Replacement £1,000 build

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So my (mostly) 3 year old system decided to completely die on me this afternoon.

I had been planning to build a new Windows 7, SSD PC sometime early next year, but this has pushed things forward a little :D

The problem is I haven't had my usual months of indecision before buying a PC, so I'm not up to date with everything and I'd like to have the pieces ready for next weekend :eek:

Below is what I'm thinking of going for after an afternoon of browsing various sites. I want a good fast PC that doesn't run too hot or too loud. I had so many fans in my now-dead machine that it sounded like a jet taking off.

Case - Old PC (Antec P182) - £0
Sound - Old PC (Creative X-Fi Gamer) - £0
DVD - Old PC (LG BD HD DVD) - £0
Mobo - MSI P55-GD65 Intel P55 - £132
CPU - Intel Core i7 860 2.80Ghz LGA1156 - £227
HDD1 - Intel X25-M Mainstream 160GB - £365
HDD2 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB - £55
RAM - OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 - £79
GFX - Asus GeForce GTX 275 896MB - £190
PSU - Corsair HX 650W ATX Modular - £97
Cooler - Zalman CNPS10X-Quiet CPU Cooler - £38

Total from OcUK - £1,183

Is there anywhere I'm going wrong, especially when it comes to keeping things relatively cool?
 
if you can hold out a little on the SSD get this

Crusial 128GB SSD it has a lot better write speeds than the intel and the same read speeds. Plus its £100 cheaper
Ditch the seagate barrcuda and get a samsung f3 1TB for the same price but better performance

Then use that extra £100 to get 2 x 5770 in crossfire (£250 around £60 more than your GTX275) and your on a winner
 
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Agreed, Crucial over the Intel, price difference is not justifiable.

As above, look at the Samsung F3 1TB HDD - does well in many reviews.

Also, with the money saved on the SSD why not look at the ATI 5850, or perhaps 2 in Crossfire??
 
5850 is a bit short stock at the moment but 5770 isnt and 2 5770's in crossfire scale VERY WELL and offer better performance that 5850 for the same price
 
HybridX said:
if you can hold out a little on the SSD get this

Crusial 128GB SSD it has a lot better write speeds than the intel and the same read speeds. Plus its £100 cheaper
Ditch the seagate barrcuda and get a samsung f3 1TB for the same price but better performance

Then use that extra £100 to get 2 x 5770 in crossfire (£250 around £60 more than your GTX275) and your on a winner
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Smooth said:
Cheers for the feedback guys, I probably won't go crossfire (heat & noise) but the rest looks good.

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Myabe reapply the thermal paste on the 5770s with mx3 and then clock the fanspeed down to 50% and youll be fine for heat and noise
 
the 5770 are meant to really quiet i am sure there are a lot of people on this forum that can comment on the noise level.
 
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