Thinking about this i7 System

[Saltank]

Looking for input. May want to get the HP LP2475w instead... I may also want to wait until DisplayPort cards come out because I hate input lag!

 

[mame]

Thats a lot of money to spend! The first thing i thought was for that much money I would want a better HD. I just can't see how that will give you £1800 of improvement over what you already have. What is it you want to improve on?

 

[Saltank]

I've heard that the CPU cooler may not fit in the case if I don't remove the Fan, that may be troublesome, no?

I've got 1.5TB of space from other drives, so i *may* need a bigger OS drive, that is true. I want something that performs well of course.

I'm not sure what I want to improve on, really, I would love a 300GB Velociraptor but that is, would you believe it, a bit too much

 

[Helios1234]

Get this case: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-146-LL&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=187

And maybe get a cheaper motherboard like the ud5, biostar, or dfi.

For the price of that gtx285, you could probably get the xfx x2 if you don't mind ati.

 

[bradeh]

£10 more and you can get XFX 4870X2.

 

[Saltank]

I've used ATI cards, but never owned them in my own systems, so I am not a fan.
I've had a LIAN-LI case and was very impressed, but that case looks a lot bigger and uglier than the Cosmos S, also I am not sure about the silence factor, which is important.

I think I will swap the HDD for a VelociRaptor 300GB, it is correct to think that the HDD is weak. I'll also NOT get that monitor.

Motherboards? As far as I've seen the ASUS is the best of them all, loads of features nad a good cooling system.

 

[spitzoid]

ASUS is a good mobo.
Why don't you get 2 x Samsung Spinpoint HDDs and put them in a RAID0 instead of a VelociRaptor, and then spend the difference on a GTX295?

 

[Saltank]

Here is how it is looking so far

 

[spitzoid]

DO IT!!!!!!

(possibly get the 750GB or 1TB Spinpoints though)

 

[AlexTrickle]

I'm not really sure of the PSU brand, maybe switch to a well known and reliable brand such as any of the below:

Corsair
OCZ
Be Quiet!
Coolermaster

 

[lankymorley]

From what I've heard PC Power & Cooling PSUs are pretty decent. That's a quality spec man, I want pics when you get around to building it!

 

[reflux]

Power PC and Cooling PSUs are probably the best on the market. No problems there.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

PowerPC and Cooling are awesome, you want it.

 

[DarthBallz]

agree.

stick with pc power + cooling.

from what I see, nearly all GPU and mobo makers use PC pow & coolin for their test/show rigs because they're the best, especially when it comes to crossfire/SLI.

 

[Saltank]

I also picked pcpac for my old rig because they're quality psu's

 

[mishima]

I have a similar system running to the one you have selected:

920
Deluxe
U12P

Fast system! The P6T motherboard has some great features on it I would recommend.

 

[Helios1234]

Motherboards? As far as I've seen the ASUS is the best of them all, loads of features nad a good cooling system.

The asus is no doubt a good mobo but that's a stupidly high price. The ud5 is as good and much cheaper.

 

[SidVicious]

The asus is no doubt a good mobo but that's a stupidly high price. The ud5 is as good and much cheaper.

+1 UD5

 

[Helios1234]

+1 UD5

Or the biostar hehe!

 

[Ging3r]

Looks a great setup with the 295 and the Spinpoints, go for it!