Hello all!
I need advice and opinions on my new build. Before I go ahead and purchase, can someone let me know if I'm doing something wrong or buying something that's going to be out-dated in 6-9 months or anything else that they've spotted? Thanks a lot. Really appreciated.
Here's the list:
Intel Core i7 950 Bloomfield 45nm, 3.06 GHz, QPI 4.8GT/s, 8MB Cache, 23x Ratio, 130W, Retail
£234.02
850W Corsair HX Series, Modular, 80 PLUS Silver, 90% Eff', SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, 7 Year Warranty
£129.23
6GB (3x2GB) Corsair Dominator, DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600), CAS 8-8-8-24, DHX, XMP, New connector, 1.65V
£111.81
Asus P6X58D-E, Intel X58, S1366, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR3 2000 (OC), SATA 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, ATX
£149.91
120GB Corsair SSD 2.5" Force Series 285MB/s Read 275MB/s Write, includes 2.5” to 3.5” bracket
£174.04
Corsair Hydro Series H70 High-performance CPU Cooler, LGA1156, 1366, 775, AM2/AM3
£72.83
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LianLi PC8FIB, Black, Mid Tower Case, USB 3.0, eSATA, 120mm LED Fan, w/o PSU
£129.20
Total: £1,047.52
Here's the direct link: (Sorry can't use a full URL due to forum rules).
scan.co.uk/savedbasket/432bb17ca85841ad8814d881f529e0e6
P.S. The only thing I'm missing at the moment is a graphics card, but I'll choose that after I've built my system. As I've not yet properly decided on which one.


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that said the top end i7 socket 1366 generally has more cores and speed than any game can make use of and should last a good long time.
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