New Computer

I finally managed to save some money for a new computer, about three thousand and i wanted to buy a state of the art computer.

I wanted to know your opinions on which memory, motherboard, everything that i should get. Like, should i get the new generation of i7 or should i get the sixcore?
Which SSD should i get? Which RAM and how much should i buy? Which brand?
You know, that kind of stuff.



Processor: I was thinking on getting a sixcore i7 or the new generation of i7.
Memory: I was thinking OCZ, 2133 MHz GOLD or REAPER.
HD: I was thinking something like RevoDrive or whichever is the best and cheapest.
Motherboard: I was thinking EVGA Classified or Asus Rampage III
Video Card: GTX 580
DVD: I have no idea. I wanted a blu ray reader and burner.
PSU: I have no idea.
Case: I wanted an alienware case but thats a no go. Any ideas will help.



I'm also considering to have a notebook, so if you know a very good cheap notebook let me know :)

Look at another ram manufacturer,

OCZ Stops Making DRAM, Focuses on SSDs

For the rest of it start with the power supply before anything else with the components you're looking at. Thinking SLI down the road? If so going to need a bigger PSU than what you would need for a single card, and better to have it to begin with.

As for which CPU to go with, I would tend to go with the new i7 over the hexa-core if for no other reason than for the most part the hexa-core will cost almost as much as the quad.

Three thousand Euros, US Dollars, UK pounds? (May not matter, unless you can buy stuff from the US.)

In the USA, the I7-980x costs about $1k. The I7-970 is less than $900.

The highest-end Sandy Bridge CPU, the I7-2600K, costs about $330 (4 cores, plus hyperthreading). The I7-2500K is similar, but it lacks hyperthreading, and it's $225. The K CPUs (unlocked multipliers) are of interest mainly for overclocking, but the price differential over the locked ones is small. The main thing that you lose with the current Sandy Bridge CPUs is triple channel RAM; SB is dual channel. That won't arrive until later this year, in completely incompatible CPUs/motherboards.

SSD: the Revodrive is high performance, but if you want to use it for the OS (as most people do with SSDs), it requires a motherboard that can boot from PCI-E. Some (like my Asus P6T Deluxe) can't.

For the RAM, have a look here:

The Best Memory for Sandy Bridge | bit-tech.net

There's not much about brands, though. If I was buying some tomorrow, I'd probably be looking at Gskill.

I'd probably start with 8 GB (2 X 4GB). You'd need Win7 X64.

The GTX580 is a good graphics card. You may want to compare it to the ATI Radeon HD 6970.

PSU: Corsair is well regarded, but they have had some compatibility problems with Asus motherboards. eVGA recommends at least 600W (with at least 42A available at +12V) for a single GTX580. If you ever want to use two cards in SLI, nVidia has a certified list:

Build an SLI PC - Certified SLI-Ready Power Supplies

(The weakest PSUs on it for a pair of 580s are 900W.)

DVD (Bluray): anything but Lite-On.

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932. (If you can tolerate a full tower.)

The soon to be released SSD drive maybe cheaper, as essenbe stated, in addition they will be faster as well. OCZ showed off their SATA III SSD drive recently at read speed of 550MB/s; that will make my six month old Crucial C300 SATA III SSD drive with 350MB/s look so old...

Its actually three thousand dollars, and in order to answer all other questions i first must know whats dual, or triple channel?

I know its very stupid to not know this, but its always something i skipped to learn.
My guess would be that its like how many slots you use?

Dual Channel 2x2gb
Triple Channel 3x3gb


If so, what are the differences?

The main thing that you lose with the current Sandy Bridge CPUs is triple channel RAM; SB is dual channel.

I wouldn't get too hung up that little detail,

Core i5 2500K and Core i7 2600K review

Synthetics - Intel Sandy Bridge 2600K & 2500K Processors Review | [H]ard|OCP