New Upgrades

yabadaba · 27 Nov 2010 at 14:50

Hello, for Christmas I was planning to upgrade my PC with a new Motherboard, CPU and Memory (6GB now and another 6GB around march)

Heres a list of the parts I'm planning to buy.
CPU Intel i7 950 3.06GHz - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-344-IN

Motherboard Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-319-AS

Memory OCZ Gold Low Voltage 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 2000MHz Triple Channel - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-153-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1392

I have a Corsair TX750W Power Supply, Sapphire HD5770 Vapor-X Graphics card, Akasa Venom CPU Cooler and the Antec 900 Case.
Running Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
Upgrading from Q9550 + P5K and some Crucial Value 2x2GB Memory.

RJC · 27 Nov 2010 at 14:55

I would go with the 930 cpu as there is virtually no difference between this and the 950 bar the multiplier and the perhaps the Asus Sabertooth board.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-320-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1272

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-429-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1692

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-399-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1692

yabadaba · 27 Nov 2010 at 15:27

I think I may have changed my mind, the Sabertooth Motherboard seems to be better for Value.
Thanks.

yabadaba · 27 Nov 2010 at 16:27

Any comments on my choice of RAM? I don't think I've got fully to grips with how to match RAM to memory and CPU.
Sabertooth X58 Motherboard
i7 950 3.06GHz CPU With Akasa Venom Cooler
Corsair TX750W Power Supply
Sapphire HD6850 Graphics Card
Windows 7 Ultimate x64