Second opinions please

Woody...!!! · 12 May 2009 at 10:53

I am going I7, is this setup any good, i already have a 9800 GX2, and i have a water cooling system also

Gigabyte EX58-Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £264.49
Logitech Z-5500 THX Certified 5.1 Speaker System (970115-0120) £246.99
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail + Far Cry 2 Game £241.98
Asus Xonar Essence STX Sound Card £149.99
OCZ Blade Series 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000 Triple Channel (OCZ3B2000C9LV6GK) £114.99
Goldring DR150 Stereo Headphones £63.24

Total : £1,098.64

sorry about the text i dont know how to do the spec sheep from the shop

widdyst · 12 May 2009 at 10:55

Holy sound system batman. You like your sounds dont you mate

Nice setup

tibbsey · 12 May 2009 at 11:09

Looks very nice.

FYI though, you can get the Z-5500 for £199.99 inc VAT and delivery from a certain CD/DVD/Game/Electronics e-tailer.
(Google logitech z-5500. The website you want might be the 6th result down. Or it might not be. Who knows.)

Audigex · 12 May 2009 at 11:16

Might just want to check whether your water cooling system is LGA1366 compatible. Or rather... might wanna get yourself a new CPU block :-)

Woody...!!! · 12 May 2009 at 11:27

Audigex said:
Might just want to check whether your water cooling system is LGA1366 compatible. Or rather... might wanna get yourself a new CPU block

Yes mate i have looked into it, and yes your right i need either a new adapter to fit my Swiftech apogee GT ( AP-GT-CI7 hold-down plate) which i cant find anywhere or i need to buy a Swiftech Apogee GTZ

Woody...!!! · 12 May 2009 at 11:30

tibbsey said:
Looks very nice.

FYI though, you can get the Z-5500 for £199.99 inc VAT and delivery from a certain CD/DVD/Game/Electronics e-tailer.
(Google logitech z-5500. The website you want might be the 6th result down. Or it might not be. Who knows.)

I know what you mean mate, i have seen them at that price and that is where i will be getting them from, infact i will almost begetting most of the stuff from elsewhere, OcUK just dont seam to be competative any more

Sorry OcUK (spie) even with postage other places are cheaper

Woody...!!! · 12 May 2009 at 17:46

widdyst said:
Holy sound system batman. You like your sounds dont you mate Nice setup

Yeah i like my sound, no point in having good speakers if you aint got the sound card to go with it

95thrifles · 12 May 2009 at 18:01

I can thoroughly recomend the goldring NS1000 headphones, Ive got them paired with my xonar essence SC and the sound is amazing, not available here though
review

Woody...!!! · 12 May 2009 at 18:16

95thrifles said:
I can thoroughly recomend the goldring NS1000 headphones, Ive got them paired with my xonar essence SC and the sound is amazing, not available here though
review

are they better spec than the DR150's and what sort of price might they be

siumatfung · 12 May 2009 at 20:34

sennheiser HD595s ***! about 110£

Woody...!!! · 12 May 2009 at 20:38

siumatfung said:
sennheiser HD595s ***! about 110£

yeah i have seen them, are they miles better than the dr150's

95thrifles · 12 May 2009 at 21:23

the NS1000's are much better, theyre about 150

LewisStuart · 13 May 2009 at 10:45

95thrifles said:
the NS1000's are much better, theyre about 150

£55 if you know where to look.

Woody...!!! · 13 May 2009 at 12:59

LewisStuart said:
£55 if you know where to look.

£55 now thats cheap

Woody...!!! · 13 May 2009 at 13:17

had alook around and the offer has expired