New Rig

GavinWard · 14 Jun 2009 at 10:26

Hi All

Sorry for constantly pestering you all for your opinion, hopefully I've got a well rounded rig planned now, just wondered what peoples opinions are, especially on the power supply.

Processor
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 4 x 2.83Ghz 12Mb Cache 1333 FSB Quad Core Processor - Retail £168.99

Motherboard
Asus P5QC Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £ 89.69

Memory
OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 Low-Voltage Triple Channel (OCZ3G1333LV6GK) £ 62.99

Graphics Card
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £241.99
(90-C3CGS0-S0UAY00T)

Hard drive
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £ 46.99

Power Supply
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply £ 64.99

Total £675.64

shadowake · 14 Jun 2009 at 11:03

That board only supports dual channel DDR3 RAM

http://uk.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=709&l4=0&model=2331&modelmenu=1

Oh and PSU should be fine, but the 700W version is only about £10 more so I'd get that.

wbc1 · 14 Jun 2009 at 11:42

I guess you've already got a case and DVD drive?

original.wood · 14 Jun 2009 at 11:49

well you can only get triple channel memory off OcUK cant u?

EDIT: ignore that just noticed the dual channel DDR3 stuff.

GavinWard · 14 Jun 2009 at 23:15

Good point on the memory. Yeah I have a dvd rom/rewriter/case. I've changed the power supply to the 700w as well.

This is what I have in mind, any recommended changes?

Quad Core

Processor
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 4 x 2.83Ghz 12Mb Cache 1333 FSB Quad Core Processor - Retail £168.99

Motherboard
Asus P5QC Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £ 89.69

Memory
OCZ Reaper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C6 1333MHz Dual Channel (OCZ3RPR13334GKK) £ 47.99

Graphics Card
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £241.99
(90-C3CGS0-S0UAY00T)

Hard drive
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £ 46.99

Power Supply
OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply £ 75.99

Total £671.64

icey_haj · 14 Jun 2009 at 23:23

How about this for a more 'future proof' spec?

petriodet · 14 Jun 2009 at 23:25

i would personally spend a wee bit more on the mobo and go for this one
DFI DK P45-T3RSB PLUS, iP45

petriodet · 14 Jun 2009 at 23:29

icey_haj said:
How about this for a more 'future proof' spec?

thats not exatly futor proofing the psu is ****
4870 instead of the 4870x2 pah no way!
but the rest is great.

Microwave · 14 Jun 2009 at 23:31

petriodet said:
thats not exatly futor proofing the psu is ****
4870 instead of the 4870x2 pah no way!
but the rest is great.

The PSU isn't ****! Do you have any idea what you're talking about?

petriodet · 14 Jun 2009 at 23:32

didn't mean **** in that way meant bang for buck!

cmndr_andi · 14 Jun 2009 at 23:35

Lol - a PC power and cooling PSU is ****?

Is this backwards day or something? I'll go get back onto my power efficient pentium 4 and fire up a HDDVD.

In all seriousness - one of the many good things about PCP&C PSUs is that they won't go bang, and don't cost that many bucks

icey_haj · 14 Jun 2009 at 23:37

petriodet said:
didn't mean **** in that way meant bang for buck!

Sorry what? The PSU is good.

Of course the 4870X2 is much better than the 4870, but it depends at which resolution he will be gaming at.

IMO there is no point spending money on hardware for what is essentially a dead socket.

shadowake · 15 Jun 2009 at 11:59

icey_haj said:
Sorry what? The PSU is good.

Of course the 4870X2 is much better than the 4870, but it depends at which resolution he will be gaming at.

IMO there is no point spending money on hardware for what is essentially a dead socket.

+1

Good spec as always icey_haj I know which I would go for