Would you change any of this set up?

meusli · 31 Mar 2009 at 16:33

Hello everyone, I have seen a lot of good advice given to other purchases on this forum so I am now I want some of that good advice. I have held out a long time in upgrading as I was still on an an AMD 64 so the upgrade has to be a full one which costs money. I want to go for an i7 core for future proofing for the new Flight Sim BOB:Storms of War and to be able to play Empire on full whack. Anyway this is the system I am after, what do you think?

*OVERCLOCKED* Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) @3.33Ghz / Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 / OCZ 6GB DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Gold (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3/ Akasa Nero Bundle £528.99

BFG GeForce GTX 285 OCX 1024MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card - Retail £328.89

Samsung T240 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor (LS22TWHUSUV) £233.99

OcUK Extreme Gamer Bundle / Antec 900 Case / Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU £171.22

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - Fatal1ty Champion Series 7.1 Sound Card (70SB088600005) £137.99

LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail £76.98

Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 1TB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A38016) £70.99

Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (920-000375) £54.99

Logitech G5 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse (910-000094) £35.98

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.09

Total : £1,671.93

!TIMMY! · 31 Mar 2009 at 16:57

Personally I would get the logitech G9 over the G5, and maybe a Samsung F1 1TB over the Hitachi.

meusli · 31 Mar 2009 at 17:01

Thanks for the reply

I prefer the g5 for it's cheaper price and the Hitachi is slightly cheaper this week. But I probably will not buy this week so I will probably swap it for the Samsung Drive.

sketch145 · 31 Mar 2009 at 17:17

looks great, personally I would go for razer keyboard and mouse but thats just me, the logitechs are pretty awesome too to be fair.

meusli · 31 Mar 2009 at 17:20

I have a Razer Barracuda Sound Card and Headset which I am not impressed with, I don't know what there other stuff is like how do they compare?

hawker1986 · 31 Mar 2009 at 17:24

I would second the move to a samsung HDD over the hitatchi, even if its a little more its well worth it. Personally I prefer Razer to logitech, but either way im sure you would be happy.

Hawker

marlos · 31 Mar 2009 at 17:28

No need for the sound card.

sketch145 · 31 Mar 2009 at 17:31

the headset is notoriously bad though I've never tried one. don't know about the sound card but I cant imagine it's anywhere near the quality of the x-fi you specced (I have an x-fi fatality pro myself and it really is a great sound card)

on the keyboard and mouse front I use a razer diamondback 3g mouse and a lycosa keyboard along with a goliathus mousemat. It's a great combination in my opinion and features like macros and backlighting are really useful in ways you may not expect (photoshop shortcuts for instance) but you do get these features on the g15 too (and a geeky screen

) so It's all preference in the end, logitech make great gaming peripherals and the only reason I dont use a g9 is because I have midget hands

meusli · 31 Mar 2009 at 17:38

Cheers guys you have given me something to think on, I will change the drive to the Samsung one and read some reviews on the Razer mice/keyboards. The G9 to me looks butt ugly aswell and I like geeky screens

meusli · 31 Mar 2009 at 17:41

marlos said:
No need for the sound card.

I don't know why but since I got my first Sound Blaster I feel a PC is naked without a sound card. Daft I know but I am an audio person who spends most of the day listening to music so I feel its warranted if not really needed.

ThundyCat · 31 Mar 2009 at 17:46

Is it worth going with a GeForce 295? or would that be an overkill?

icey_haj · 31 Mar 2009 at 17:47

icey_haj · 31 Mar 2009 at 17:49

Thundycat said:
Is it worth going with a GeForce 295? or would that be an overkill?

295 is a waste of money, 4870X2 is much better value. If not that, then 260GTX SLI is about the same performance as the 295 and costs less as well.

I guess I can't argue with you now Thundy since you're a UB now.

marlos · 31 Mar 2009 at 17:56

meusli said:
I don't know why but since I got my first Sound Blaster I feel a PC is naked without a sound card. Daft I know but I am an audio person who spends most of the day listening to music so I feel its warranted if not really needed.

I'd look at diffrent make then.

meusli · 1 Apr 2009 at 09:28

Thanks for all the help guys, I changed a few things base on your input and went with this last night. Should be here Thursday, can't wait.

*OVERCLOCKED* Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) @3.33Ghz / Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 / OCZ 6GB DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Gold (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3/ Akasa Nero Bundle1£459.99

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (102-B50902-00-AT)1£292.00

Samsung T240 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor (LS22TWHUSUV)1£203.47

OcUK Extreme Gamer Bundle / Antec 900 Case / Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU1£148.89

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - Fatal1ty Professional Series 7.1 Sound Card (70SB088600000)1£79.99

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ)1£68.99

LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail1£66.94

Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (920-000375)1£47.82

Logitech G5 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse (910-000094)1£31.29

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVDąRW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM1£13.99

Sub Total:£1413.37
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Total Vat:£214.07
Total inc Vat:£1641.19