new build needing help

[Monster ninja]

building a new rig after xmas and here are the two buillds i am thinking of but i dont know whitch one?

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping £217.99

Asus P6TD Deluxe Intel X58 £201.99

Corsair XMS3 6GB £126.98

£557.89


OR

Intel Core i7 860 2.80Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1156) £226.99

Asus P7P55D Deluxe Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £213.99

Corsair XMS3 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £169.99

£612.32

i have a corsair h50, corsair 850w psu, ati 5870, antec 902, hard drives, speakers ect.
what do u guys think? the pc will be used for gamming and whatchng films from my pc to my tv.

thanks

 

[95thrifles]

why not save money and get an i5 750, mid range P55 mobo for <150 and 4 gig of reasonably priced RAM, for your needs youve massively over specced and seem to be spending money for the sake of it. 400 quid would get you just as good a set up for gaming

i5 is just as good for gaming, 4 gig of RAM is plenty for gaming and RAM has little effect on overall system performance unless youre doing specifically RAM intensive tasks such as editing large photo files etc, why that high end mobo? do you need the features? the one below prob does all you need

Edit: correction 335 quid would

Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM + Colin McRae Dirt 2 Full Game £139.99 (£121.73)
Asus P7P55D Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £114.99 (£99.99)
Geil Ultra Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-17000 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GU34GB2133C9DC) - OEM £69.99 (£60.86)
Sub Total : £282.58
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.00
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £43.74
Total : £335.32

 

[Monster ninja]

why not save money and get an i5 750, mid range P55 mobo for <150 and 4 gig of reasonably priced RAM, for your needs youve massively over specced and seem to be spending money for the sake of it. 400 quid would get you just as good a set up for gaming

i5 is just as good for gaming, 4 gig of RAM is plenty for gaming and RAM has little effect on overall system performance unless youre doing specifically RAM intensive tasks such as editing large photo files etc, why that high end mobo? do you need the features? the one below prob does all you need

Edit: correction 335 quid would

Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM + Colin McRae Dirt 2 Full Game £139.99 (£121.73)
Asus P7P55D Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £114.99 (£99.99)
Geil Ultra Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-17000 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GU34GB2133C9DC) - OEM £69.99 (£60.86)
Sub Total : £282.58
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.00
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £43.74
Total : £335.32

ok thank you great help