Possible new system

[adams901]

Hey guys,

Having a boring night while on holiday and thought I would spec a new computer.

As I haven't been keeping up with much over the last 2 to 3 years do the items below look ok?


Asus ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Rev. 2) £323.11
Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £223.24
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 16000C9 (2000MHz) Tri-Channel Kit (CMX6GX3M3A2000C9) £162.98
Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £159.99
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £129.98
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-00765) £116.99

 

[adams901]

I'm trying to justify the price lol.

My current system is about 3 years old but I will be keeping the case and psu.


Was gonna keep my drives as well.

The ssd would be for the o/s and essential installs like virus checker.

Then I have a 1tb samsung for downloads and a 500gb samsung spin point for games and apps

 

[adams901]

Cheers for the links.

I'm current using the ASUS Silent Square EVO CPU Cooler, it is keeping my core2duo temps down with nearly a 1ghz overclock.

Will have to do some checking to see if it will be ok with the i7.

Out of interest, why the retail win 7?