New gaming rig needed

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My xp2500 system is getting a bit to old now for the latest gaming so wondering what your thoughts are on this spec which should play all the latest and fourth coming games with ease?

CPU: Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem)
MOBO: Asus P6T6 WS Revolution Intel X58
PSU: Corsair TX 750W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply
MEM: Kingston HyperX 6GB (3x2GB)
HARD DRIVE: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
GRAPHICS CARD: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3

I have around 1500 to spend on the base unit, i have moniter etc, what do you guys think of this spec?

Borich
 
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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
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Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM £236.99
(£206.08) £236.99
(£206.08)
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Asus P6T Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £204.99
(£178.25) £204.99
(£178.25)
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Asus ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £201.99
(£175.64) £403.98
(£351.28)
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Lian-Li PC-A70B Aluminium Tower Case - Black (No PSU) £145.99
(£126.95) £145.99
(£126.95)
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Zalman ZM750-HP Heatpipe Cooled 750W Modular Power Supply £119.99
(£104.34) £119.99
(£104.34)
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OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (OCZ3G1600LV6GK) £76.99
(£66.95) £76.99
(£66.95)
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Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366) £57.99
(£50.43) £57.99
(£50.43)
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Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £55.99
(£48.69) £55.99
(£48.69)
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Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £1,148.61 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £174.35 Total : £1,336.71
 
Aye, two 4890s in crossfire beats the gtx 295 most of the time and by a fair chunk at high res, here is a review.

I know the ASUS 4890 has the voltage tweak technology which can make it a bit faster, but this XFX card is quite a bit cheaper. You can always overclock the cards manually if you need the extra performance.
 
This is a beast of a system. Two 30GB vertexes for RAID0 (which would give you very snappy performance in windows), two 4870X2's (essentially four 4870's, which are only slightly behind 4890's in performance), i7 and a Noctua NH-U12P.

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If you're willing to spend a bit more than Kenny's spec, I'd recommend this. Most of it's overkill, but you will see a good improvement with SSD's. If you don't feel the need for 2 4870X2's, just get two 4890's (the £170 ones), to save about £160.
 
I notice the OCZ gold 6gb is only £76 while the Kingston HyperX 6GB (3x2GB) is almost 100 more, is the Kingston ram worth the extra 100? Anway As i not played any new games in years I think I will go for the following spec and then in time I can upgrade bits here and their if I feel the need.

CPU: Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366)
GRAPHICS: XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB X2
MOBO: Asus P6T Intel X58 (Socket 1366)
Graphics: OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3
PSU: Corsair TX 750W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache

Price comes in at 1059. £500 under Budget

Borich
 
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The P6T also supports SLI so why not just buy the 295 and then if you feel you need more power add a second, that would surely blow the crossfire set-up away...
 
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