set up for gaming!

[Ginger-Menace]

hey all, wanted to ask a question!

not to sure on what to get, im going to be building at the start of next year, wanted your advice on what to do! ive narrowed it down to these two.

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Radon Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz Overclocked Bundle £340.00
(£289.36) £340.00
(£289.36)
Options applied to the above product:
Akasa AK-CCX-4001HP Nero S Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / LGA775 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 ) £32.99
(£28.08) £32.99
(£28.08)
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £339.99
(£289.35) £339.99
(£289.35)
Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1) £234.99
(£199.99) £234.99
(£199.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version)(GFC-00025) £113.96
(£96.99) £113.96
(£96.99)
LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
Sub Total : £980.36
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £173.31
Total : £1,163.67


Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Krypton Extreme Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz @ 4.20GHz Overclocked Bundle £428.51
(£364.69) £428.51
(£364.69)
Options applied to the above product:
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £269.99
(£229.78) £269.99
(£229.78)
Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1) £234.99
(£199.99) £234.99
(£199.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version)(GFC-00025) £113.96
(£96.99) £113.96
(£96.99)
LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
Sub Total : £968.04
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £171.16
Total : £1,149.20

i already have antec 902 and corsair tx 750 psu
and gainward gtx 275 gpu, what do you guys think would be better for gaming? would a gfx upgrade be worth it? i was wanting to do sli in the future and im aware i cnt do that with the i5, so if you can recommend an ati card for the i5 set up to possibly xfire in the future. my budget i think can go to £1300 maybe a lil more
thanks in advance!

 

[RJC]

Best bet is to ask nearer the time as prices change, also AMD & Intel are due to launch new cpu's early part of next year.

 

[Jony27]

well since your not building til the start of next year, jsut wait what will happen with current prices of components and what the 6xxx series will bring and intel are also releasing their mainstream sandy bridge at the start of next year.

 

[Ginger-Menace]

does any 1 have a good link for info for this sandy bridge you talk about? also do we know if sandy bridge's mobo will support sli like the x58 chip, really dnt want to go to ati but i will if i have to lol

 

[Liampope]

You can SLI on plenty of P55/1156 mobos. But as above wait till the time then spec the build then.