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« on: July 22, 2009, 01:14:21 PM »

In 6 weeks time I will be getting a new setup. The only Items I will not be getting are a Graphics Card, PSU and Blu Ray Drive.

Here are the specs i have planned

CPU: Intel Core i7 920 D0 2.66GHz Socket 1366 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor

Mobo:ASUS Rampage II Extreme iX58 Socket 1366 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

Ram: OCZ 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 Reaper Triple Channel Kit CL7 1.65V

Heatsink: XIGMATEK Thors Hammer Socket 1366 775 AM2 754 939 940 Heatpipe CPU Cooler

It ends up being £3 over budget which is fk all and that means i will get all of that for free except for the £3 i will throw in.

I will not replace the GC i have at the same time due to lack of funds. I currently have a 9500gt but that will get replaced once i have the cash.

I will continue to use my PSU which is a Coolermaster RealPower 520 Modular PSU (meaning it never drops below 520 and usually provides over 600)

What I want to ask is what changes would you make to what i have selected there. You guys seems to know your hardware way better than i do.
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« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2009, 03:05:17 PM »

Don't look at me, I just like the pritty flashing lights Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2009, 03:18:54 PM »

Don't look at me, I just like the pritty flashing lights Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2009, 05:26:44 PM »

Isn't it better to use RAM in pairs?
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« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2009, 05:50:24 PM »

Isn't it better to use RAM in pairs?

Not with the new DDR3 chipsets - they work in Tri-Channel mode (at opposed to dual channel like on most other boards)
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« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2009, 06:27:29 PM »

Looks ok to me.
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« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2009, 09:17:09 PM »

What GPU are you going to be using for that lot?
I would go towards a Gigabyte/EVGA mobo rather than that (Some of the higher end EVGA boards have an extra NB chip (not a whole x58 setup) for better PCI-e bandwidth)
Gigabyte if you have an ATI card or EVGA if you use nVidia cards Smiley

Also, that CPU is golden but the HSF could be better. I would recomend one of the Thermalright Ultra 120s which is as good as yours (if not better) but only needs 1 or no fans to do the same cooling Cheesy
Spend a good £10 on a fan for it though, you want it to be quiet!
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« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2009, 10:00:04 AM »

initially i will be using my current card a 9500gt

once i get a bit of spare cash i will then buy a gtx295 as they should be cheaper at that point with the release of the dx 11 cards coming out soon.

all this will be going in my coolermaster cosmos case Cheesy

I will look in to that heat sink it looks sweet and will def do the job. I cant complain when its all free Cheesy
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« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2009, 10:18:19 AM »

I would go towards a Gigabyte/EVGA mobo rather than that (Some of the higher end EVGA boards have an extra NB chip (not a whole x58 setup) for better PCI-e bandwidth)
Gigabyte if you have an ATI card or EVGA if you use nVidia cards Smiley

As someone who owned an EVGA board I can strongly advise against getting one.  It was the worst decision I ever made, it was so terrible.  As soon as I switched to my Gigabyte board everything was perfect.
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« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2009, 12:46:56 PM »

What GPU are you going to be using for that lot?
I would go towards a Gigabyte/EVGA mobo rather than that (Some of the higher end EVGA boards have an extra NB chip (not a whole x58 setup) for better PCI-e bandwidth)
Gigabyte if you have an ATI card or EVGA if you use nVidia cards Smiley

Also, that CPU is golden but the HSF could be better. I would recomend one of the Thermalright Ultra 120s which is as good as yours (if not better) but only needs 1 or no fans to do the same cooling Cheesy
Spend a good £10 on a fan for it though, you want it to be quiet!

i have that heatsink.... its awesome but do your homework on case to fit it as its bloody big Wink
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« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2009, 01:20:47 PM »

my case is huge its the coolermaster cosmos so i def think it will fit as its one of the biggest cases out at the moment. one of the reasons i got it was so i know it can fit in a huge gc and heatsink.
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« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2009, 02:53:37 PM »

If your going nVidia, I would get an EVGA board..
As of late, I have really gone off ASUS boards. Theyr good, but they never live up to the hype.

I traded my Rampage Extreme (X48) for a Foxconn Blackops and everything is a lot faster (although I did loose 1 pci slot and have to remove my sata card (just 2 extra ports, not a raid card) )

The EVGA and Gigabyte high end boards seem to get a lot better feedback than the ASUS ones anyway. Overclocking is also better on those. A Gigabyte board currently holds the WR OC on a 920 Cheesy
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« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2009, 10:20:08 AM »

Is it really necessary to get an i7? A friend of mine has one and if I were him I'd be disappointed.

The problem being that very few applications can use more than one of its "8" cores, meaning that you would probably be better going for a quadcore of the same price (although I guess you could be planning for the future).
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« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2009, 10:57:58 AM »

Or you could go for the obsean option and get a motherboard that supports multiple processors, and then fill those sockets with multi-core processors Cheesy

£962.96 (inc VAT)
http://www.dabs.com/products/supermicro-quad-intel-xeon-intel-7300-atx-57KB.html?refs=4294958790
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« Reply #14 on: July 25, 2009, 01:25:07 PM »

Is it really necessary to get an i7? A friend of mine has one and if I were him I'd be disappointed.

The problem being that very few applications can use more than one of its "8" cores, meaning that you would probably be better going for a quadcore of the same price (although I guess you could be planning for the future).

True, but a lot of new software including games are now being written in a multithreaded way.

The other plus is multitasking, Even on quad core I get little to no performance drop if I'm ripping a blueray to m2ts file, and playing TF2 at the same time.
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