[Al4x]

think theres 70A on the 12V DC

went for the 850W corsair tx as it was same price as the 750W

also gone for i7 920
1.5tb seagate 7200 with 32mb buffer
ATI 5850 HD

mobo and ram still puzzled about. looking at ocz gold and either gigabyte ud5 or asus p6t se or deluxe v2

 

[shake]

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Originally Posted by Al4x /img/forum/go_quote.gif think theres 70A on the 12V DC went for the 850W corsair tx as it was same price as the 750W also gone for i7 920 1.5tb seagate 7200 with 32mb buffer ATI 5850 HD mobo and ram still puzzled about. looking at ocz gold and either gigabyte ud5 or asus p6t se or deluxe v2

G.skill wins in price/performance hands down. The best, though, are corsair and mushkin, though every brand has a "performance" series. OCZ is kinda a gamble now, they seem to be sending out bad sticks more often. Gigabyte and asus are both good manufacturers.

 

[Al4x]

i really wanted the mushkin stuff cause its got nothing but good reviews, but seems unobtainable over here

cruicial now seems to get good rep as does corsair but yeah mushkin is what i was after .. ugh damn uk :/

 

[deltaspirit]

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Originally Posted by Al4x /img/forum/go_quote.gif its more the motherboard.. thats the thing i dont want to replace in a hurry and the cpu too yes, i need the whole thing, everything from psu to CPU yep, was hoping to overclock the cpu to 3.8ghz on the 920. as far as im aware the highest amd is the phenom 965 BE which i think is slower than the 920 and am unaware of its overclocking ability, and the motherboards i have no clue about i dont want an i5 cause the motherboards dont support 2 pcies at full 16x speed its either the amd 965 or core i7 920 as it stands im after the 920 atm cause its 'better' i wanna play games, i do a bit of cpu intensive x265 encoding [they are the main high end functions i use as welll as multi monitor!] [this is in response to both of you ]

Sorry for the later reply, looks like you will indeed be needing an i7 and there is support for the 6 core cpu's with that socket.

 

[3X0]

5850 is definitely the card you want. It's really the 8800 GTS 512 of this generation IMO but in a different way --- same or better value but the real punch is in the performance-per-watt and cool operation. I never have had a performance-level card that was this quiet before, either (fan speed generally stays at 21% and maxes out at 24%). The 5850 is the quietest high-end card ever produced so far (limited to reference cooling solutions, of course).

The fact that I could run my 5850 alongside my 4GHz Q9550 on my 300W (80 Plus) PSU blows my mind.. it consumes ridiculously low amounts of power for what it delivers. So yeah, you should have more than enough power.

Unfortunate side effect of the 5850 being so good is that it's priced way above MSRP nearly everywhere with no chance of prices dropping substantially until NVIDIA produces something that can compete.

Solid decisions on the other items too though I think 1156 is the better socket in the long run.

 

[Al4x]

reason i went with 850psu is for future and it can throttle down to 25%

i thought as i was going for a 100% new build id go the socket i did, the triple channel ram and true 2x 16x graphics lanes was the main factor
the 5850 is indeed expensive but worth its price

last decision is ram, so many speeds, latencies, brands, i dont know what i need, and what clock speef/latency


the PSU, CPU, board, cpu cooler, hdd are on route, i know what graphics, case im getting

it really only is the ram left :/ id like 998679 from mushkin, but cant get it here at all

 

[3X0]

The thing is that the i5 720 is $100 cheaper than the i7 920 and scales better in overclocking. IIRC the P55 chipset (socket 1156) also outperforms the X58 chipset (socket 1366) in benchmarks, even with triple-channel RAM in the latter. The X58 only wins in games very slightly when Crossfire/SLI is utilized with something like two 5870s, but generally loses in raw computation benchmarks and single-GPU setups. Sure, hexacores are coming to 1366.. but they're only going to be Extreme Edition for one and a half years, and cost over $1000.

Get DDR3-1600 that operates at 1.5v or less. You won't notice one iota of difference between CAS latencies, so just get some from a reputable manufacturer (Corsair, mushkin, G.Skill, et alia).

 

[Al4x]

ive already got the i7 comming, and eventually the hexacore prices will come down and ill have a board etc ready

1.5v at 1600 is almost impossible to find.. i cant find any!

its still the only piece i need!

 

[shake]

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Originally Posted by Al4x /img/forum/go_quote.gif ive already got the i7 comming, and eventually the hexacore prices will come down and ill have a board etc ready 1.5v at 1600 is almost impossible to find.. i cant find any! its still the only piece i need!

it doesnt have to be 1.5v, in fact, you want the memory that uses the lowest voltage. fyi, at the 1.65v mark, you will begin killing the i7's on-board memory controller.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/int...tage,6464.html

 

[Al4x]

right im in need of suggestions and little bit of help

p6t asus motherboard
i7 920 D0
850W corsair PSU
ATI 5850 GPU
1.5TB seagate HDD 32mb

mainly need the RAM and ATX case

ive figured that ram MHz isnt as important as timings or voltage, but am lost on what to get, with my first choice [mushkin] unavailable in the uk i cannot decide

id like 1333 or 1600MHz but with a 1.6v and 8-8-8 timings [or 7-7-7] and want to overclock and so not sure where this leaves me :/

also on cases, havent a clue as ive been with a laptop for 3 years

 

[shake]

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Originally Posted by Al4x /img/forum/go_quote.gif right im in need of suggestions and little bit of help p6t asus motherboard i7 920 D0 850W corsair PSU ATI 5850 GPU 1.5TB seagate HDD 32mb mainly need the RAM and ATX case ive figured that ram MHz isnt as important as timings or voltage, but am lost on what to get, with my first choice [mushkin] unavailable in the uk i cannot decide id like 1333 or 1600MHz but with a 1.6v and 8-8-8 timings [or 7-7-7] and want to overclock and so not sure where this leaves me :/ also on cases, havent a clue as ive been with a laptop for 3 years

yea ram doesnt matter that much, just make sure you're buying from a reputable brand. as for cases, go for a full atx tower case from thermaltake or silverstone or coolermaster or antec or nzxt

 

[Al4x]

thanks for the case brands

the ram i have my eye on is g.skill ripjaws cl8 8-8-8-24 1.6v 12800 [1600MHz]

i cannot find my 5850 in stock at a reasonable price ANYWHERE :/

looks like everything else is on its way except for these 2 items :/

[ps i got the noctura cpu heat sink [its HUGE! so big i couldnt believe it!]

 

[Equus]

Heh, if your heat sink is the tower type, yeah they're pretty massive. I have an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 in my current comp, and I remember wondering if I would still be able to close my case.

I second shake's choices of cases. I particularly like my Thermaltake because of how the bays are constructed so you don't have to use a screwdriver at all, large case fans, and there's a removable grill at the intake fan to help cut down on dust in the box.

 

[Al4x]

im not sure how much room im gonna need after fitting this.. this is a pic of it from google

i know its hight, but dont know how big the case will have to be to fit it,
its 158mm from cpu joing point to its top, and the cases im looking at seem to be 220 wide..good enough?

also, if im fitting a large 5850 card, im also unsure of what cases will fit.. looking at these
http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?W...source=froogle
http://www.saverstore.com/product/20...-Case--No-PSU-
http://www.svp.co.uk/technology/pc-c...zxt-01002.html
http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?W...source=froogle

[not from those sites necessarily]

btw, thanks for all your help so far guys

 

[shake]

I know right? having a tower heatsink makes you feel more like a man

. As a general rule, take the height of your heatsink and add 40mm and that's at least how wide your case should be.
All those cases should be able to fit the 5850 as long as you dont install your harddrive in line with the video card.