New build / upgrade for gaming and photoshop

[Bob Wya Jnr]

Do you think this MSI board would be a better bet then? Based on what you've said above?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-122-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1495

Cheers.

Sorry was thinking of the AM3 boards (a clean sweep for MSI)!!

For X58 LGA 1366 MB the following were recommended:
* Asus P6T Deluxe V2 (Premium Grade)
* Asus Rampage II Gene (Approved)
* Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R (Approved) - NB only has 4 RAM channels

Personally I am not convinced about the benefits of going for a LGA 1156 board given the performance advantage and future proofing of going for a cheaper LGA 1366 MB. I think the margin of savings between that Gigabyte board (140.00 GBP) + Core i7 920 (212.00 GBP) and a LGA 1156 setup isn't worth the hassle. You get a newer stepping CPU that OC really well and you can CF/SLI at full 2x 16x PCIe bandwidth. Just my 2p...

Bob

 

[Syphon]

Hi. Still going with this!

Fancy a computer downstairs for the living room plugged into the TV. I presume this kit would take my processor and memory quite happily?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-128-SH&groupid=701&catid=110&subcat=

Any thoughts about the graphics card or would that be a squeeze?!

Or does it have on board graphics? I can't see any mention of it, but I'm not sure on barebones systems.

Ta.