality case. Looks good and is quiet too.

In reply to the previous posts - if you don't upgrade often and you're going to be using apps like photoshop then absolutely go for the i7.

EDIT: You want need a 650W PSU, 500W will be more than adequate.

smelly · 2 Mar 2009 at 19:38

should i buy cheaper parts?

i dont upgrade often, well i never upgraded before.

Should i look for cheaper parts for my build to the one i have on my first post?

i could save about 300 so pounds if i do.

Edit:
then i again i dont mind buying or spending a little extra for that quality

WJA96 · 2 Mar 2009 at 19:44

Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £252.99
Asus P6T Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £204.69
Leadtek GeForce GTX 260 EXTREME+ "Core 216 55nm" 896MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £201.24
GeIL 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz (3x2GB) Ultra Series Triple Channel Kit (GU36GB1600C7TC) £181.69
Akasa Omega Aluminium Case - Black (No PSU) £134.54
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply £114.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £91.99
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £83.94
LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail £70.10
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium 7.1 Sound Card (70SB088000000) £67.84
OCZ Vendetta 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/755/939/AM2/LGA775) £34.49
3 x Scythe Kama PWM 120mm Fan - 4-Pin PWM £27.57
OCZ Vendetta 2 Socket LGA1366 Mounting Bracket
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £6.89
Sub Total : £1,287.84
Shipping : £12.99
15% VAT : £195.12
Total : £1,495.95

smelly · 2 Mar 2009 at 19:58

WJA96 said:
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £252.99
Asus P6T Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £204.69
Leadtek GeForce GTX 260 EXTREME+ "Core 216 55nm" 896MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £201.24
GeIL 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz (3x2GB) Ultra Series Triple Channel Kit (GU36GB1600C7TC) £181.69
Akasa Omega Aluminium Case - Black (No PSU) £134.54
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply £114.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £91.99
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £83.94
LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail £70.10
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium 7.1 Sound Card (70SB088000000) £67.84
OCZ Vendetta 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/755/939/AM2/LGA775) £34.49
3 x Scythe Kama PWM 120mm Fan - 4-Pin PWM £27.57
OCZ Vendetta 2 Socket LGA1366 Mounting Bracket
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £6.89
Sub Total : £1,287.84
Shipping : £12.99
15% VAT : £195.12
Total : £1,495.95

very Similar to what i have but more expensive thanks tho.

smelly · 2 Mar 2009 at 20:15

Operating Systems

Should i just buy 3 Gigs of Ram? and wait for windows 7 and get vista 32bit...

I wanna save money yet i dont want crap parts :confused:

icey_haj · 2 Mar 2009 at 20:21

I think this is the best spec, and it saves you over a £100. The only problem is that you'll have to wait for the Coolermaster PSU to come back in stock.

icey_haj · 2 Mar 2009 at 20:23

If you want to save some more money then go for the Antec 300 case, the price difference between that and the P182 is not justified tbh.

smelly · 2 Mar 2009 at 20:39

icey_haj said:
If you want to save some more money then go for the Antec 300 case, the price difference between that and the P182 is not justified tbh.

Thanks man, looks good.

the p182 over the 300 is good 70pounds, worth thinking about

-=Vect0r=- · 2 Mar 2009 at 20:46

What res will you be gaming at? You could lower the GPU spec (and thus cost) if below 1920x1200.

smelly · 2 Mar 2009 at 20:57

-=Vect0r=- said:
What res will you be gaming at? You could lower the GPU spec (and thus cost) if below 1920x1200.

i got the Dell SP2309W
Optimal Resolution:
Higher than FULL HD 2048 X 1152 at 60 Hz.

smelly · 2 Mar 2009 at 21:15

Does the sound card really matter?

what the difference to a 30pound car to a 90pound card?

b-star · 2 Mar 2009 at 21:29

HI mate:

Here is your RAM:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-172-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

if you want to save money!

Also think about this card:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-091-PC

Which is on sale and cheaper than GTX260, and performance is the same!

smelly · 2 Mar 2009 at 21:48

just refined my build. Can it be cheaper but with better parts?

thank all that help so far.

My first build was about £1500, got it down to £1280. if i can go cheaper be better.