please spec me a gaming system

fabdabcab

fabdabcab

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im looking to spend between 12-1500 on a system this is what i have come up with but to be honest i have know idea whats good or bad


Intel Core i7 860 2.80Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £231.99
(£197.44) £231.99
(£197.44)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
(£183.82) £215.99
(£183.82)
Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MH080G2C1) £197.99
(£168.50) £395.98
(£337.00)
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £159.99
(£136.16) £159.99
(£136.16)
Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850HXUK) £138.99
(£118.29) £138.99
(£118.29)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C9) £119.98
(£102.11) £119.98
(£102.11)
Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £116.99
(£99.57) £116.99
(£99.57)
Samsung SH-B083L/RSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £81.99
(£69.78) £81.99
(£69.78)
Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £63.99
(£54.46) £63.99
(£54.46)
Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard (967929-0120) £25.99
(£22.12) £25.99
(£22.12)
Sub Total : £1,320.75
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 17.50% VAT : £233.54
Total : £1,568.04
 
fabdabcab said:
Intel Core i7 860 2.80Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £231.99
(£197.44) £231.99
(£197.44)
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £159.99
(£136.16) £159.99
(£136.16)
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They are not compatible. The Motherboard has a LGA 1366 socket and the CPU is the LGA 1156 socket. You need the i7 920 (LGA 1366) socket :) : http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-280-IN or you need to buy an 1156 socket motherboard. However this is soon to be extinct so you might aswell invest in the 1366 socket with your buget.

Hope this helps
Will
 
Slightly different....

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £205.99 inc VAT

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99

Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (SSDSA2MH080G2C1) £197.99

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £159.99

OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply [OCZ700MXSP-UK] £72.99 inc VAT

Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C9) £119.98

Coolermaster CM-690-II Advanced Dominator Case - Black [RC-692-KKN2] £89.99 inc VAT

Samsung SH-B083L/BSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) [SH-B083L/BSBP] £77.98 inc VAT

Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £63.99

Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard (967929-0120) £25.99

Total - £1230.88

Spare change for down the pub :D
 
you want a hard drive in there somewhere - the solid states sure are fast, but you'll find 80gb will get used up pretty much straight away (vista/7 uses 15-20gb alone depending on the version)

i gotta seagate barracuda 7200.12 500gb. cheap (got mine from b grade at just under 30 quid, i think they're about 40 new), bloody quiet, and pretty nippy. if you want yet more space, the 7200.12 family goes upto 1000gb
 
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