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Any thought on this system? The time has come for an upgrade - games, video, office use.

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £319.99
(£375.99) £319.99
(£375.99)
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £234.99
(£276.11) £234.99
(£276.11)
Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £224.99
(£264.36) £224.99
(£264.36)
Corsair HX 1000W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-1000HXUK) £159.99
(£187.99) £159.99
(£187.99)
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66R-02034) £127.99
(£150.39) £127.99
(£150.39)
Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB 10000RPM SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD1500HLFS) £125.99
(£148.04) £125.99
(£148.04)
G.Skill 3GB DDR3 NQ PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-10666CL9T-3GBNQ) £71.99
(£84.59) £71.99
(£84.59)
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99
(£15.26) £12.99
(£15.26)
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin £6.99
(£8.21) £6.99
(£8.21)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £4.99
(£5.86) £4.99
(£5.86)
 
why Vista Ultimate? unless you are a network admin, no point. get home premium instead and with savings get 6gb of mem, apparently games benefit from what i have read.

1kw is nice if you ever want to run a second card in future, otherwise it is overkill.

not sure, but isn't 1600mhz mem better if you want to OC that chip? anyway if you OC may want to get aftermarket HSF -> Noctua and TRUE are nice
 
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Ok guys - thanks for the great tips - all taken into account and here we have the tweaks below:

I may add a second card in the future - but as always boils down to economics. Will the 750W take two of these puppies and be good to go a couple of years down the line?

Any more thoughts welcome!:)


Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £319.99
(£375.99) £319.99
(£375.99)
Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £234.99
(£276.11) £234.99
(£276.11)
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £234.99
(£276.11) £234.99
(£276.11)
G.Skill 6GB DDR3 NQ PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ) £189.99
(£223.24) £189.99
(£223.24)
Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB 10000RPM SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD1500HLFS) £125.99
(£148.04) £125.99
(£148.04)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £75.99
(£89.29) £75.99
(£89.29)
Corsair TX 750W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 (Socket LGA1366) £47.99
(£56.39) £47.99
(£56.39)
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99
(£15.26) £12.99
(£15.26)
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin £6.99
(£8.21) £6.99
(£8.21)
 
http://techreport.com/articles.x/15105/7

^^shows system power consumption of 427 with 1 4870x2, so i would take a estimated guess at roughly 700-800 watts under load for 2 4870x2.

And also http://game.amd.com/us-en/crossfirex_components.aspx?p=3#ATI%20Radeon%E2%84%A2%20HD%204870%20X2
Personally i would keep 1000 watt as you will have plenty of juice later on and its modular.

Edit: http://www.guru3d.com/article/palit-revolution-700-deluxe-4870-x2-review/5 look at the power consumption part they reccommend at least 1000W PSU for dual 4870x2.
 
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Slashiem said:
^^shows system power consumption of 427 with 1 4870x2, so i would take a estimated guess at roughly 700-800 watts under load for 2 4870x2.
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You're not taking psu efficiency into the equation. The 750w psu will consume approximately 930W using the same methodology.

427w system load "at the socket" is 340w from the psu.
 
Just a thought - if I salvaged some old hard drives, case and powers supply for a few months I could get this for the same money...:rolleyes:

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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7 965 3.20Ghz (Nehalem) Extreme Edition (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £739.99
(£869.49) £739.99
(£869.49)
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £319.99
(£375.99) £319.99
(£375.99)
Gigabyte EX58-DS4 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
(£211.49) £179.99
(£211.49)
G.Skill 3GB DDR3 NQ PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x1GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-12800CL9T-3GBNQ) £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
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The 965 is a waste of money unless you're looking at sub-zero cooling or benching. Most if the boards are getting to 200 BCLK without much fuss. For example, the 940 with a 22 multiplier would be at 4400MHz. The 965 won't go a lot further, especially on air. Water cooling might get you a bit further, still not worth the extra cost. On air stick to the 920, maybe the 940 if you're water cooling.

The Gigabyte UD5/Extreme boards are doing really well. The UD5 is worth the bit extra over a DS4.

Not much 24/7 performance difference between 1333Mhz to 1600Mhz ram or tighter timings. Consider spending any extra on 6Gb over 3Gb, rather than just faster.
 
To be honest, you won't need the 965, the 920 is just as good and can clock past 3.6GHz easy. You'd probabley benefit more from 6GB of RAM.
 
Thanks - was worth asking! I've always wanted a CPU with a "black box" but never seem to be able to justify it!:p
 
Si Linx - seems you have already made the jump to the 920 and getting are getting 4Ghz - is that on air?
 
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