What do you think of this spec?

MasterPlan1 · 24 Sep 2009 at 07:52

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £198.98
(£173.03) £198.98
(£173.03)
EVGA P55 *** Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard EVGA P55 *** Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £172.99
(£150.43) £172.99
(£150.43)
Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £159.99
(£139.12) £159.99
(£139.12)
Silverstone RV02 Raven 2 Case - Black (No PSU) Silverstone RV02 Raven 2 Case - Black (No PSU) £114.99
(£99.99) £114.99
(£99.99)
Corsair Dominator XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600C9D Twin3X (TW3X4G1600C9D) Corsair Dominator XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600C9D Twin3X (TW3X4G1600C9D) £72.99
(£63.47) £72.99
(£63.47)
Corsair H50 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1366) Corsair H50 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1366) £54.99
(£47.82) £54.99
(£47.82)
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin £9.99
(£8.69) £19.98
(£17.38)

Will all this jazz run on my 600w OCZ SXS PSU? It does have the 2x6pin... Sapphires site says that the minimum is a 500w, so I'm assuming yes... Will also be coupled with my 2x500Gb disks I currently have in my system right now.

reygjabla · 24 Sep 2009 at 09:22

Had a spare DVD Drive?

reygjabla · 24 Sep 2009 at 09:24

For 60 quid more, the I7 860 is better suited on those specs.

AnDyR0o · 24 Sep 2009 at 09:35

Yeh would go for the i7 as reygjabla said

PermaBanned · 24 Sep 2009 at 09:37

What's the total budget? I'd probably go for a cheaper case...

MasterPlan1 · 24 Sep 2009 at 09:44

I want the Raven. It looks awesome. I'm looking at selling a load of kit, then saving up £500..

Q6600, Asus Rampage Formula, 4Gb of OCZ Flex II, 4Gb of HyperX, PC7, 8800GTS 320Mb, I'm hoping to get about £350-ish for the lot.

MasterPlan1 · 24 Sep 2009 at 09:52

I might ditch the ***, and go with the EVGA P55 LE, I can get it from the states for £90.. taking the box down to £693, thus meaning, I only have to save up 350 if I make the sale price on all my current kit.

coolur · 24 Sep 2009 at 10:15

The Corsair H50?

I noticed you have the Corsair H50 on your list, will this fit out of the box on the 1156 CPU, just curious?

Coolur

MasterPlan1 · 24 Sep 2009 at 10:17

Not out of the box, but Corsair will send you a 1156 if you've not got one, but the EVGA boards have LGA775 HSF slots in them as well as 1156.

reygjabla · 24 Sep 2009 at 11:21

How about the length of the GPU. You think it's feasible on that case? :rolleyes:

MasterPlan1 · 24 Sep 2009 at 11:29

Both the HD 5800 series cards are virtually identical from the outside - except for length. The HD 5850 ends up shorter - around 9.5"/24cm, around HD 4870/90 length; the HD 5870 is longer, at 10.5"/27cm length - the same length as a 4870 X2.

Lastly we fitted our graphics card - a Zotac 9600 GT AMP! edition which is a single slot card. The Silverstone chassis can accept 10.5 inch cards and we managed to fit a 295 GTX without issue, although it was a close fit.