yawn! i7 spec check

Will Gill · 15 Jan 2009 at 19:12

sorry guys sure you get sick of these

im treating myself to a new gaming(ish) box, please critique it and reccomend me a nice psu for all this little lot, also if any parts should be exchanged or removed please let me know.

many thanks in advance

95thrifles · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:40

Looks good, this Corsair is good and on this week only and will be enough for the system

icey_haj · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:46

You've gotta go modular though;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-009-ZA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1102

jakspyder · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:50

get the cosmos S edition, i just personally prefer it xd asides from that it all looks good, im very jealous! oh and i asume you have plenty of decent hard drive space already? cos that raptor wont last 10 mins once you fill it with games etc

is a 600W PSU enough? not much room for extra stuff if he has a 295 in there... :S

95thrifles · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:55

Yes its enough, and why modular? theres no need to go modular if youve got a decent case, which he does

Edward01 · 15 Jan 2009 at 20:56

Check if some one knows if that CPU fan will fit on your i7. It does only say LGA775 and I have no idea if they're compatable or not.

edit, ignore i missed the bolt through kit,

Will Gill · 15 Jan 2009 at 21:03

jakspyder said:
get the cosmos S edition, i just personally prefer it xd asides from that it all looks good, im very jealous! oh and i asume you have plenty of decent hard drive space already? cos that raptor wont last 10 mins once you fill it with games etc

is a 600W PSU enough? not much room for extra stuff if he has a 295 in there... :S

yeah got 2tb of normal drives, just wanted that one for booting, ill raid it up later

thanks for the advice on the PSU I've ordered that one

looking at the s edition now

icey_haj · 15 Jan 2009 at 21:13

95thrifles said:
Yes its enough, and why modular? theres no need to go modular if youve got a decent case, which he does

You would rather have a non-modular PSU than a modular one?

Will Gill · 15 Jan 2009 at 21:13

icey_haj said:
You would rather have a non-modular PSU than a modular one?

have to admit i have no idea what the difference is

been a while since i built a rig

RJC · 15 Jan 2009 at 21:26

Will Gill said:
have to admit i have no idea what the difference is

been a while since i built a rig

Modular allows cables to be removed when not used

icey_haj · 15 Jan 2009 at 21:27

Will Gill said:
have to admit i have no idea what the difference is

been a while since i built a rig

Basically a modular PSU has connectors on one end where you attach the cables that connect to your components. You only attach the cables you require, this means there is less clutter, it looks much neater and it improves the airflow.

Will Gill · 15 Jan 2009 at 21:32

icey_haj said:
Basically a modular PSU has connectors on one end where you attach the cables that connect to your components. You only attach the cables you require, this means there is less clutter, it looks much neater and it improves the airflow.

ah i thought that might be the case (pardont he pun!), but didnt want to assume in case it was a nice sizing/fitment standard

cant wait!!

benwoodcock · 15 Jan 2009 at 21:34

Modular means you can unplug the unused cables from the back of the psu.

Send that CPU and psu back and get different ones!!!

95thrifles · 15 Jan 2009 at 21:50

it also means you paying quite a hefty price premium, and as I said if you've got a decent case its not really an issue as you can tuck away the cables not in use, not that there there tend to be that many of them not in use on high end systems nowadays anyway, which means youre paying more for a useless feature

explicit4u · 16 Jan 2009 at 01:01

i dont really like modular PSU's either, but i know Corsair's PSU's are pure quality.

Hairboi · 16 Jan 2009 at 07:56

Don't see how you can dislike modualar psus

Will Gill · 16 Jan 2009 at 15:05

sweet all ordered being delivered tomorrow

went with the cosmos s edition and the zalman 600w PSU :cool:

pics to follow once I've blown it all up!

Will Gill · 20 Jan 2009 at 21:59

so it turned up today, and i built it, it rocks!

crappy piccies

few teething problems (its been a while) but its all lovely now!

any idea why I can only see 3gb of memory? I'm using ultimate

spitzoid · 20 Jan 2009 at 22:04

Will Gill said:
any idea why I can only see 3gb of memory? I'm using ultimate

Try putting the RAM in the first tri-channel slots i.e. first stick of RAM in slot nearest the CPU

edit: that might just be for the P6T actually. Worth a go though.

RJC · 20 Jan 2009 at 22:04

Daft question, did you install the 32bit or 64bit version of Windows, as Ultimate comes with both I think!

Download cpu-z and check all memory banks are being seen as correct values.