FruitBooTeR
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Need a new comp.
Been ages since i built my comp so cant rememebr everything, can someone check this out and see if it will all go together, anything I could change, anything ive missed?
Need a decent pc that will last me a good number of years, mainly for personal usage like games and media.
I was thinking of getting 2 GTX's and putting them in SLI but think that might be a tad overkill? Or I might wait a bit and get the new GTX470 when they come out.
Things like monitor and case were just a quick pick atm so would proberly change, was just to give me an idea of price.
http://orders.ebuyer.com/customer/shopping/index.html?rb=0&action=c2hvd19jYXJ0
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Kif
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Its coming up saying the shopping cart is empty mate...
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FruitBooTeR
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Oh sorry thought it worked
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FruitBooTeR
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Just realised ive forgot disc drives...oh well 
[Edited on 29-03-2010 by FruitBooTeR]
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FruitBooTeR
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Reading reviews and looking on other sites id prob go for the ATI Radeon HD 5800 series over the nvidia now.
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noshua
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why VGA over DVI (the Acer monitor)?
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chris_uk
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if yu can stretch abit..
get the asus rampage II extreme board and that will mean you can get rid of your XFi extreme card as the rampage board has one (not on board, but just as you was going to buy it)
and i would also go for the Corsair H50 water cooling kit (dead easy, wont leak)
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FruitBooTeR
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quote:
Originally posted by noshua
why VGA over DVI (the Acer monitor)?
Never even noticed that you know, yeh I would go for a DVI when I actualy go to order.
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Originally posted by chris_uk
if yu can stretch abit..
get the asus rampage II extreme board and that will mean you can get rid of your XFi extreme card as the rampage board has one (not on board, but just as you was going to buy it)
and i would also go for the Corsair H50 water cooling kit (dead easy, wont leak)
Yeh the rampage does look like a better buy tbh.
If I can be bothered so learn how to plumb in water cooling that would be an option as it just looks 
but does it actually lower temps much more over fan based cooling? Or is it more for show? I know its a lot quieter though which is a bonus.
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
Or I might wait a bit and get the new GTX470 when they come out.
2x ATI 5850's would be cheaper then the above and would knock and 470/480 out of the water.
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chris_uk
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with the H50 no plumbing is required, and yea, it drops the temps considerably.
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PhilC
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Get a single 5870. You can add another in 6 months if you wanted. Better than getting two 5850s and wasting both slots
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xa0s
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Here's my new build:
I haven't decided on the GFX card yet. Any suggestions?
Also, is 8gB really worth it? How likely is it to get used over 4gB RAM?
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Richie
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AMD
May I direct you toward http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
The CPU you are buying is £141.56inc. vat. It scores 4299 on CPU benchmark. It sucks at overclocking.
For the money you are spending, you are best off going i7 930 which will overclock to feck, and scores 5852 on CPU benchmark as standard. When overclocked, it can hit 7649 
This, is what I think you should buy. Also - stuff the 2TB drive - you will get better performance with 2 x 1TB drives in RAID0, and you arent bothered by redundancy in the fact you were only going to buy 1 drive anywhoo 
As far as graphics cards go - depends what you wanna do. If your an avid gamer, buy a high end card such as an ATI 5850/5870. If you just want decent graphics without the cost, buy an ATI 5770. Personally, ATI drives me feckin insane due to shoddy drivers but they are definatly the winners at the moment.
Also if you want complete silence - you may want to revisit your cooling options 
[Edited on 30-03-2010 by Richie]
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Richie
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
quote:
Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
Or I might wait a bit and get the new GTX470 when they come out.
2x ATI 5850's would be cheaper then the above and would knock and 470/480 out of the water.
eh?
GTX470 = £300ish
Cheapest 5850 I can find at the moment is £225. That's still £450 for a dual GPU solution plus the additional cost of PSU power, and cooling overhead
The benchmarks for the GTX470's look interesting - seems they are struggling to keep up with the 5870's but only time will tell..... drivers are probably shit at the moment too.
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
with the H50 no plumbing is required, and yea, it drops the temps considerably.
Chris, is this just a single CPU cooler unit, which requires no additional equipment what so ever? I hate my CPU fan and want something quiet, however I dont have any water cooling what so ever.
quote:
Originally posted by Richie
Cheapest 5850 I can find at the moment is £225. That's still £450 for a dual GPU solution plus the additional cost of PSU power, and cooling overhead
Sorry, was ment to say 480, not 470.
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Richie
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The H50 is a complete sealed unit - what you see in the picture is all there is to it.
On the back of the rad is a 120mm fan and thats the only prereq - to have a 120mm exhaust fan mount on the rear of your case.
The pump is integrated into the block - and the power connects to the standard CPU fan control on your mobo.
It's a really tidy piece of kit. I got the Domino A.L.C. just before this came out and mine is pants in comparison 
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