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

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.

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?

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.

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
DPD Next Day ParcelShipping:£13.75
Total Vat:£214.07
Total inc Vat:£1641.19