A new build,opinons?

Minotar said:

Frostmourne said:

I'm still pushing Red - more bang for your buck.

LOL,i see you are.

As im saving up,cost isnt really an issue (i still wont spend massive money though) and the intel set up gives me what i want where as the AMD doesnt.

At the minute the things im thinking might change are
1156 socket -1366 socket
980 i7 - 920 i7
Whether or not to get an ssd
Watercooling,Fans

I still have to look up alot before i hand the money over but the basic set up,ill stick with it.

AMD doesn't - can you explain? As for the SSD I'd choose a single fat 1TB HDD anyday until prices drop - a lot. Watercooling is most likely unnecessary unless you want to push a chip to 4.0GHz+.

Minotar said:

Frostmourne said:

AMD doesn't - can you explain? As for the SSD I'd choose a single fat 1TB HDD anyday until prices drop - a lot. Watercooling is most likely unnecessary unless you want to push a chip to 4.0GHz+.

An Intel build
I have an AMD build at the minute,i want to try Intel.

Thats what i have to think about,how far im going to push the proccessor.

A 64 X2? That definitely needs upgrading. You can push the i7 860 (socket 1156) to 3.4GHz + with a good cooler. What GPU are you going for? A 4890 is decent and any new DirectX 11 features in games will be ignored.

With Crossfire you may experience micro-stuttering, I'd stick with a single 4890 - it can overclock further thanks to a revised core.

Frostmourne said:

Minotar said:

Frostmourne said:

AMD doesn't - can you explain? As for the SSD I'd choose a single fat 1TB HDD anyday until prices drop - a lot. Watercooling is most likely unnecessary unless you want to push a chip to 4.0GHz+.

An Intel build
I have an AMD build at the minute,i want to try Intel.

Thats what i have to think about,how far im going to push the proccessor.

A 64 X2? That definitely needs upgrading. You can push the i7 860 (socket 1156) to 3.4GHz + with a good cooler. What GPU are you going for? A 4890 is decent and any new DirectX 11 features in games will be ignored.

My Last build was an Upgrade from an AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4Ghz to an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83Ghz and it runs stock at 3.41Ghz on my Board, Literally by default! (ASUS P5E Deluxe)

Minotar said:

I was looking into building a new desktop from scratch,i bought my current one pre made and was planning on upgrading it but decided that id save up and build a newer better one.
Im using a new shop i found, Komplett.ie - Webshop for PC components, Sound & Vision, Digital Imaging and Gaming
It has mainly the same things as Overclockers UK buts a little bit cheaper becasue i can collect to save delivery costs (its only in Blanchardstown,Dublin) and i can get everything quicker and dont need a laser/credit card which can be a pain.
The spec i was going for was:
Product Type Price
MotherBoard Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5,X58 €216.11
Case Antec Nine Hundred Midi Tower Black €89.62
DVD Drive Samsung Super-WriteMaster SH-S223C (X2) €43.82
Grahics Card Asus Radeon HD 5750 - 1 GB €135.94
Hard Drive Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 7200RPM €71.70
Hard Drive 2 Seagate 500GB 7200RPM Already Have
Memory Crucial DDR3 6GB 1333MHZ €144.40
Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop LX710 Laser €58.76
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop LX710 Laser Included^
Monitor Iiyama Pro Lite LCD display 24" (X2) €374.44
Power Supply Corsair TX 650W PSU €82.66
Processor Intel Core i7 Quad Processor i7-860 (2.88Ghz) €259
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio (PCI) €58.76
Cables Serial ATA cable 50cm (x2) €10
2 metre PoweCable €3.98

€1,549.19

So,any massive oversights or something that would be better?
You can compare off my old spec in the System spec tab.

I tried to make the above more readable but the forum is taking the spaces out on me


Cheers
Dan

holy crap,you can buy solid car for that much money!

Hard Drive Cables- Serial ATA(SATA)
Use this for SATA cables, I know the best price I can get for a SATA II Cable not online, is $4 for a 12" Ultra thin at Fry's, and online I can get a 18 inch SATA Data and Power Combo Cable in whatever Colour I want for the same price.