will this work?

thurnwood · Nov 21, 2008, 06:49 PM

hello,

after posting on here a few monthes ago with a computer i wanted to build i decided to wait for core i7. And now its finally here i need some help. i have decided some of the parts i want to use (listed below) but i need some help with choosing some parts and any infomation on the parts i have chosen, or other suggestions will be much appreciated. And also will this work? So heres the specs:

Motherboard - Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard - £319.99
Processor - Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - £226.99
Memory - G.Skill 6GB DDR3 NQ PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ) - £189.99
Case - ?
Power supply unit - Corsair TX 750W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU - £79.99
Hard disk drive - Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB 10000RPM SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3000GLFS) - £165.99 and Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD7501AALS) - £79.99
Sound card - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - Fatal1ty Professional Series 7.1 Sound Card (70SB088600000) - £79.99
Graphic card - Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - £299.99
Optical drives -?
OS- vista 64 bit

Total – £1449

My budget is around £1200-£1500

any suggestion will be appreciated, thankyou.

Asylum · Nov 21, 2008, 07:07 PM

PSU= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139006
MEMORY= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231228
CASE= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811144205
Optical= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118012 I would recommend these for your build!

Franklinwallbrown · Nov 21, 2008, 07:16 PM

I've heard that Auzentech Preludes are the way to go for sound...

As for the rest...Asylums picks look pretty good.

oli_ramsay · Nov 21, 2008, 07:17 PM

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...source=froogle

memory^

Asylum's PSU would be good, not sure about sound card and a SATA Samsung DVD-RW drive should suffice.

http://specialtech.co.uk/spshop/cust...=0&page=1#tabs

case^

Franklinwallbrown · Nov 21, 2008, 07:32 PM

What's wrong with Auzentech...around here I've heard they are the shizz...

oli_ramsay · Nov 21, 2008, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Franklinwallbrown

What's wrong with Auzentech...around here I've heard they are the shizz...

I meant I'm not sure which sound card as I know nothing about them

Not I'm unsure about theone you suggested.

Franklinwallbrown · Nov 21, 2008, 07:37 PM

I've also heard to eek out another fps or two and to have really good sound quality to use the Creative X-Fi Fatality...but I've heard that the Auzentech (with respect to sound) is the apex predator...

thurnwood · Nov 21, 2008, 08:07 PM

okay, well i think im gonna go for tri channel ram, the psu asylum said about looks good, but i still dont know what case to go for.

spearman914 · Nov 21, 2008, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thurnwood

okay, well i think im gonna go for tri channel ram, the psu asylum said about looks good, but i still dont know what case to go for.

You can’t tri channel unless you have 6 dimm slots.

Franklinwallbrown · Nov 21, 2008, 08:19 PM

Umm...all ASUS x58 boards support tri-channel...

spearman914 · Nov 21, 2008, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Franklinwallbrown

Umm...all ASUS x58 boards support tri-channel...

o.o lol read wrong

Franklinwallbrown · Nov 21, 2008, 08:30 PM

LOLz...it's all good.

thurnwood · Nov 22, 2008, 08:30 AM

so which sound card should i go with ?, i would like a good one as i will be gaming. and do i need two optical drives or would one be enough?

smalls21 · Nov 22, 2008, 09:00 AM

I'm not sure about the sound card, but in these days, I really don't see why you would need to have 2 optical drives, that is unless you copy dvd' or cd's a lot. The computer before the one that I am using now had 2 optical drives and then I moved to a machine with one, I can't say that I miss having 2 except for the few times the I need to do a disk to disk transfer. But that is not that often, for me at least. I think the the number of optical drives is a determined by the person using the computer.

Franklinwallbrown · Nov 23, 2008, 05:08 PM

@ thurn: It depends on if you are an audiophile or not. If you love crisp clear sounds. If music is your life. Then you need a good dedicated sound card. If you can't tell the difference between an MP3 and a wav file, then just use the on-board sound card. Now if you like to game. Then get a cheap-o card so that your CPU doesn't have to do the sound work.

@ smalls: I would have to agree. 2 or more optical drives are nice to have, but if you don't copy DVDs or CDs extensively they really aren't worth it.

thurnwood · Nov 23, 2008, 09:37 PM

yeh i see what you mean Franklinwallbrown, in that case, as i like my music and im a gamer, i will get a dedicated sound card. i think i will get the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium.

I will probably keep to one optical drive, as i have 2 atm and personally i dont really need the second one.

LittleLizard · Nov 23, 2008, 09:52 PM

remember that a good sound card is nothing without the appropiate headphones and speakers

thurnwood · Nov 24, 2008, 09:04 AM

okay, well im using logitech X-210, which have 25 watt rms power. They are not the best speakers as ive had them for a while now and they were cheap. Should i keep them or is it worth changing them?

Nov 21, 2008, 06:49 PM	#1
thurnwood Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 30 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	will this work? hello, after posting on here a few monthes ago with a computer i wanted to build i decided to wait for core i7. And now its finally here i need some help. i have decided some of the parts i want to use (listed below) but i need some help with choosing some parts and any infomation on the parts i have chosen, or other suggestions will be much appreciated. And also will this work? So heres the specs: Motherboard - Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard - £319.99 Processor - Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - £226.99 Memory - G.Skill 6GB DDR3 NQ PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ) - £189.99 Case - ? Power supply unit - Corsair TX 750W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU - £79.99 Hard disk drive - Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB 10000RPM SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3000GLFS) - £165.99 and Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD7501AALS) - £79.99 Sound card - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - Fatal1ty Professional Series 7.1 Sound Card (70SB088600000) - £79.99 Graphic card - Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - £299.99 Optical drives -? OS- vista 64 bit Total – £1449 My budget is around £1200-£1500 any suggestion will be appreciated, thankyou. Last edited by thurnwood; Nov 22, 2008 at 08:51 AM.

Nov 21, 2008, 07:07 PM	#2
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Nov 21, 2008, 07:16 PM	#3
Franklinwallbrown Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,226 (0.61/day) Thanks: 71 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts System Specs	I've heard that Auzentech Preludes are the way to go for sound... As for the rest...Asylums picks look pretty good.

Nov 21, 2008, 07:17 PM	#4
oli_ramsay Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Posts: 2,679 (1.29/day) Thanks: 577 Thanked 592 Times in 450 Posts System Specs	http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...source=froogle memory^ Asylum's PSU would be good, not sure about sound card and a SATA Samsung DVD-RW drive should suffice. http://specialtech.co.uk/spshop/cust...=0&page=1#tabs case^

Nov 21, 2008, 07:32 PM	#5
Franklinwallbrown Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,226 (0.61/day) Thanks: 71 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts System Specs	What's wrong with Auzentech...around here I've heard they are the shizz...

Nov 21, 2008, 07:37 PM	#7
Franklinwallbrown Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,226 (0.61/day) Thanks: 71 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts System Specs	I've also heard to eek out another fps or two and to have really good sound quality to use the Creative X-Fi Fatality...but I've heard that the Auzentech (with respect to sound) is the apex predator...

Nov 21, 2008, 08:07 PM	#8
thurnwood Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 30 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	okay, well i think im gonna go for tri channel ram, the psu asylum said about looks good, but i still dont know what case to go for.

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Nov 21, 2008, 08:19 PM	#10
Franklinwallbrown Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,226 (0.61/day) Thanks: 71 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts System Specs	Umm...all ASUS x58 boards support tri-channel...

Nov 21, 2008, 08:30 PM	#12
Franklinwallbrown Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,226 (0.61/day) Thanks: 71 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts System Specs	LOLz...it's all good.

Nov 22, 2008, 08:30 AM	#13
thurnwood Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 30 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	so which sound card should i go with ?, i would like a good one as i will be gaming. and do i need two optical drives or would one be enough?

Nov 22, 2008, 09:00 AM	#14
smalls21 Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 34 (0.02/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I'm not sure about the sound card, but in these days, I really don't see why you would need to have 2 optical drives, that is unless you copy dvd' or cd's a lot. The computer before the one that I am using now had 2 optical drives and then I moved to a machine with one, I can't say that I miss having 2 except for the few times the I need to do a disk to disk transfer. But that is not that often, for me at least. I think the the number of optical drives is a determined by the person using the computer. __________________ [img disabled]http://www.ksuoncampus.com/myimages/88a199611ac2b85bd3f76e8ee7e55650.jpg[/img]

Nov 23, 2008, 05:08 PM	#15
Franklinwallbrown Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,226 (0.61/day) Thanks: 71 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts System Specs	@ thurn: It depends on if you are an audiophile or not. If you love crisp clear sounds. If music is your life. Then you need a good dedicated sound card. If you can't tell the difference between an MP3 and a wav file, then just use the on-board sound card. Now if you like to game. Then get a cheap-o card so that your CPU doesn't have to do the sound work. @ smalls: I would have to agree. 2 or more optical drives are nice to have, but if you don't copy DVDs or CDs extensively they really aren't worth it.

Nov 23, 2008, 09:37 PM	#16
thurnwood Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 30 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	yeh i see what you mean Franklinwallbrown, in that case, as i like my music and im a gamer, i will get a dedicated sound card. i think i will get the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium. I will probably keep to one optical drive, as i have 2 atm and personally i dont really need the second one.

Nov 23, 2008, 09:52 PM	#17
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Nov 24, 2008, 09:04 AM	#18
thurnwood Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 30 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	okay, well im using logitech X-210, which have 25 watt rms power. They are not the best speakers as ive had them for a while now and they were cheap. Should i keep them or is it worth changing them?

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