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Re: new rig
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 4:17 pm
by qwert
right ive had another go wat do u think of this one
Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate w/SP1 - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English
Sapphire HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI Mini Display Port Out PCI-E Graphics Card x2
Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz XMS3 Memory CL9(9-9-9-24) for i7 motherboards
Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache
LG BH10LS30 10x BD-RE with DVD±RW & LightScribe SATA Blu-Ray Drive
Asus P8P67 Pro R3 P67 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio ATX Motherboard
total: £892
Re: new rig
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 8:24 am
by LuMbErJaCk
No case?

Re: new rig
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 12:20 pm
by qwert
I'm going to salvage all my other bits from my old rig but I've been having a look and I've changed my mind again I'm ganna go for a amd set up for wen the bulldozer chip comes out

Re: new rig
Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 12:33 pm
by HanZ
qwert wrote:I'm going to salvage all my other bits from my old rig but I've been having a look and I've changed my mind again I'm ganna go for a amd set up for wen the bulldozer chip comes out

Best to wait for the benchmarks. after this
read I have my doubts it will be any better then intel i7 2600k.
Re: new rig
Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 10:20 pm
by Sky
HanZ wrote:qwert wrote:I'm going to salvage all my other bits from my old rig but I've been having a look and I've changed my mind again I'm ganna go for a amd set up for wen the bulldozer chip comes out

Best to wait for the benchmarks. after this
read I have my doubts it will be any better then intel i7 2600k.
But it will be substantially CHEAPER

a £200 AMD will be faster than £200 Intel stop comparing clock speeds and compare prices instead
Re: new rig
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 1:20 pm
by Welsh
intel fanboy rentboy.
Re: new rig
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 11:22 pm
by qwert
I've got my final rig setup sorted with help from hanzy it's going to be amd I will post it up soon

Re: new rig
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 7:34 pm
by qwert
AMD Phenom II X6 Black Edition 1090T 3.2GHz Socket AM3 9MB Cache 125W Retail Boxed Processor
206344 Asus CROSSHAIR IV FORMULA 890FX Socket AM3 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
173122 Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 XMS3 i5 Memory Kit CL9(9-9-9-24) 1.65V
259866 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate w/SP1 - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English
225415 OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E SSD 2.5" SATA-II Read = 285MB/s, Write = 275MB/s 50,000 IOPS
182435 Western Digital WD10EARS 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 5400rpm 64MB Cache - OEM Caviar Green
195145 LG BH10LS30 10x BD-RE with DVD±RW & LightScribe SATA Blu-Ray Drive - Retail Box with Soft...
MSI HD 6950 Twin Frozr III Power Edition AMD Radeon Graphics Card - 2GB
this is wat im going to get hopefully i should get most of it today and i will order the grathics card tomorow or somthing
Re: new rig
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 10:30 pm
by Welsh
gtx 580 qwerty
Buy one for me, and ill swap you for my 5970
Very similar to my setup.......
I have phenom ii x4, crosshair iv formula (its one sexy motherboard!) Are the 6 series actually much better than the 5 series ati? They just look to be cheaper than the 5 series were...........
Re: new rig
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 5:25 pm
by HanZ
according to this
chart your 5970 should be equal to the 580.
