Spec check - i7 or Core 2 system

[jeggsy]

Right guys... Been looking at putting a new system together for a few months now and I'm almost ready to part with my cash.

Still a bit undecided what to go for, whether a Core i7 based system or a Core 2 based system. Here's what I've narrowed down to:-

Asus Rampage Formula X48 DDR2 motherboard
Intel Q9650 Quad or E8500 Dual CPU
4Gb Corsair Dominator PC2-8500 (2x2Gb)
EVGA 9800GTX+ 512Mb Superclocked
2x Western Digital 640Gb SATA hard drives
Pioneer DVR-216 SATA DVD-RW
Lian Li PC-B25B case
Corsair HX 620w PSU

or

Asus P6T Deluxe motherboard (V2 if it comes out soon)
Intel i7 920 2.66GHz Quad CPU
3Gb Corsair Dominator PC3-12800C8 (3x1Gb)
EVGA 9800GTX+ 512Mb Superclocked
2x Western Digital 640Gb SATA hard drives
Pioneer DVR-216 SATA DVD-RW
Lian Li PC-B25B case
Corsair HX 620w PSU


Still undecided what to go for really as there not a lot to choose between them performance/price wise.

Is the PSU OK ? ? will 620w be enough for the specs above ? ? Not planning on going SLI/Crossfire. If this is not enough, what about the Corsair TX 750w PSU ? ? I know it's not modular but thats not a biggy for me.

Any comments would be great.

 

[jeggsy]

Bit of everything really....

I will be using 32bit XP for now so more than 4Gb of RAM is a waste.

I have some games but they tend to be mostly flightsims or driving games. I have FSX, Toca 3, Colin Mcrae etc. Don't play COD, Crysis etc.

I have Autocad and Inventor on my PC as I use these at work sometimes. Don't tend to use it to much but it's there if needed.

Internet, VPN to work, MS Office etc.

 

[jeggsy]

Cheers guys for the replys...

Just looked on OCUK and noticed price cuts on the Asus X48 mobo and big cuts on the CPUs as well.

Think I'll get a Core 2 quad and the Asus X48 board for now and then pass that down to my sisters PC in a couple of years time. By then the i7 will have been around for a bit then and improved.

 

[jeggsy]

Cheers guys for the input... Had a bit of a rethink and come up with this:-

Gigabyte GA-EP-45-UD3P DDR2 motherboard
Intel Q9550 Quad
4Gb Corsair Dominator PC2-8500 (2x2Gb)
EVGA GTX 260 (216 core)
2x Western Digital 640Gb SATA hard drives
Pioneer DVR-216 SATA DVD-RW
Lian Li PC-B25B case
Corsair TX 650w PSU

Saved a few £££'s on the motherboard & PSU enabled me to have a better spec VGA card. Looks a better balanced system to me now.

Would that VGA card be OK fitting in the Lian Li case ? ? Noticed the warning on most of the new VGA cards saying about length of the cards.


Cheers

 

[jeggsy]

Got a 22" Samsung LCD that runs at 1680x1050.

Basically got a budget of £1000 from my Christmas bonus and I have put that away for a new PC. Don't mind if the spec is a bit overkill as I use my PC a lot for home and work stuff.

Basically my CAD software and FSX will use any system resources I throw at it.