Which Card for Gaming?

[bJN]

Or when selecting parts, I have come up with:

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail + Colin McRae Dirt 2 Full Game A
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 10666C9 1333MHz TwinX Dual Channel (TW3X4G1333C9)
Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS)
NZXT BETA Classic Series Case - Black (No PSU)
Sony Optiarc AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
2 x Xilence XPF120R Red Wing 120mm Quiet Fan
2 x Akasa SATA-2 45cm Silver Data Cable

what was the total cost on that? I'm a tad too lazy to search

 

[cmndr_andi]

what was the total cost on that? I'm a tad too lazy to search

£846.06 inc. delivery

 

[bJN]

£846.06 inc. delivery

hmmm.

should have that by the end of next month; problem is car insurance is up for renewal in january; sucks to be young :E

still; I'm tempted, need to update my ageing system...

 

[cmndr_andi]

hmmm.

should have that by the end of next month; problem is car insurance is up for renewal in january; sucks to be young :E

still; I'm tempted, need to update my ageing system...

If I were you, go for the i5 system I specced above for £781 instead. Also, make sure you pick up a copy of Windows 7 if you haven't already. School and University students can get Win 7 Pro Upgrade for just £30 direct from microsoft.

 

[Danger Phoenix]

This is what I would suggest. Just a matter of waiting for some 58xx series cards to come back in stock.

My mate has decided to go for the ATI 5870 so that will cost a little more. How comes you decided to choose Intel rather than AMD?

 

[bJN]

My mate has decided to go for the ATI 5870 so that will cost a little more. How comes you decided to choose Intel rather than AMD?

then intel i core CPUs can pretty much be summed up as the dog's goulies
Majority of high-end builds are going with intel now...

 

[cmndr_andi]

How comes you decided to choose Intel rather than AMD?

Mainly because its faster, cooler and overclocks better. As it only costs £30 more when motherboard is included it makes a lot of sense.

 

[Danger Phoenix]

Created a new thread here with all the specs:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=15391603

 

[littlepuppy]

What are the specs of his system? Crucially, what is the capacity/make/model of his power supply?

I see you mentioned "Dell" there, that gave me a bit of a shudder. Which model did he subject himself to?

lol