Thinking of building a DDR3 based system..Wasting my money?

[eternity]

Hello.

Well, I've been saving for quite while now and want to build a new system. Its been about 3 years since my last major upgrade and I expect it will be that again after this build.

So keeping that in mind I want to get the best I can afford while trying to "furture proof" myself best as I can.

I like the look of the Asus P5E3 Premium/Wifi@N Intel X48 DD3 Mobo, which needs DDR3.

I'm also getting a 9800GX2 and Q9450 CPU.

Is it a mistake going for DDR3 atm?

I have a budget of around £1200. Already have a 24" monitor.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[eternity]

Cheers for the replys.

Like the look of that spec. Sorry should have mentioned I already have a case.

Asus Rampage X48 looks good.

Asus Rampage Formula Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £184.99
(£217.36) £184.99
(£217.36)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail £219.99
(£258.49) £219.99
(£258.49)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Reaper HPC Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR10664GK) £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (E891) £359.99
(£422.99) £359.99
(£422.99)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) £48.99
(£57.56) £48.99
(£57.56)
Sub Total : £963.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £170.43
Total : £1,144.32

 

[eternity]

Don't think I can last that long.

Compared with the above spec, heres a DDR3 version.

Asus P5E3 Premium/Wifi@N Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £219.99
(£258.49) £219.99
(£258.49)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail £219.99
(£258.49) £219.99
(£258.49)
EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (E891) £359.99
(£422.99) £359.99
(£422.99)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) £48.99
(£57.56) £48.99
(£57.56)
OCZ 4GB DDR3 PC3-10666C6 1333MHz ReaperX (2x2GB) Dual Channel DDR3 (OCZ3RPX1333EB4GK) £249.99
(£293.74) £249.99
(£293.74)
Sub Total : £1,173.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £207.18
Total : £1,391.07