Spec advice

Tingtangmakadingdong · 24 Jul 2009 at 12:18

i am considering the items below and other bits i will salvage from current rig (AMD 64 X2 6000). i intend to use my 8800GTX untill the DX11 cards are out. please feel free to advice, add or mend the spec. thanks in advance

Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM

Tagan PipeRock TG1300-BZ 1300w Modular BZ Series Power Supply

OCZ Agility Series 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1AGT60G)

OCZ Blade Series 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000 Triple Channel (OCZ3B2000C9LV6GK)

Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366)

Cru54d3r · 24 Jul 2009 at 12:37

the psu is rather overkill.. could save a fair bit getting a 850w which is still pretty future proof

Tingtangmakadingdong · 24 Jul 2009 at 12:55

Cru54d3r said:
the psu is rather overkill.. could save a fair bit getting a 850w which is still pretty future proof

thought the same but i'd rather have the capacity then the system struggle when i OC or stick two graphic cards

95thrifles · 24 Jul 2009 at 13:56

No system will struggle with 850W, even with 2, prob even 3 gfx cards, 1300W is TOTAL overkill. Id also seriously consider if SSD are worth it, Ive done a lot of reading up on them myself as have been considering one, and most reports now are starting to question how good they are in a "used" condition, theyre supremely fast when factory fresh but once written to they start suffering from block rewrite penalty. If you want to read up on it, Id recomedn techreport, they have very thorough reviews on them there. Other than that looks ok, but you may want to consider the retail CPU as its only a few quid more and has better warranty

Tingtangmakadingdong · 24 Jul 2009 at 15:19

may stay with current psu, iam just thinking that oc'ing will eat power, and before buying proposed unit will try existing which is in 800w region. Thanks for heads up on ssd units, didn't consider they would become bogged down after use.

Tingtangmakadingdong · 24 Jul 2009 at 19:34

taintedlove69 said:
before buying proposed unit will try existing which is in 800w region.

sorry guys I suffered memory lapse and told porky, went through my old order sheets and noticed my current psu is in fact a Enermax Infiniti 650W EIN650AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU, would this still be ok for oc'ing and future graphic cards etc

BIGBC · 24 Jul 2009 at 19:51

It should handle your system with the 8800GTX with no worries and probably a DX11, not sure about 2 in SLI/crossfire tho.