need advice (building a system)

[savas110]

Check out this post and below. it should answer your questions about RAM.

nice read, thanks. i'll keep reading it.

after looking at that, which one should i go for? (best for my system):

£134.99inc vat
Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10666 XMS3 i7 Memory Kit CL7(7-7-7-20)
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/178947

or

£157.73inc vat
Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Dominator Memory CL8(8-8-8--24) for i7 Motherboards
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152641

here's the category that i'm looking in:
http://www.ebuyer.com/search?page=1&...=320&ca630=6GB


here's what is in my shopping basket:
Coolermaster CM690 Dominator Black Mid Tower Case - No PSU - £59.37
Asus P6TD Deluxe X58 Socket 1366 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard - £208.11
Intel Core i7 920 D0 2.66GHz Socket 1366 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor - £212.13
Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Dominator Memory CL8(8-8-8--24) for i7 Motherboards - £157.73

Cart total inc vat: £637.34

also i need to add an extra £150 for gpu and £50 for hdd.. i'll be quite over budget, but i think it's worth it? can anyone give me a good/bad on this^.

(already have a 1000 psu so no need for that.)

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

nice read, thanks. i'll keep reading it.

after looking at that, which one should i go for? (best for my system):

£134.99inc vat
Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10666 XMS3 i7 Memory Kit CL7(7-7-7-20)
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/178947

or

£157.73inc vat
Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Dominator Memory CL8(8-8-8--24) for i7 Motherboards
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152641

here's the category that i'm looking in:
http://www.ebuyer.com/search?page=1&...=320&ca630=6GB


here's what is in my shopping basket:
Coolermaster CM690 Dominator Black Mid Tower Case - No PSU - £59.37
Asus P6TD Deluxe X58 Socket 1366 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard - £208.11
Intel Core i7 920 D0 2.66GHz Socket 1366 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor - £212.13
Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Dominator Memory CL8(8-8-8--24) for i7 Motherboards - £157.73

Cart total inc vat: £637.34

also i need to add an extra £150 for gpu and £50 for hdd.. i'll be quite over budget, but i think it's worth it? can anyone give me a good/bad on this^.

(already have a 1000 psu so no need for that.)

I would either go with a Phenom II or Core i5 based build and get an HD5850 or a pair of HD5770 cards in Crossfire.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

For example:

DFI LanParty DK790FXB ~ £112

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/DFI-L...3Gb-s-RAID-ATX

Has a pair of PCI-E 2.0 16x slots

4GB DDR3 ~ £75

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...L9D-4GBRL.html

Phenom II X4 955 ~ £125

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/AMD-P...he-125W-Retail

A pair of HD5770 1GB graphics cards ~ £234 to £240

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176938

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/175731

Coolermaster CM690~ £60

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131551

Samsunf F3 500GB ~ £36

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=1073587

A pair of HD5770 1GB cards in Crossfire is a powerful combination:

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles...?cid=3&id=3040

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/294...e_x/index.html

It is worth looking at these two articles comparing the Phenom II and Core i7 in Crossfire setups:

http://www.modreactor.com/english/Re...re-i7-920.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ng,2403-3.html

The total comes to under £650 excluding postage. OTH,Ebuyer and Novatech have free postage and Scan has free postage available on orders over £20 excluding VAT once the OP reaches 20 posts.

[savas110]

I'm kind of thinking to go i5 and just reduce the price tag a little, but I'm happy with the result that I think it's worth it to stick to the current price..

i'll find a hdd and figure out the best option for the gpu before ordering.

thanks for your help everyone. if you have any other suggestions or hdd/gpu recommendations.. always welcome.

[spac3d]

If you can afford it, do it. Can you sell anything to make way for your new rig?

[savas110]

yeah i could do that, my mate was in need of a cheap machine, this should be perfect for him. how much can i sell a full machine with these specs?

amd athlon 64 3500+
1gb ram
8800 gt

[nibbler]

£200?

[peackshelb]

I had a very similar dilema to you, and went for the i5 as I was able to get a Gigabyte GA-P55M_UD2 motherboard, i5-750 CPU and 4GB of corsair RAM for under £300. Combined with a 5850 for just under £200, I figured that the £250 I saved over a higher spec i7 system such as yours would go a long way to buying a new CPU/Mobo/RAM upgrade in a few years, when hopefully SATA3 and USB3 will be out and becoming useful, and by then I might actually need someting more powerful than the i5.

Good luck with your new build whichever components you choose.