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« on: February 19, 2010, 04:06:21 AM »
I\'m looking at getting a new PC sometime in the not too distant future, I\'ve been looking around for a solid gaming system that will double as a general usage computer in my price bracket and have come up with this as a starter:

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Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Processor i7-920 (2.66GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache

Memory (RAM)
12GB CORSAIR XMS3 TRI-DDR3 1600MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY

Motherboard
ASUS® P6X58D PREMIUM: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 3-Way SLI

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£145)

USB Options
8 x USB 2.0 PORTS (6 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
22x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£75)

Graphics Card
2GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5970 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11 (PRE-ORDER)

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

Sound Card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium PCI Express (£76)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 932 FULL TOWER GAMING PC CASE (£115) **SPECIAL**

Power Supply & Case Cooling
1010W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£109)

Processor Cooling
COOLIT DOMINO A.L.C. CPU LIQUID COOLER (£60) **SPECIAL**

Firewire & Video Editing
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)

TV Card
PCTV SYSTEMS DUAL TUNER TV CARD & WINDOWS MEDIA CENTRE REMOTE


would this be a good gaming setup? I want to buy a PC that will be good to play a wide range of games, including potentially graphics intensive games.
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« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2010, 09:16:48 AM »
Is it worth getting two hard drives that match and stripe them together?  Would make load times far shorter.
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« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2010, 09:22:09 AM »
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Is it worth getting two hard drives that match and stripe them together?  Would make load times far shorter.

dunno, don\'t really know much about that, how would I go about it?
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« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2010, 09:58:05 AM »
Monster setup dudeman!

I\'d get a 32 or 64gb SSD for the OS, then a 2TB drive for everything else
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« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2010, 10:41:07 AM »
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Monster setup dudeman!

I\'d get a 32 or 64gb SSD for the OS, then a 2TB drive for everything else

so it would handle games that are fairly demanding on graphics and processor?

I haven\'t been on the market for a new pc for a good while, and this piece of shit hasn\'t been powerful enough to run games since 1977, so I\'m kind of out of the loop as to what is capable of what.

I\'ll have a look at the drive setup you mentioned later

ta.
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« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2010, 12:52:51 PM »
that is a very nice machine for gaming, how much is it total?
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« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2010, 02:28:53 PM »
about £2.5k, I\'m still looking around to see if I can get more or less the same setup cheaper elsewhere
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« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2010, 02:34:19 PM »
actually, it\'s just over £2.3k
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« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2010, 05:56:46 AM »
only thing I see is you have a SLI motherboard paired up with an ATI video card.  If you are going ATI, I would go with a crossfire motherboard.  An SLI motherboard will not allow you to run multiple ATI cards like crossfire will... unless you get nVidia cards.  If you don\'t plan on adding an additonal card down the road then everything is fine, you can run a single ATI card in a SLI motherboard no problem.

ATI\'s 5970 is a beast of a card, basically 2 gpus & double the ram on one card.  Definitely stick with the ATI card, nvidia\'s new cards have been delayed but should be coming out in the next month or so.  It\'ll be intersting to see how much better (if at all) they are over ATI\'s 5xxx series cards.

I have the 5850 and it\'s an amazing card for the price.  Prices have been driven up since ATI is dominating the video card world, I got my 5850 for about $269... now you are lucky to find one for under $310.
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« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2010, 10:48:45 AM »
PS- probably the most helpful system builder\'s guide I\'ve seen:

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3241890#post369821733
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« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2010, 02:43:48 PM »
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only thing I see is you have a SLI motherboard paired up with an ATI video card.  If you are going ATI, I would go with a crossfire motherboard.  An SLI motherboard will not allow you to run multiple ATI cards like crossfire will... unless you get nVidia cards.  If you don\'t plan on adding an additonal card down the road then everything is fine, you can run a single ATI card in a SLI motherboard no problem.

ATI\'s 5970 is a beast of a card, basically 2 gpus & double the ram on one card.  Definitely stick with the ATI card, nvidia\'s new cards have been delayed but should be coming out in the next month or so.  It\'ll be intersting to see how much better (if at all) they are over ATI\'s 5xxx series cards.

I have the 5850 and it\'s an amazing card for the price.  Prices have been driven up since ATI is dominating the video card world, I got my 5850 for about $269... now you are lucky to find one for under $310.

it says here that its crossfire supported

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=wurRaDZ8lo4Ckukj
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« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2010, 07:23:34 AM »
Indeed it does, I stand corrected

That I one hell of a motherboard.. jesus.  I guess if money is no object go crazy with it.  I would personally get more value for my money and get a system that would perform about the same, but I can\'t fault you for wanting the best of the best.
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« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2010, 08:29:50 AM »
So what does this do for you that the 300 ps3 doesn\'t already do?
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« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2010, 09:08:16 AM »
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So what does this do for you that the 300 ps3 doesn\'t already do?

Are you being sarcastic?
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« Reply #14 on: February 25, 2010, 11:21:32 AM »
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So what does this do for you that the 300 ps3 doesn\'t already do?

it allows me to play games that aren\'t available on ps3, as well as all the usual computery activities.
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