Soldato
spec me a gaming tower - £600
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Soldato
x16 to it 
+ If your like me and have a weird buzzing when using onbard, then yes Was going to get a Sound Card, but meh, Case first 
+ If your like me and have a weird buzzing when using onbard, then yes
Was going to get a Sound Card, but meh, Case first 
Caporegime
x16 to it
wrong.
Single card mode its 16x for first slot.
In crossfire its 8x for the first, 4 x for the second. Crossfire is slow.
Caporegime
This is still the best spec here.
Even the case is better, as proven by ocuk shop staff.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18134692
Soldato
+1 for stulids spec.
Soldato
Better case, but i'm not a fan of the ram or hdd.
Mind, the MoBo's better
Mind, the MoBo's better
Caporegime
Here's the Asus specification page for the M4A785TD-V
as you can see it only operates the second slot at 4x.
http://uk.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=fcsXWSxnhzZE9mR&content=specifications
And as for the Cool-it cooler, a Titan Fenrir is half the price and provides lower temps.
as you can see it only operates the second slot at 4x.
http://uk.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=fcsXWSxnhzZE9mR&content=specifications
And as for the Cool-it cooler, a Titan Fenrir is half the price and provides lower temps.
Caporegime
God knows why that link aint working? Just type the motherboard number into the asus search, then choose specification.
Soldato
Just the OcUk spec has 2x 16 PCI lanes
++ Since everyone has gone the AMD route, which I do see the better option with your budget, I thought I'd throw an intel in. Now, if you use your hard drive, you can get a 32nm i5 chip for £10 more than this spec, like this one. But if you don't, this is the spec I made
I understand many people get that chip around 4Ghz without having to go overboard on the cooling front, so that'll get you along nicely. Plus, its Intel, who has always been reliable on me (touch wood)
++ Since everyone has gone the AMD route, which I do see the better option with your budget, I thought I'd throw an intel in. Now, if you use your hard drive, you can get a 32nm i5 chip for £10 more than this spec, like this one. But if you don't, this is the spec I made
I understand many people get that chip around 4Ghz without having to go overboard on the cooling front, so that'll get you along nicely. Plus, its Intel, who has always been reliable on me
(touch wood)
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Caporegime
The ocuk page is wrong.
The AMD 785 can't do proper crossfire, it physically doesn't have enough pci lanes to share between the slots.
The 790chipset does have enough.
Edit. What ocuk says is there are two 16x slots, which there are, only the second one isn't fully connected, the slots are 16x in lenght.
The AMD 785 can't do proper crossfire, it physically doesn't have enough pci lanes to share between the slots.
The 790chipset does have enough.
Edit. What ocuk says is there are two 16x slots, which there are, only the second one isn't fully connected, the slots are 16x in lenght.
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Caporegime
Just the OcUk spec has 2x 16 PCI lanes
++ Since everyone has gone the AMD route, which I do see the better option with your budget, I thought I'd throw an intel in. Now, if you use your hard drive, you can get a 32nm i5 chip for £10 more than this spec, like this one. But if you don't, this is the spec I made
I understand many people get that chip around 4Ghz without having to go overboard on the cooling front, so that'll get you along nicely. Plus, its Intel, who has always been reliable on me
Hand on heart.
I'd rather have this, than your first spec.
Soldato
Don't OcUK have the 890GX stuff yet?
Asus + ASRock have Core Unlockers built into the 890 boards, but I don't really know much about AMD
Asus + ASRock have Core Unlockers built into the 890 boards, but I don't really know much about AMD
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Caporegime
Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 is mint but costs £120.
There's the cheaper non usb3 version, but as name suggests doesn't have usb3.0, they both have sata3.0 and provide 8x to both slots.
There's the cheaper non usb3 version, but as name suggests doesn't have usb3.0, they both have sata3.0 and provide 8x to both slots.
Soldato
I'd still go intel though
+ you can use the onboard for a month or two whilst you save up and see what nvidia bring to the table, or if ATi prices fall get a 5850 when you can afford. All options with the amd + i3 setups here
My opinion: intel have the best CPUs on the Market for high perf + stability and their i3 is meant to have cracked the 100 quid market. This could also be an upgradeable route on the future too
+ and spelling mistakes is the fault of the iPhone
++ it seems crazy how my i7 setup was £70 more in November than the i3. There was no gpu then though
+ you can use the onboard for a month or two whilst you save up and see what nvidia bring to the table, or if ATi prices fall get a 5850 when you can afford. All options with the amd + i3 setups here
My opinion: intel have the best CPUs on the Market for high perf + stability and their i3 is meant to have cracked the 100 quid market. This could also be an upgradeable route on the future too
+ and spelling mistakes is the fault of the iPhone
++ it seems crazy how my i7 setup was £70 more in November than the i3. There was no gpu then though
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Caporegime
www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/83?vs=118
I'm not convinced.
the PhenomII X3 720 is cheaper.
What do you think the 955quad core spec will do to your i3spec? destroy it? obliterate it? do to it, what the USA army has done to baghdad!
I'm not convinced.
the PhenomII X3 720 is cheaper.
What do you think the 955quad core spec will do to your i3spec? destroy it? obliterate it? do to it, what the USA army has done to baghdad!
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+1 for Zalman Z7 plus case. Just built my new rig in it. Excellent cooling, looks good, and can't go wrong for that price. The only thing it lacks is not having the best cable management features
Look here if you want to see mine (With my terrible cable management skills)
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18136009
Look here if you want to see mine (With my terrible cable management skills)
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18136009
+1 for the PhenomII X3 720 BE.
I have one, and can confirm it is the dogs dangly bits. Runs very cool even with a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.
Also instead of all the OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Modular PSU that have been posted, I'd go with the Antec TruePower New Modular 550W PSU. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-118-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1088
I have one, and can confirm it is the dogs dangly bits. Runs very cool even with a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.
Also instead of all the OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Modular PSU that have been posted, I'd go with the Antec TruePower New Modular 550W PSU. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-118-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1088
Caporegime
Nice psu idea.
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Soldato
I agree with you, the PSU is good, one of the 80+ psu's so its very efficient. And the 720BE is close to the Quad cores, and you can get them at a similar price to a 555
THatnks for all the replies guys, I've put together a fiit's a little bit over my budget i know but would there be any drastic changes to this, and what do you think?
AMD PHENOM II X4 955 £135.99
ASUS M4A79XTD-EVO £89.99
Antec TruePower New Modular 550W £62.99
G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB DDR3 £99.99
XFX HD5770 avp edition £127.98
SAMSUNG F3 500Gb £44.99
SONY AD-7240 DVD £15.99
ZALMAN Z7 MIDI CASE 41.99
Total £619.91
AMD PHENOM II X4 955 £135.99
ASUS M4A79XTD-EVO £89.99
Antec TruePower New Modular 550W £62.99
G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB DDR3 £99.99
XFX HD5770 avp edition £127.98
SAMSUNG F3 500Gb £44.99
SONY AD-7240 DVD £15.99
ZALMAN Z7 MIDI CASE 41.99
Total £619.91