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I have to say i was surprised to see the 5870 (Connect Radeon HD5870 1GB) cost 299 euro in Greece.It is the first time i've seen anything pc related cost less in Greece than it does in the Uk. Sadly the cheapest 5850(MSI Radeon HD5850 1GB) costs 235 euro so its a no brainer between the 2 cards...

tried with a brand new optical cable and still no luck. also tried connecting some spare crap speakers directly to the card and they worked fine. cant do anything more atm as i have to go to work. any more ideas?

i've got spdif as the default device,tried headphones and they didnt work either gonna try a new optical cable and see how it goes

i did that,still nothing :confused:

hi,my onboard sound card went fubar all of a sudden and i borrowed a friends audigy 2 with external panel until i get something sorted. windows 7 recognized the audigy 2 straight away but when i try to connect my creative inspire 5.1 digital s700 via optical cable i get no sound at all...

@paininlife : if its on the mobo qvl i dont see any reason not to get that one instead,cheers :)

ah ok,its a small difference but it keeps the cost at 3 figures instead of 4 :p

@ kenny : any reason for choosing XFX over sapphire that others suggested?i looked at both cards and the clocks are the same.whats the reason for the extra £10 ? :)

@ kenny : he is not on a set budget atm but i'd say about £1000.bear in mind his birthday is coming up and he might be willing to stretch that if it looks reasonable.he is not planning on changing any hardware on this rig for a couple of years after purchase,unless something dies obviously...

thanks for the quick replies guys he is not planning on overclocking any time soon,so is the stock cooler gonna be ok or does he need to get a 3rd party one?

Posting this for a mate of mine since the verification process for the forums is taking some time and he cant post yet. He is interested in an AMD build with the Crosshair III formula mobo and a 5870 gfx.No monitor, keyboard or mouse needed. Pretty much a gaming pc that can sufficiently...

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Do you think i am gonna need more fans in the case or better cooling on the cpu ?

Good idead,thanks for the heads up gonna go for 2 caviar blacks then :)

I've already got 2x1tb hdds on my current rig to use as storage plus 1tb external and i am not sold on the ssds atm. Ignore the 16 mb cache,copy-pasted the wrong drive. So,apart from the hard drive option any other thoughts comments?

Hi,just wanted to get peoples opinions on the setup i am planning on purchasing. Cpu : i7 920 Mobo: Asus Rampage II Gene Intel X58 Ram : G.Skill 3x2gb 12800C9 Gbnq Cpu cooler : Corsair h50 Case+PSU: Anted P183 +Corsair HX 750w (from my thread in case central) HDDs : 2 Western Digital...

i like the look of the p183 antec that sasahara mentioned,gonna see if i can stretch my budget for both the p183 and the corsair hx 750w. can anyone with the p183 comment on the noise lvl of the supplied fans(tricool ones)?

very good choices for both case and psu ,cheers mate

i am looking to spend up to £200 for both the case and psu. i am gonna look through the list of cases now,ideally i am looking for a plain case ;no lights,no color fans,as long as it fills the criteria of my first post its gonna be great.

thank you for your replies,i will look into those cases you recommended as well as the psu.