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Trying to spec up a system to replace my "main" pc so that it can replace my "old" secondary system. Current main system is around 2yrs old and cost roughly £2k, rough spec is q6600, 8gb ram, 9800gx2 etc, still good, but time for a new system so I can drop my old Athlon X2 system.
Budget is £1200 give or take. Main role is a gaming machine, already got a 24" screen I'm using atm (1920 x 1200). I play a lot of eve online and like to run multiple clients (4 or so) on the one box at full res which was why I chose 8gb ram for my last system. Also like to play fairly new FPS games and playing on high settings @ 1920 x 1200 is pretty much a must. Not sure if I should go 6gb or 12gb on the new system or if the extra 6gb is a waste of cash.
Anyway, spec time: Already have 24" tft and x64 Win 7 to be recycled.
Chose the 5850 toxic as the vapor-x is pre-order only and not sure the 5870 is worth another £100. I'm not planning on oc'ing really, not oc'd my prev system yet, so doubt I'll bother oc'ing this one for a couple of years. Chose Seasonic PSU as I've always found their PSUs solid, but will happily substitute for a cheaper one if it's still good. System will be on 24/7, and Seasonic PSUs normally have 80 - 85% efficiency. Not fussed about SSDs, would rather spend the £300 on something else. Got a bit of room in my budget, but hitting £1200 to the penny doesn't bother me too much
. Main questions are is a 5870 worth the extra cash, and should I consider 12gb RAM? I've only ever seen my current pc hit 6.5gb ram usage in Vista once with 5 eve clients, so maybe not, but just thinking about stuff in the future.
Any input much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Budget is £1200 give or take. Main role is a gaming machine, already got a 24" screen I'm using atm (1920 x 1200). I play a lot of eve online and like to run multiple clients (4 or so) on the one box at full res which was why I chose 8gb ram for my last system. Also like to play fairly new FPS games and playing on high settings @ 1920 x 1200 is pretty much a must. Not sure if I should go 6gb or 12gb on the new system or if the extra 6gb is a waste of cash.
Anyway, spec time: Already have 24" tft and x64 Win 7 to be recycled.
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CPU i7 920 £174.99
GPU Sapphire 5850 Toxic £259.99
Mobo Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R £156.98
RAM OCZ Gold 6gb 3 x 2gb 12800 £138.99
PSU Seasonic X-650 Modular £125.98
Case Antec p193 £125 ish
HD Samsing SpinPoint F3 1TB £57.97
Sound Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music £54.99
Cooler Freezer 7 Pro rev2 £18.99
DVDR Generic Samsung DVDR £14.99
£1,120ishChose the 5850 toxic as the vapor-x is pre-order only and not sure the 5870 is worth another £100. I'm not planning on oc'ing really, not oc'd my prev system yet, so doubt I'll bother oc'ing this one for a couple of years. Chose Seasonic PSU as I've always found their PSUs solid, but will happily substitute for a cheaper one if it's still good. System will be on 24/7, and Seasonic PSUs normally have 80 - 85% efficiency. Not fussed about SSDs, would rather spend the £300 on something else. Got a bit of room in my budget, but hitting £1200 to the penny doesn't bother me too much
. Main questions are is a 5870 worth the extra cash, and should I consider 12gb RAM? I've only ever seen my current pc hit 6.5gb ram usage in Vista once with 5 eve clients, so maybe not, but just thinking about stuff in the future.Any input much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
you will have to swap that for a 930