Rate this i7 spec

lamps · 8 Apr 2009 at 20:54

Instead of getting an amd spec now, im going to wait until the end of this month and get an i7 instead so ill end up with a nice £1100 to spend purely on the pc.

Heres what i had in mind.

The following month i was going to buy another 4870 the following month, probally with a 24" monitor as well and a 60gb SSD.

coupe69 · 8 Apr 2009 at 21:01

I think I'd be tempted to spend a little less on the case and get a better mainboard tbh, apart from that it looks good

Ducky Spud · 8 Apr 2009 at 21:09

Yea, Id say spend a bit more on the motherboard if you can. Spend £160 on a socket 775 board and its pretty good, £160 on a 1366 board and its pretty low end... well, for an i7 setup at least

Looks good though, should b great if you get 2 4870's in there

Kennysevenfold · 8 Apr 2009 at 22:25

yeah +1 on the mobo, it only have 3 ram slots

icey_haj · 8 Apr 2009 at 22:29

Agree with the motherboard.

The cooler is for the wrong socket, you need the 1366 version.

Also, get the OEM CPU (when it's back in stock).

I would try and maybe stretch to a 4890, I know it's not really worth it, but it's the latest shizzle so.......

Kennysevenfold · 8 Apr 2009 at 22:34

Yeah get the oem cpu and this spec

and you get the case you want

better - motherboard, cooler, hard drive, psu (its in stock lol) and is on budget
Go on, Agree with me again Icey_Haj

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £249.54
(£216.99) £249.54
(£216.99)

Asus P6T SE Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £180.54
(£156.99) £180.54
(£156.99)

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (21133-04-20) £160.99
(£139.99) £160.99
(£139.99)

Silverstone Fortress FT01B-W Tower Case with Window - Black (No PSU) £137.99
(£119.99) £137.99
(£119.99)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £91.99
(£79.99) £91.99
(£79.99)

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £78.99
(£68.69) £78.99
(£68.69)

Corsair XMS3 6GB DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1333C9) £63.99
(£55.64) £63.99
(£55.64)

Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS) £60.00
(£52.17) £60.00
(£52.17)

Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366) £57.49
(£49.99) £57.49
(£49.99)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64) Sub Total : £956.08 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : Free VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £145.62 Total : £1,102.45

lamps · 8 Apr 2009 at 22:38

That spec looks perfect, looking forward to getting it

Thanks

icey_haj · 8 Apr 2009 at 22:39

Ah Kenny, you were on a roll, but now you messed up. Let me give the guy a proper spec.

lamps · 8 Apr 2009 at 22:42

execpt thats £100 over my budget

icey_haj · 8 Apr 2009 at 22:46

lamps said:
execpt thats £100 over my budget

Yes, but if you're taking the leap to i7, you may as well give it your all. :cool:

Well, that's what I would try and do anyway.

coupe69 · 8 Apr 2009 at 22:46

I would definately go for the P6T over the P6TSE as it supports sli as well as crossfire.

Will give you more options in the future. Apart from that though I thought Kennys spec looked pretty good :confused:

Both of you could have knocked 15 quid off the price and gone for the oem cpu though.

EDIT: if they were actually in stock.

Ducky Spud · 8 Apr 2009 at 22:53

coupe69 said:
Both of you could have knocked 15 quid off the price and gone for the oem cpu though.

EDIT: if they were actually in stock.

Hence why they didnt include them haha

Good motherboards suggested there though! Wish I'd gone for an Asus when buying mine, think theyre one of the best makes out there, always do great in the motherboard reviews/comparisons

icey_haj · 8 Apr 2009 at 22:55

coupe, I'm offended that you think Kenny's spec is better than mine.

My mobo is better
Ram is better
GPU is better
Modular PSU, so that's better

Surely, I should win?

coupe69 · 8 Apr 2009 at 23:01

lol, agreed with the mobo, ram and gpu are better but difference is negligible, you got me on the psu must have missed that

. But Kennys is a hundred quid cheaper

Kennysevenfold · 8 Apr 2009 at 23:01

lamps said:
execpt thats £100 over my budget

and half the size of my hard drive.!

Kennysevenfold · 8 Apr 2009 at 23:03

coupe69 said:
I would definately go for the P6T over the P6TSE as it supports sli as well as crossfire.

save £30 and get the se, if hes getting a 4870 then whats the need for SLI.?

Kennysevenfold · 8 Apr 2009 at 23:05

icey_haj said:
Modular PSU, so that's better

Surely, I should win?

with 620 watts, not leaving much headway for an upgrade to x-fire though is it.?

and your mobo is better.? only if you want to have both sli AND x-fire capabilities

Mine ***T**W**

Mwhahahaha

coupe69 · 8 Apr 2009 at 23:05

Kennysevenfold said:
and half the size of my hard drive.!

This too ^^, bargain that is on this week only.

coupe69 · 8 Apr 2009 at 23:07

Kennysevenfold said:
save £30 and get the se, if hes getting a 4870 then whats the need for SLI.?

Just trying to future proof the op a little bit, people generally upgrade their video cards way sooner than their mainboards.

icey_haj · 8 Apr 2009 at 23:20

So, basically what you two are saying is that overall I'm right, but maybe a larger hard drive would be better?

Yeh, that's OK then.