So what do you think???

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so would this PC work???

i want to have a future proof gaming RIG
[my new edit 1.3 lol]

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if anyone have any suggestions or found a problem here please say them,

thanks.
 
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I don't know too much about i7 rigs so I'll leave others to comment on the CPU/Motherboard/RAM setup you have chosen, but I will comment on the other things.

That Gainward 1GB 4870 looks way overpriced! £253?

You have spec'd two PSUs, I take it that was a mistake? Eitherway, both of those PSUs are cheap. You seriously don't want to skimp on a PSU, especially if it's going to be running a £1.3k i7 rig... If it goes bang it could cost you a lot of money. The PSU is one of the most important components.
Take a look at the Enermax or the Corsair PSUs.

I'd also swap the Western Digital HDD for the 640GB version, it's only a little more and it'll be quicker.

That CPU cooler will not fit, you need a 1366 socket CPU cooler.

Why get Windows XP and not Vista? Vista make more use of your rig.
Do you game?
 
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yeah that second PSU was a mistake.

i want a powerful gaming RIG. and i wanted it to be future proof so that's why i went for I7.

so could you suggest a PSU, graphics card and Cooling for this RIG??? thanks guys
 
If I were you I wouldn't get either of those psus, go for a corsair psu they work great, and quiet ;) Loads of people would recommend a corsair psu. Also not too sure what ocuk would say about that screenshot.... :p
 
The new gx260 (216 stream proccessors) seems to outperform the 4870 in a lot of benches now, and at the moment, nvidia driver support is better imo.

The corsair 1kw is overkill, but if you're planning on keeping it for a long time and upgrading more, I don't see why you can't invest in one.

On such a large budget i'd be inclined to get a blu-ray drive, maybe burner if you could find a use for it (ie backup.)

1TB+ hdd are so cheap now you may as well. Samsung F1 are good for the price.

Otherwise part choices are top.
 
4870:
ATI Radeon HD 4870 GPU @ 775MHz (Turbo Mode)
- Twin Fan Silent Heatpipe Cooling Solution
- 512MB GDDR5 Memory @ 4000MHz (Turbo Mode)
- Dual BIOS Design (Turbo switch on blanking plate)
- Two DVI Connections
- One Display Port Connection
- 24x custom filter anti-aliasing (CFAA) and high performance anisotropic filtering
- PCI Express 2.0 support
- ATI CrossFireX Multi-GPU Technology
- Microsoft DirectX 10.1 support
- Shader Model 4.1
- ATI Avivo HD video and display technology
- Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD) for Blu-ray and HD Video
- Built-in HDMI with 5.1 surround sound support
- On-chip HDCP

GTX260:
- Bus Type: PCI Express 2.0 (Backwards compatible with PCI Express)
- Memory: 896MB GDDR3
- Core Clock: 576MHz
- Shader Clock: 1242MHz
- Memory Data Rate: 1998MHz
- Processor Cores: 216
- Shader Model: 4.0
- Texture Fill Rate: 36.9 Billion/sec.
- Memory Interface: 448-bit
- Memory Bandwidth: 111.9GB/sec.
- API Support: Microsoft DirectX 10 and lower, OpenGL 2.1 and lower for Microsoft Windows
- Display Connectors: 2 Dual-Link DVI-I, HDTV + TV Out
- RAMDACs: Dual 400MHz
- HDCP Capable
- HDMI Capable
- 2-Way & 3-Way NVIDIA SLi Support
- Card Dimensions: 266.7mm x 95.3mm x 38.1mm
- Warranty: 1 Year
- Supplied with Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway Full PC Game
 
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