Spec Check.

RizZy · 2 Nov 2009 at 20:59

Hello, It's about time I upgraded my old rig & after my harddrive died last week it's given me the excuse I needed, how have I done? anything I've missed or thats not gonna work with something else?

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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5870 "Dirt 2 Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £298.99
(£259.99)
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM Intel Core £198.98
(£173.03)
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £142.98
(£124.33)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C9) £115.99
(£100.86)
Akasa AK-P085FG-BK 850W PowerMax Power Supply £103.98
(£90.42)
Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £86.99
(£75.64)
Samsung EcoGreen F2 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SI) £55.98
(£48.68)
Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1366) £29.99
(£26.08)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (ST380815AS) £57.98
(£50.42)
Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£16.51)
LiteOn SOHC-5236K-05C DVD-ROM / 52x CD±RW IDE Drive - Black (OEM) £11.99
(£10.43)
Akasa AK-191-BL Blue Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 Pin £11.48
(£9.98)

Theres a couple of extra things in there to get the old pc working, but apart from that any recommendations?

Randomface74 · 2 Nov 2009 at 21:02

Anything with the words Eco and Green in it are guaranteed crap.

RJC · 2 Nov 2009 at 21:08

The 80gb Seagate seems expensive, I would change this to a Samsung 320gb F1, The Samsung F2 will be fine for a storage.

Randomface74 · 2 Nov 2009 at 21:10

RizZy · 2 Nov 2009 at 21:47

RJC said:
The 80gb Seagate seems expensive, I would change this to a Samsung 320gb F1, The Samsung F2 will be fine for a storage.

Its actually 2 of them, ones to go into my old pc to get it running so I can give it to my old man & I was going to use the other to just put windows on, good idea/bad idea?

Anything with the words Eco and Green in it are guaranteed crap.

Ditch the F2 & go with the F3 then should I?

I've been out the loop for about 5 years so any help is appreciated.

Randomface74 · 2 Nov 2009 at 21:47

RizZy said:
Ditch the F2 & go with the F3 then should I?

Exactly, yes.

Oh and bin that Seagate. Install your o/s on the F3.
Having a small o/s drive isn't good anymore. Could do a pair of F3s in RAID0.

RizZy · 2 Nov 2009 at 22:19

Oooh, last thing I knew it was good to have windows on it's own drive, what's changed in the last few years?

hubby1989 · 2 Nov 2009 at 22:56

Id jump up to the Gigabyte UD5..far better overclocking capabilities! Well...I am assuming you are eyeing up an OC, as you are buying a i7 920?

And also..http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-069-PO&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951 looks an absolutely fantastic buy!

Apart from that yeah..ditch the 80GB..go for two F3's! :-)

good luck

Randomface74 · 2 Nov 2009 at 23:00

RizZy said:
Oooh, last thing I knew it was good to have windows on it's own drive, what's changed in the last few years?

Well, smaller drives used to be faster, that's not the case anymore. The other argument was so you can replace your o/s without losing your data, that's still fair - but o/s are alright now, you don't have that problem anymore.

The F3 is a fast drive, good bang for buck. If you want a smaller, performance drive for your o/s, I'd say get a WD Raptor 320GB.

There's always the SSD option, but I'm not confident enough to recommend those to you yet, they're still a bit new.

hubby1989 · 3 Nov 2009 at 00:08

I agree with billysielu!!

RizZy · 3 Nov 2009 at 07:26

Cheers for the advice guys, i'll take a look at what you've recommended later when I get the chance.