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new build, nice budget. need overkill.

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    #32
    Leman_Russ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭Leman_Russ


    Arrrrrrrrrgh my poor "good parts" gland...

    1) Drop the Asus Board. Get a Gigabyte UD4 for £136 (€149.745016).

    2) Unless you are running things that need the 8 Cores, don't bother and get a i5 750. Again, if you don't know if you need the 8 Cores, you don't need the 8 Cores.

    3) Ok, the ram is good.

    4) (Y_Y) I would NOT recomend getting two 5850s right now. Get one now (if you really must) and one later when the price gouging ends. Or even better, just get one 5850 and upgrade the GPU in 2 or 3 years. It will work out better value in the long run.

    Apologies for my cranky old man tone. I am a cranky old man. ;)


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    #33
    leninbenjamin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭leninbenjamin


    Leman_Russ wrote: »
    Arrrrrrrrrgh my poor "good parts" gland...

    1) Drop the Asus Board. Get a Gigabyte UD4 for £136 (€149.745016).

    I'm going to be an even crankier man. ;)

    I've an Asus P6T and i find it great. I've read a good few review's of the p7 and they all seem to get good reviews. So (their backstabbing attitude to the OCing community aside) why exactly do you hate their p55 mobos so much? I see you badmouthing Asus's p55s all the time yet i've never seen you give a concrete reason for this... curious like.
    Leman_Russ wrote: »
    2) Unless you are running things that need the 8 Cores, don't bother and get a i5 750. Again, if you don't know if you need the 8 Cores, you don't need the 8 Cores.

    The OP wants it future proofed, every dog and it's bone is into parallel programming these days, no harm sticking with the HT imo.
    Leman_Russ wrote: »
    4) (Y_Y) I would NOT recomend getting two 5850s right now. Get one now (if you really must) and one later when the price gouging ends. Or even better, just get one 5850 and upgrade the GPU in 2 or 3 years. It will work out better value in the long run.

    better yet, skip this current gen of DX11 hardware (there aren't even 10 games confirmed for DX11 yet), get a 4890 to bide you over til Nvidia enter the DX11 craze and ATI's prices actually become competitive again (hopefully by April, should be June-July at the latest).


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    #34
    BeansBeans
    Registered Users Posts: 584 ✭✭✭BeansBeans


    leninbenjamin wrote: »
    I'm going to be an even crankier man. ;)


    The OP wants it future proofed, every dog and it's bone is into parallel programming these days, no harm sticking with the HT imo.

    That sounds rather scary :p is that something you may be likely to encounter in 3rd year or + in computer science degree? :P


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    #35
    Leman_Russ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭Leman_Russ


    Bah, humbug I say. He should get an i5 then buy an i7 if he wants later

    Always good to have spare parts!


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    #36
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    after reading up, im gonna go with the asus board, an i5 (but im gonna try source an i7 cheaper if possible).

    still not decided on a case.
    im also gonna get 1 5850.

    should do what i need.


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    #37
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    The Corsair 800D is a simply awesome case, if you can find one anywhere :(

    I ordered one a month ago and still waiting. Awesome case, hot swappable drives, cable management to die for, and ready to hook up 3 x 360 rads from the go(some dremel work required)

    And the best part, all black interior.


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    #38
    Venom
    Registered Users Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    Anti wrote: »
    The Corsair 800D is a simply awesome case, if you can find one anywhere :(

    I ordered one a month ago and still waiting. Awesome case, hot swappable drives, cable management to die for, and ready to hook up 3 x 360 rads from the go(some dremel work required)

    And the best part, all black interior.

    You left out the part of the bad power coating and woeful cooling unless you add all new fans.


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    #39
    Blazer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,436 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    Get a 256GB SSD...128gb is just too small.

    You definitely won't regret it.
    I'm happily editing away in photoshop cs4 while the mate with his mechanical drive is still waiting for it to open :D


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    #40
    swirlser
    Registered Users Posts: 289 ✭✭swirlser


    Surprised no one has pointed out the incompatibility of the mobo and cpu the OP picked out above there...


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    #41
    Leman_Russ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭Leman_Russ


    Venom wrote: »
    woeful cooling unless you add all new fans.

    People actually use stock fans in cases? :confused:


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    #42
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Venom wrote: »
    You left out the part of the bad power coating and woeful cooling unless you add all new fans.

    I've not seen one case, or even heard of the bad powder coating. And first thing im doing is replacing all fans and the spaces where extra fans will be going will be filled up too. Have tested out the akasa apache fans, 60cfm and whisper quiet on full whack.

    I dont see why everyone is dissing this case into the ground, its pacticially a v1000/v2000 tj07/09 mixed into one, but better them them all.

    Yes, its stock cooling is **** with just 2 fans installed in a huge case, but no one with any sence will keep those fans or not add more.

    And that mobo is compatible with the 1156 i5/i7 cpu's. I should know, i have the board and have used the i5-750 and i7-860


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    #43
    Leman_Russ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭Leman_Russ


    Anti wrote: »
    And that mobo is compatible with the 1156 i5/i7 cpu's. I should know, i have the board and have used the i5-750 and i7-860

    I think he was talking about this link:
    http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=26007&agid=1191

    Thats a LGA 1336 board :pac:


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    #44
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Ah right, i thought RM was still going with the Formula III ?


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    #45
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    Leman_Russ wrote: »
    I think he was talking about this link:
    http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=26007&agid=1191

    Thats a LGA 1336 board :pac:

    And he paired it with an i7-860 in the same post, so at the time everything was kosher.


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    #46
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    sorry for the confusion, im going with the revolution and the i7.

    :D

    anti, im in love with that case now. cable dream! just gotta find one too :(


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    #47
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Komplett have guaranteed stock of it mid next week :D


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    #48
    swirlser
    Registered Users Posts: 289 ✭✭swirlser


    RoyalMarineComm wrote: »
    so if i got the

    asus board (€271,88)
    http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=26007&agid=1191


    i7 860 cpu (€232)
    http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=28357&agid=1300

    Sry, didnt think Id hold anyones hand on this one.... ^ this. Dont combine them.


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    #49
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    swirlser wrote: »
    Sry, didnt think Id hold anyones hand on this one.... ^ this. Dont combine them.

    Oh I see now, a 1156 i7 :o


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    #50
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Crazy intel with their crazy platform madness !


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    #51
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    Anti wrote: »
    Crazy intel with their crazy platform madness !

    I have the line "Seriously, how often do you look at a mans shoes" fron the Shawshank Redemption stuck in my head. :p


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    #52
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    anti, 250 quid. well worth it. ill order one as soon as i get paid!


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    #53
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Order it now, as you wont get invoiced untill it ships :D


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    #54
    noodletop
    Registered Users Posts: 209 ✭✭noodletop


    if you want overkill and i7 why not get this board and 4 of the cards

    http://www.evga.com/articles/00501/

    at 1600 its a bargin:eek: but gurantees 40% improvment in i7 extreme core chips and 47% in i7 non extreme chips

    only snag you might need a big case or a fridge to put it in:D


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    #55
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    Anti wrote: »
    Order it now, as you wont get invoiced untill it ships :D

    ive got one on reserve with komplett now. collect at their store in dublin.
    saly, no info on when its available yet.


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    #56
    Blazher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 812 ✭✭✭Blazher


    noodletop wrote: »
    if you want overkill and i7 why not get this board and 4 of the cards

    http://www.evga.com/articles/00501/

    at 1600 its a bargin:eek: but gurantees 40% improvment in i7 extreme core chips and 47% in i7 non extreme chips

    only snag you might need a big case or a fridge to put it in:D


    Ya i was looking at the 4-way. 500 USD. But i would love to know under what conditions you get that gurantees 40% improvment in i7 extreme core and how is the 40% jugged. Is it over a standard x58 board or a P4 based system :P


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    #57
    Cuddlesworth
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    Blazher wrote: »
    Ya i was looking at the 4-way. 500 USD. But i would love to know under what conditions you get that gurantees 40% improvment in i7 extreme core and how is the 40% jugged. Is it over a standard x58 board or a P4 based system :P

    Its fairly obvious. That put this board and a few other competitors on a water slide and it hit the bottom 40% faster then the rest. A fair test like most OEM benchmarks.


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    #58
    Effluo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭Effluo


    Blazher wrote: »
    But i would love to know under what conditions you get that gurantees 40% improvment in i7 extreme core and how is the 40% jugged.

    http://www.evga.com/articles/00501/

    If you click on the vid on this page^^^^

    you can see a load of people with their cold cold coldness(can't remember wtf it's called) nitrus... nevermind anyway they're overclocking the i7's with record results, i would imagine they get those "guarantees" from that... :(


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    #59
    Anti
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    Liquid helium is the new king in extreme cooling


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    #60
    Effluo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭Effluo


    Anti wrote: »
    Liquid helium is the new king in extreme cooling

    Yeah but does it make your voice go funny?


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    #61
    Leman_Russ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭Leman_Russ


    Anti wrote: »
    Liquid helium is the new king in extreme cooling

    Lies! Everyone knows that Liquid Mercury is better! :pac:


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