New Build Ordered!

[R3dge]

£389.99 x 1 - Intel Core i7 940 2.93Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail
£369.99 x 1 - EVGA GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (017-P3-1291-AR)
£269.99 x 1 - Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
£134.99 x 1 - Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU)
£129.99 x 1 - Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66R-02034)
£84.99 x 1 - Corsair TX 750W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU
£60.99 x 1 - Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card (90-YAA060-1UAN00Z)
£38.99 x 2 - Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502IJ)
£20.99 x 1 - Samsung SpinPoint S 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD082GJ)
£16.99 x 1 - Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£79.99 x 1 - Sennheiser PC350 Pro-Gaming Headset (502141)
£49.99 x 1 - Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (920-000375)
£19.99 x 1 - Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (910-000616)
£22.99 x 1 - Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2 Gamepad (963326-1914)
£29.99 x 1 - SteelSeries SX Gaming Surface
£184.99 x 1 - G.Skill 6GB DDR3 NQ PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ)

Well I took the plunge, will post pictures when it arrives. SO EXCITED!

 

[sh4dy1981]

u got 2 diff lots 6gb ram there? should have saved £200 and got i7 920 and oc it imo
Apart from that that should be a nice build. i done a similar 1 myself last weekend.

 

[OneTime]

What did all that cost you?
would have gone for a modular PSU personally but anyways.

 

[R3dge]

Yeah i only got 1 lot, as of compatability problems. I was thinking of 920, but i am going to overclock the 940 anyways, the 940 seems to be a lot better also.

The parts incl vat come to like 2274 i think.

 

[sh4dy1981]

u get the gskill ram? the 920 oc just aswell as the 940.

 

[R3dge]

Yeah got the g.skull, what's it like by the way mate? As i can see you got some. PErsonal choice then mate, didn't want the best as it's amazingly over-priced so settled for the 940.

 

[Rapp]

x 1 - EVGA GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (017-P3-1291-AR)£269.99

Are you sure about that price?? even without VAT it should be at least another £100 more

 

[sh4dy1981]

i saw the prices dont tally up. the mobo looks way too cheap aswell. should be £200+ ex vat

 

[R3dge]

that's what it says in the e-mail. i just copy and pasted.

 

[R3dge]

1 sec i'll sort it!, DONE!

 

[sh4dy1981]

£184 for a mouse mat O.o lmao

 

[R3dge]

haha , thought it was a bargain at the time

 

[sh4dy1981]

yeah think i might order a couple of them at that price lol.

 

[bennyB]

what's the 80gb drive for out of interest? surely won't make much difference to your capacity on top of two 500gb drives and it will be a lot slower too, or am i missing something???

 

[R3dge]

Just for os, i want the two hard drives for storage only.

 

[bennyB]

Yeah i suspect you will get a performance hit doing that because the F1 drives will be much faster than the 80gb. You would probably be best off partitioning one of the 500gb drives for your OS 40gb for this would be ample, this would be the first partition on the outer part of the drive so would be the quickest. Then put your other programs games etc. on your 2nd 500gb in it's own partition (the 1st on that drive). Then any data that doesn't get used often can be put on the 2nd partition of either drive.

I personally see no need for that 80gb drive, it'll just slow things down if anything...

 

[R3dge]

Thanks for the information benny, maybe i will do that. I am so excited about this though! Monday/Tuesday can't come quick enough!

 

[bennyB]

No problem, good luck with the build, it'll be quick however you go about it!

 

[R3dge]

hahaha, I will post pictures, or maybe whilst they're building it they could post some up .

 

[bennyB]

oh right, i thought you were building it! well at least you can just plug it in and it'll be sure to work