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    Question Last minute Upgrade Opinions sought...

    in the next week and a half I plan on ordering the parts to upgrade my system, this is what I have selected:

    LN27163 Intel i7 920, D0 SLEBJ S1366, Nehalem, 2.66 GHz £204.90
    LN26454 Asus P6T Deluxe V2, Intel X58, SLi/Xfire, Sok 1366 £204.90
    LN14373 Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound £4.95
    LN25719 Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366RT 120mm heat sink KIT £51.62
    LN25578 Thermalright Ultra Series Polycarbonate Fan Holder £4.59
    LN24850 Thermalright 120mm Fluid Dynamic Bearing Fan £11.49
    LN25380 LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±R, 16xDVD±DL £16.43
    LN26163 CM STORM Sniper Black Ultra Mid Tower Gaming Case w/o PSU £124.17
    LN27874 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR3, PC3-12800 (1600) 7-7-7-20 £129.38
    LN26468 Corsair Airflow Fan for up to 6 x module cooling £23.74
    LN26886 2 X 1TB Seagate ST31000528AS Barracuda 7200.12 £125.93

    Total cost at Scan £915

    I went for the Storm Sniper case as it has Dust Filters. I will be overclocking the i7 to around 3.6 (more if stable and cool).

    I will also be buying 2 X Sapphire HD 4890 Atomic (1000/4200) Graphics Cards from elsewhere (unless Scan can get them on the 30th), and a side fan for the case direct from CoolerMaster.

    Total cost at other places £515

    Total cost of upgrade: £1,430

    I already have CoolerMaster Real Power M 1000W PSU, 320Gb HDD, 17" 1280x1024 Monitor, CLSB Audigy (1) PCI. Next year I will get a 24" Widescreen Monitor, 2 more HDDs, 1 SSD, CLSB PCI-E sound card and webcam.

    Does all this sound OK?
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    Re: Last minute Upgrade Opinions sought...

    UPDATE

    It's been suggested to me that I would be better off getting a single Sapphire 4890 Vapor-X now and then a single 58xx Series card in October. Then next year I would get a second 58xx card and a 24" 1920x1200 monitor.

    Thoughts?

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