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  • 06-01-2011 2:31pm
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    demanufactured
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    Anyone got any recommendations for this build.

    Will be doing this towards the end of this month - mid feb

    Will be my main system , for gaming and everything else, was gonna go for a gigabyte UD3r mobo , but went for the AsRock to cut down on price.

    P.S
    I already Have a case

    Will be buying a windows 7 upgrade from software4students
    (PFFFFFT)


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    Jonathan
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    Go Sandy Bridge.


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    Monotype
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    I agree, go for Sandy Bridge. Get the i5-2500K and some P67 board.
    Next, get a better hard drive. That's a "green" power one (i.e., low power, good for storage, not so much for your main drive).
    I wouldn't really go for a 470, especially hardwareversand's "special item", unless you know that's it's a special offer and not open box. I think that a 6870 is much better from a heat and power use, although not quite as powerful. Maybe also consider the 1GB 460s.
    There's also some cheap 5870s floating around which might be best value.


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    Cheers for the input lads.

    Question is where can the cpu be got??

    Over clockers have the Mobo's but dont seem to have the chip yet????

    Hardwareversand dont seem to have anything of it yet??


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    Monotype
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    They were on overclockers yesterday. Give it a day or two, I'd say.


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    Jonathan
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    HWVS had the motherboards last time I looked. No CPUs though.

    They would definitely be in stock by mid-Feb I'd imagine.


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    What advantages does the sandy bridge have over the 1366 i7 chips?

    By the looks of it the mobos only take dual channel RAM (4 slots as oppossed to 6)?


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    Jonathan
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    New architecture, as opposed to just a die shrink.


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    Komplett-Tech: Ryan
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    No where will have the Cpu's showing in stock until the 9th. As thats the official launch date. But alot of places will already have them in stock. But be prepared for them to be as rare as rocking horse ****e for the first week or two.


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    Did up a spec from hardwareversande for a sandy bridge system

    definatly works out cheaper

    756 eur total


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    Monotype
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    An 800W PSU is completely overkill. A 650W would be beyond your needs but still has a lot of upgrade room.


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    Monotype wrote: »
    An 800W PSU is completely overkill. A 650W would be beyond your needs but still has a lot of upgrade room.

    I like overkill


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    Serephucus
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    demanufactured wrote: »
    I like overkill

    I'd go for a name-brand PSU though. Flower Power or whatever it was? :s


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    Monotype
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    Superflower have some decent PSUs, but I'm not sure if that's one. I'd be very wary of a "special item" version of any PSU as they could be returned items - not a good idea with a PSU. The 800W amazon and cystal twilight are probably safer bets for quality. Or even the XFX Core Edition 850W would save you a bit of money.
    Seriously though, you'd barely hit half that and PSUs are designed with highest efficiency around central load, so unless you intend to get two more graphics cards, you don't need it, but it is, of course, up to you.


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    I will definatly be adding a second card at some stage


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