System Specs

steven_belfast · 1 Jan 2011 at 03:17

Greetings all,

Can some of you have a read over the following,
This is what i am hoping to get for my new rig in a few weeks,
If you can let me know what you think and if there mite be any issues with power and so on that would be great,

( bare in mind i do not game as much as i use to now but still keep my hand in )
( Good old battlefield cant get enough of it )

1. Processor (CPU): Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156)
2. Motherboard: Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard
3. Memory (RAM): Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit
4.a Hard drive: (Os Install RAID-0) Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
4.b Hard drive: (Files) Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM
5. Graphics card: (2 of these in cross fire) XFX ATI Radeon 6970 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
6. Power supply (PSU): Corsair HX 1000W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply
7. CPU cooler: Corsair Hydro H70 High-Performance CPU WaterCooler
8. Case: Antec Dark Fleet Series DF85 Gaming Enclosure - Black
10. CD/DVDRW drive: Not picked yet but will be a blue ray and dvd rw.
11. Screen : IIyama Prolite E2271HDS 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black

Hoping to Oc the cpu to 4 Ghz or so,
Fingers crossed Overclockers mite do it for me ( ha ha )

What do you all think of the system folks?
Also with the psu be ok with that lot ?

Kind Regards
Steven

stulid · 1 Jan 2011 at 03:21

you ideally need a motherboard that runs both pci-e slots at the same speed, so both cards get the same bandwidth.

the two slots maybe 16X in physical size/length, but won't be electrically connected at that.

steven_belfast · 1 Jan 2011 at 03:27

stulid said:
you ideally need a motherboard that runs both pci-e slots at the same speed, so both cards get the same bandwidth.

the two slots maybe 16X in physical size/length, but won't be electrically connected at that.

Dam that was quick,lol
You got and mobo`s in mind ?

Garee · 1 Jan 2011 at 03:27

Your PSU choice is overkill and you could probably get away with 850w or even 750w. I suggest waiting for the new SandyBridge CPUs before purchasing also. Instead of the two Seagates in RAID0 you could purchase an SSD for your OS.

stulid · 1 Jan 2011 at 03:29

steven_belfast said:
Dam that was quick,lol
You got and mobo`s in mind ?

They are all out of stock,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-226-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1495

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-121-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1495

This is the specs of that ASUS board in your opening post,

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=9i872VNaAILRp8bS&templete=2

1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (single at x16)
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (@x4 mode, 2.5GT/s, black slot)

The second slot runs at 4X speed when a second card is inserted.

steven_belfast · 1 Jan 2011 at 03:31

Yeah i was looking at the Gigabyte mobo,
But as you say out of stock :-(

never know mite come back in (keeping fingers crossed)

In saying that not to fussed in the cross fire,
I mean the only game i play is battlefield and so its not needed really,
Its just one of them things i would like to do.

stulid · 1 Jan 2011 at 03:44

Wait for the new sandy bridge stuff on the 9th January.

These motherboards all do dual cards at 8X/8X equally.

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=HMMvTCuBcZLfu2YL&templete=2

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=erWGi4vbeZa8oxg8&templete=2

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3648#sp

steven_belfast · 1 Jan 2011 at 13:39

Greetings folks,

Thanks for the advise,
Guess i will wait for a bit longer before ordering,

Many thanks
Steven