Which build should i go with....

syckle · 29 Nov 2010 at 17:11

AMD build..
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
(£170.20) £399.98
(£340.40)
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £176.24
(£149.99) £176.24
(£149.99)
Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
(£144.67) £169.99
(£144.67)
Corsair Force 40GB F40 2.5" SATA-ll Solid State Drive (CSSD-F40GB2-BRKT) £79.99
(£68.08) £79.99
(£68.08)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA-II 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EARS) £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £35.99
(£30.63) £35.99
(£30.63)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.46) £16.99
(£14.46)
Sub Total : £896.29

or go with an Intel build...
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
(£170.20) £399.98
(£340.40)
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £139.99
(£119.14) £139.99
(£119.14)
MSI P55-GD80 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £109.98
(£93.60) £109.98
(£93.60)
Corsair Force 40GB F40 2.5" SATA-ll Solid State Drive (CSSD-F40GB2-BRKT) £79.99
(£68.08) £79.99
(£68.08)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
(£56.16) £65.99
(£56.16)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA-II 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EARS) £44.99
(£38.29) £44.99
(£38.29)
Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £35.99
(£30.63) £35.99
(£30.63)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.46) £16.99
(£14.46)
Sub Total : £814.37

Any thoughts really appreciated....thank you.

stulid · 29 Nov 2010 at 17:13

The second one.

But you really need a bigger 60-64GB SSD - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-047-OC only an extra £13

and what PSU?

I assume this a PC for gaming?

syckle · 29 Nov 2010 at 17:14

I already have a 650 watt power supply....and what ssd do you reccomend ?

Yes is for gaming m8

stulid · 29 Nov 2010 at 17:15

syckle said:
and what ssd do you reccomend ?

Yes is for gaming m8

My ninja edit skilzzzz are above, for gaming a i5 760 is where its at.

I have a Crucial 64GB SSD, and am happy with the capacity, if I had a 40GB SSD.....I think I would cry.

hybrid572 · 29 Nov 2010 at 17:17

Just "650W" means nothing- what brand is it? Did you buy it recently?

The OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB that's on offer atm for £93.99 is a very good choice, and doesn't cost a lot more than your 40GB one.

ahenners · 29 Nov 2010 at 17:18

Definitely go for the 2nd one with the i5 and as said go for bigger than 40gb ssd

syckle · 29 Nov 2010 at 17:21

the power supply is an OCZ stealthstream 600 watt

stulid · 29 Nov 2010 at 17:23

syckle said:
the power supply is an OCZ stealthstream 600 watt

stealthXstream2 ?

should suffice for the job, will have to use the molex to pci-e adaptors supplied with the 6870 cards, but o well!!!

syckle · 29 Nov 2010 at 17:27

not sure tbh...without strippin the old 1 down......or should i just buy another to be safe?

stulid · 29 Nov 2010 at 17:29

Its either one of these two,

http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/power_management/ocz_600w_stealthxstream_power_supply

http://www.ocztechnology.com/produc...-stealthxstream-2-400w-600w-power-supply.html

I suspect its the top link, and I think it will be fine.

syckle · 29 Nov 2010 at 17:31

So the connectors that come with the gfx cards will be ok then?...
or will i need to buy some more.......also will the ssd need a caddy of some sort?

stulid · 29 Nov 2010 at 17:35

syckle said:
So the connectors that come with the gfx cards will be ok then?...
or will i need to buy some more.......also will the ssd need a caddy of some sort?

If you picked the "non lite" coolermaster 690mkII case, it comes with a SSD caddie built in, the lite version of the case is missing this+some fans.

If your PSU is that top one, then Hardware secrets gave it a good review - http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/OCZ-StealthXStream-600-W-Power-Supply-Review/451 so I do strongly believe your fine using it, especially as the ATI 6 series cards are a lot more power usage freindly than say a Nvidia equivalent.

The molex power adaptors that come with the cards will be ok, just ugly to look at.

syckle · 29 Nov 2010 at 17:43

that would be the

Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black

yes?

stulid · 29 Nov 2010 at 17:44

Yes.

http://www.coolermaster.co.uk/product.php?category_id=19&product_id=6632

Includes 1.8 and 2.5'' HDD and SSD adapter

Includes VGA card bracket up to triple GPU cards

and there is one more difference which I cant really remember, think it may of been the number of included fans.

syckle · 29 Nov 2010 at 17:45

thats fantastic m8....thx for your help...really appreciated.

syckle · 29 Nov 2010 at 18:07

would this be better as a cooler than the Titan Fenrir?

Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3)

stulid · 29 Nov 2010 at 18:12

syckle said:
would this be better as a cooler than the Titan Fenrir?

Corsair H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1156/1366/AM2/AM3)

Depends how far you want to overclock your CPU? that H50 starts to suffer at around 4GHZ, the titan Fenrir will go higher.

But will you be overclocking?

A i5 760 at 4GHZ is silly speed!!!

Its really your choice!!! just a bit more money at the end of the day, but will look good in the case, as I have a few back issues of Custom pc mag, and have seen the CM 690 II fitted with that H50-1 water cooler and its a very neat fit and look.

syckle · 29 Nov 2010 at 18:14

Yes i do want to dabble in overclocking a bit.......so would u stick with the titan then?

syckle · 29 Nov 2010 at 18:16

Also 1 last thing m8....is there any benefit to having 8gb of memory compaired to 4gb?

stulid · 29 Nov 2010 at 18:20

syckle said:
Yes i do want to dabble in overclocking a bit.......so would u stick with the titan then?

I happen to have a titan fenrir, but then I only paid £30 for it new.

Its really your choice, as I said even a 4ghz i5 760 isn't shabby, that would fly through any game, but will you even be going that high?

Luckily you have also selected ram that has a low height profile so the Titan fenrir will clear the tops of the ram, the H50-1 doesn't suffer from any size issues at all as the cpu header/pump assembly is very compact, so will fit any type of ram sticks.

The choice is yours.

syckle said:
Also 1 last thing m8....is there any benefit to having 8gb of memory compaired to 4gb?

Not for gaming.