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Aaren1988

Aaren1988

Aaren1988

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HIS ATI Radeon HD 5850 iCooler V Turbo 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card *Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Edition* £229.99
(£195.74) £229.99
(£195.74)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £110.44
(£93.99) £110.44
(£93.99)
ASRock 890GX Extreme3 AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
G.Skill RipJaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £91.64
(£77.99) £91.64
(£77.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.99
(£70.63) £82.99
(£70.63)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £48.16
(£40.99) £48.16
(£40.99)
NZXT BETA Evo Classic Series Case - Black £35.99
(£30.63) £35.99
(£30.63)
Sub Total : £704.84
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £125.53
Total : £842.87


Just want people to comment on if they think i am wasting money, I basically want something at this price range with the ability to overclock as much as possible (is corsair h50 worse than air coolers :confused:), I also like the idea of "future-proofing" and crossfire seems awesome!

if your wondering why i picked the mw2 version of the gfx card its cuz i like the game but dont have it yet and its got turbo mode.
thanks in advance :D
 
IIRC, the H50 is pretty much the same in terms of performance as a high-end air cooler, but more expensive. It does however take up less space.

As for the graphics card, should be one with voltage tweaking if you want to OC it. I don't know if that one does, and I cba to find out right now, but just bear it in mind.
 
In terms of the H50, i'd be tempted towards the new revision of the Titan Fenrir to save a few pennies. Not read any reviews on it yet, but if the first is anything to go by it should be great!

With the pennies you save, can you stretch to the Asus 5870? You have the voltage tweak ready to overclock as far as you'd like, plus you could watercool it in the future if you were so inclined.
 
Well, I'd suggest to switch the motherboard to Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX for a little extra, as ASRock's motherboard performance is hit or miss, and according the recent SATA 6Gbps test by bit-tech, ASRock's SATA 6Gbps is among one of the slowest.

Also the graphic card...I think you should really a couple more weeks to see what HD6000 series will bring. Now certainly is not the best of time to get a graphic card.
 
Change the RAM to the patriot stuff on TWO, cheaper and lower latency
Id get a better PSU for future xfire personally, look at Corsair, and whilst 650 should be enough for me its on the limits and Id go 750
The gfx card you selected has good aftermarket coooling so Id actually stick with that one, unless you do decide to wait for new 6 series or up it to 5870
 
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