Spec-me

anuraj · 11 Jul 2011 at 16:40

The specify date thing doesn't work for me always comes early. Luckily I've only ordered small things so they were slipped through the post.

anuraj · 11 Jul 2011 at 18:16

Murray said:
Get the 6870 X2 card.

I don't know this is a hard decision

Looking at this review: http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/powercolor_hd6870x2_review/1

It outperforms the 2 6870s but then the difference is only 6 fps and the 2 6870s are cheaper.

Help please.

anuraj · 11 Jul 2011 at 18:26

Compared some more results from other reviewers and the cross fire seem to be looking much better.

anuraj · 11 Jul 2011 at 18:32

Jony27 said:
but you have the option to add another 6870x2 in the future

Thanks for making it more complicated. Joking.

Would need to upgrade psu to do this,

anuraj · 11 Jul 2011 at 18:37

I've decied by looking at 4 reviews of both from the same site to go with the 6870 crossfire

6950 idea is also a good one but I don't feel like upgrading unless it's for minor things like coolers.

Might upgrade to Ivybridge later on though.

anuraj · 11 Jul 2011 at 18:43

Ignore.

anuraj · 11 Jul 2011 at 18:50

Jony27 said:
just out of curiosity, how often do you change your sig, you seem to have a new one very hour

I never change it. It changes automatically thanks to a website called sigrotor I think.

anuraj · 13 Jul 2011 at 15:51

Ordering my monitor/tv today.

I think I should get this one:
LG M227WDP 22-inch Full HD 1080p LCD TV/Monitor (5ms, 10000:1, HDMI)

anuraj · 13 Jul 2011 at 16:55

Anyone?

anuraj · 13 Jul 2011 at 21:13

No-one replied so I ordered the tv.

anuraj · 13 Jul 2011 at 21:57

Ok good to know as I've ordered it. Oh yeah got £960 to spend on the rig.

anuraj · 13 Jul 2011 at 23:33

Think this will be my final build unless someone can do better?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6870 OC HAWK 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Lara Croft Game £149.99
(£124.99) £299.98
(£249.98)

Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)

Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98
(£60.82) £72.98
(£60.82)

Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)

Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)

Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)

OcUK Professional 2 Meter HDMI Cable - Gold Plated £3.98
(£3.32) £3.98
(£3.32)

anuraj · 14 Jul 2011 at 19:00

Anyone?

anuraj · 14 Jul 2011 at 19:21

Isn't z68 the only one that upgrades to ivybridge?

anuraj · 14 Jul 2011 at 19:28

Good suggestions bloodrage, I would ratehr spend the extra £1 to get the asus gpu as I'm ordering today

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anuraj · 14 Jul 2011 at 19:39

So should I go with this?

Ordering today

anuraj · 14 Jul 2011 at 19:42

Shadow boxer I already bought the wheel. I have sli in the build above. My budget supports it so I want it.

I bought a better wheel actually for the same price the dfgt.

anuraj · 14 Jul 2011 at 19:48

Shoudl I change it to this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-169-MS

I'd like to have SLI. I like the sound of beating a 580. Or should I order a 580 and then sli it later?

anuraj · 14 Jul 2011 at 19:52

So should I get the Sli for future proofing? Going to run this build for at least 4 years.

anuraj · 14 Jul 2011 at 19:58

Moothead2 said:
Go for the 580 if it's going to last you 4 years. At least then you can shove another 580 in if games start to lag on high settings.

What psu would I need?

And back to the mobo thing about sli not fitting what should I get?