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starchocobo

starchocobo

starchocobo

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Hey all, new here and to computer building. Thought I would drop a hi, and also ask if my wants for a build will actually WORK. I think it will, I just want to be hyper sure. I also of course welcome advice on cheaper alternatives that offer the same quality or work just as well, or any problems. It comes to around £1200. Would welcome cheaper alternitives, like I say though!

Case: Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
Proccessor: Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366)
MB: Asus P6X58D Premium Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard
RAM: Corsair Dominator GT 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C8 2000MHz Triple Channel Kit
Graphics: Asus GeForce GTX 460 1024MB DirectCU TOP GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Harddrive: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
BluRay/DVD/CD: LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive
Power: Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply

Thanks a lot for any help. Seems like a responsive and helpful community as wll, which is rare these days!

Thanks!
 
Ha, iv'e had one or two of those suggestions before. I am considering it, but FOR NOW, i'm thinking of sticking with the 460. Just because of the fact that i'm a bit more familiar with Nvidia, because in an office I worked in they did a lot of work with Nvidia and all our machiens were, etc.

And, it might be tosh, but ive heard that SLI setups (which I will probably get in the future, not just yet) are slightly more compatible with things than crossfire, and so have less problems.

Should probably say that I intend to use this for mianly 3D modelling and working with game engines, but I want to be able to play some games on very high settings. Mainly stuff like Dragon Age and Mass Effect, and so far it seems okay for that.

Thanks for the help so far, I am still considering switching the card. Can't buy just yet, but in a few weeks. Would be so close to Christmas wouldnt it.
 
are you in a rush to get the new system, reason being is that intel is set to release a new processor the start of next year and should be worth waiting to have a look at.

does the software you use make use of multi cores, if it does would you consider looking at the AMD Phenom II Six Core ?
 
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Im not in that much of a rush really, no. Ive been waiting for many weeks already. I may have to wait and probably will till next year anyway, due to the weather. Some of the software does use multi-cores, yes, but it's not necessary for the kind of work I do. My laptop can handle in general most things I do reasonably well anyways. Shall look into it though. Thanks!

Also, how early next year are we talking about the new processor? If it's like March or something, im not hugely bothered.
 
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Ha, iv'e had one or two of those suggestions before. I am considering it, but FOR NOW, i'm thinking of sticking with the 460. Just because of the fact that i'm a bit more familiar with Nvidia, because in an office I worked in they did a lot of work with Nvidia and all our machiens were, etc.

And, it might be tosh, but ive heard that SLI setups (which I will probably get in the future, not just yet) are slightly more compatible with things than crossfire, and so have less problems.

Should probably say that I intend to use this for mianly 3D modelling and working with game engines, but I want to be able to play some games on very high settings. Mainly stuff like Dragon Age and Mass Effect, and so far it seems okay for that.

Thanks for the help so far, I am still considering switching the card. Can't buy just yet, but in a few weeks. Would be so close to Christmas wouldnt it.
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I myself have a 460 and it's great card but for the price the 5870 is a winner. If you get another 460 later for SLI goodness...it'll keep pace with the 570 cards that are just out.
 
actually scrub that...a SLI 460 setup can quite possibly smoke the 570

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Also, how early next year are we talking about the new processor? If it's like March or something, im not hugely bothered.
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Its January 9th.

Here is some more info on the new CPUs, the new micro-architecture is called "Sandy Bridge" and it look like it will be 10-20% faster clock-for-clock than current nahalem based chips (like the i5 and i7). I would certainly wait the month if you can.

If you make a new post after it has launched we will be happy to help you put together a new spec.
 
Thanks for the mega help. Looks like I picked bits that will actually work together, and made SOME right choices, heh heh. It's a releif just to confirm I generally know what im doing already, me thinks.

And about the new processor, sounds intresting. I shall see. Thanks for all the help again! Cerainlty worth having a shifty if it's that close. will probably be around then that I buy anyways. Blame the snow! I do. Helped me and put my mind much more at ease. This stuff may be easier than I seem to think.
 
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