Got a new rig, opinions please

[Fluffy]

Got my new rig, arrives today. Any opinions are welcome. (See specs)

 

[profdlp]

Well, if that's the best you could manage...

I'm kidding - that looks like a terrific computer! Are you a gamer? It would be a shame to not give that video card a good workout.

 

[Fluffy]

Yes I am a gamer, upgrading from Intel Core 2 Quad 8400S, 4gig DDR2 800 ram, ati radeaon 5770.

 

[profdlp]

You ought to have some fun with that.

 

[Fluffy]

Yea I can't wait. I am sure I will get 7.9 on all but the HDD WEI score.

 

[Maccman]

I have just been comparing my graphics card against yours and yours comes out slightly.....massively better. Yes you have a good systems there.

GeForce GTS 450 1GB vs Radeon HD 6970 – Performance Comparison Benchmarks @ Hardware Compare

 

[smarteyeball]

Yea I can't wait. I am sure I will get 7.9 on all but the HDD WEI score.

...and the CPU.

Are you planning on upgrading your monitor as well to make the most of the 6970?

 

[Fluffy]

Yea I can't wait. I am sure I will get 7.9 on all but the HDD WEI score.

...and the CPU.

Are you planning on upgrading your monitor as well to make the most of the 6970?

Why wouldn't I get 7.9 on the cpu?

I am getting either a 22" or 24" monitor soon yes.

 

[smarteyeball]

An 1090T is only good for 7.5 at stock clocks. Then again it's only the WEI, so it's nothing to be worried about

Either way it's a good new build which you'll enjoy

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Fluffy,
That is going to be a crazy fast system. I would consider the investment of a SSD drive if you can afford it. Why fresh install everything onto a 16mb cache spinner? at the very least invest in a smaller and faster spinner with 64mb cache and then place all the data on the 1/2 TB. Oh and I just got two new 23" LG LED's and they're very nice for the money my only gripe and it's really a non issue is there isn't vesa mounts so I have to just use the OEM stands...oh darn. Another idea is go with two more LG 19's as they have to be very inexpensive and run them all in Eyefinity if you have the real estate.
http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/amd-eyefinity-technology/Pages/eyefinity.aspx

 

[pparks1]

An 1090T is only good for 7.5 at stock clocks. Then again it's only the WEI, so it's nothing to be worried about

Agreed, don't focus so much on the WEI. A 1090T should perform quite nice. I mean, my Q9550 from 2 years ago gets a 7.0...so as you can see this WEI isn't really indicative of true performance as a 2 year old newer CPU should really outperform an older one.

 

[johnwillyums]

Get a good monitor with an IPS panel rather than a TN panel. Here's two great value IPS monitors. They are 23" which is now the standard 16:9 .
A 24" 16:10 monitor will cost you a lot more and you might find it as cheap to look at both of these companies 27" models.

Viewsonic » VP2365-LED

Dell UltraSharp U2311H 23inch Monitor Details

These retail at around £200 which is amazing for IPS technology.

 

[Fluffy]

I don't plan on spending that much on a monitor. 22" is fine for me.

 

[Kipper]

The board is sweet, I am just playing with the Crosshair V as I started a review of it today.

The Vengeance might only net you a 7.8 but as said earlier, its just WEI. Now, you will be set for Bulldozer when ever AMD gets off their butts.

You want to make this new system really snap to then you really should invest in a small, say 64 or 80GB SSD for the OS, that will be the best bang for the buck upgrade you could do now.

 

[Joan Archer]

The thing I'm jealous of is that fibre optic broadband