Ash Report post Posted December 27, 2010 (edited) Hey so as you might know i study IT at college, so i've become very confident and decided it's time to make a monster... My current system is a Core 2 Duo with a decent DDR2 Gigabyte Motherboard, 4GB of RAM running XP and a low cost Geforce GTX GPU. Now the upgrade stage, im boosting upto a DDR3 Motherboard with 12GB of DDR3 Corsair Vengeance RAM. Intel i7 950 Processor and an overclocked Geforce GTX graphics card and running Windows7 Pro. Details are below. First the new Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 Express (socket 1366) http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gigabyte-ga-x58a-ud3r-rev-2-intel-x58-s1366-sli-xfire-pci-e-2-ddr3-2200-usb3-and-sata-6gb-s Processor - Intel CPU Core i7 950 Quad Core Processor - 3.06 GHz, QPI 4.8GT/s, 8MB Cache, 23x Ratio, 130W http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i7-950-bloomfield-45nm-306-ghz-qpi-48gt-s-8mb-cache-23x-ratio-130w-retail Memory (RAM) - Corsair Memory Vengeance 12GB DDR3 1600MHz CAS 9 XMP Triple Channel http://www.scan.co.uk/products/12gb-(3x4gb)-corsair-vengeance-ddr3-pc3-12800-(1600)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-150v Graphics card - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 Super Overclock 815MHz 1GB NVIDIA Graphics Card http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-gigabyte-gtx-460-super-oc-4000mhz-gddr5-gpu-815mhz-shader-clock-1630mhz-336-cores That's the 4 main components that are being upgraded, I'll be using my old gaming case, PSU(750W) and 120GB HDD. I will be selling my old stuff to someone who is in need, or ill just throw them on ebay or something. I'm looking forward to building this machine for one I like having something that's powerful and does everything how i want it to, and 2 it will help me in RS as currently my PC has been outdated by all the New but old now HD setting etc.. and tbh my PC does lag like shit in some multi P2P wars. Hopefully this system will be perfect for everything i need :) Discuss or question anything if you like... :) ~Ash Edited December 27, 2010 by Ash~Chid9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
4kyiyw4k Report post Posted December 27, 2010 (edited) same mobo as mine i love it Edited December 27, 2010 by Delinius Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
claudia Report post Posted December 27, 2010 yea i don't understand any of that, but nice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Addy-Zach Report post Posted December 27, 2010 NAISE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Ryan5 Report post Posted December 27, 2010 yea i don't understand any of that, but nice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
samuel Report post Posted December 27, 2010 Hey so as you might know i stupid IT at college, so i've become very confident and decided it's time to make a monster... ?... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Johny` Report post Posted December 27, 2010 Awesome Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Ash Report post Posted December 27, 2010 Hey so as you might know i stupid IT at college, so i've become very confident and decided it's time to make a monster... ?... No idea why i put 'Stupid' i was meant to type Study. FML. well spotted though, +1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Pk Theory Report post Posted December 27, 2010 yea i don't understand any of that, but nice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
agent Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Thats look awsome, how much is it costing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
≈Nine Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Looks good. I'm building a new gaming PC myself in a few days, just waiting for the parts to get delivered. I'm not much of an Intel/Nvidia fan because they're both really expensive and my last build (Intel quad core CPU, Nvidia GPU) overheated somehow. My new build: Added 2 fans and different RAM ever since I took the screenshot. Doesn't show the specs on there because the website sucks. CPU is an AMD Phenom II 955 3.2 ghz x4 and the graphics card has 1 GB GDDR5 memory. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Guest Evan Report post Posted December 31, 2010 impressive mobo you're getting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Ash Report post Posted December 31, 2010 @nine151 Looks good and valuable, intel and Nvidia is expensive for a reason tho ;) Best of luck and happy building :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Splodge Report post Posted December 31, 2010 ? Wrong choice of GPU. As you're from the UK I hope you're ordering from http://scan.co.uk Buy one of the ATI 6XXX Series, they're cheap and feature some impressive specs. - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-sapphire-radeon-hd-6950-pci-e-21-(x16)-5000mhz-gddr5-gpu-800mhz-1408-cores-dvi-mhdmi Will cost less then your GeForce card too. The RAM/Mobo/Processor are fine, although personally I would rather go for ripjaws - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-054-GS. Also what cooling are you wanting? I wouldn't stick with the stock i7 heatsink. You should buy something like this - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/coolermaster-v6gt-cpu-cooler-for-lga1366-1156-775-amd-am3-am2plus-am2 On top of all of that, what case are you buying? You have high end parts, you'll be needing a nice case. Scan really do do some nice and cheap cases too btw. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Big Jay Report post Posted December 31, 2010 sweet deal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
