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Ive used onboard and standalone sound cards and i have seen NO difference in them unless you like a professional DJ or make your own music.

Most onboard HD codec setups will game just the same

I have been a hardcore gamer (80hrs a week), and i did notice performance difference. As for sound quality, i might be a bit picky and (over)sensitive :)

But when you start with an onboad card and don't switch its no problem.

Any suggestions on sound chips on mobo's? I prefer RealTek.

It does save €75,-
 

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Onboard sound here, never an issue and I absolutely love my music. I prefer Realtek.

@Kurosagi
No offense, but I wouldn't even touch you with a 10ft pole while you're holding a 10ft pole touching the OCZ ram.
 
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Onboard sound here, never an issue and I absolutely love my music. I prefer Realtek.

@Kurosagi
No offense, but I wouldn't even touch you with a 10ft pole while you're holding a 10ft pole touching the OCZ ram.

lol i just picked the ram randomly
 

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Not a bad list....Except - Id get rid of that Corsair H70 - as a Thermaltake Frio or Gelid Tranquilo will provide the same cooling for almost half the price. the H70 is what i would call excessive & a waste of money

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And to the OP - get rid of the Samsung F4 - I know its 2TB but but the 5400RPM will become a limiting factor and will slow EVERYTHING down, booting up will be slower, transfering files will be slower, loading games will be slower etc etc. Its best used as a secondary drive for apps or an internal/external back up drive to dump videos n files on.

a Samsung F3 1TB is highly recommended
 

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was wondering if this is gd didnt include the graphic card yet. and picture is kind of smal but i have no idea how to make it more visible but its readable so
 

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was wondering if this is gd didnt include the graphic card yet. and picture is kind of smal but i have no idea how to make it more visible but its readable so

you are forgetting a CPU cooler - go for a Thermaltake Frio or Gelid Tranquilo - which ever is cheaper for you
 

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well if you are not planning to overclock (which would be a waste, after all - the 930 can hit 4Ghz+ and its like a free performance boost) then no you wont really need it - but the stock intel coolers tend to get a little noisey.

https://maxict.nl/product/1851368/thermaltake-isgc-300 - this is a good cooler
 
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well if you are not planning to overclock (which would be a waste, after all - the 930 can hit 4Ghz+ and its like a free performance boost) then no you wont really need it - but the stock intel coolers tend to get a little noisey.

https://maxict.nl/product/1851368/thermaltake-isgc-300 - this is a good cooler

And the risk of overheating during the summer, when you have that heavy gear inside.

Edit: The CPU cooler i mentioned here is low cost but renowned for its good cooling.
 
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Edit: The CPU cooler i mentioned here is low cost but renowned for its good cooling.

that cooler is also a bitch to mount ive also heard
 
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and then this is probably the end result! everything except gcard: al the site are dutch but just wanted to post it anyway

Scythe Processor Koeler Ninja 3 AMD & Intel
http://www.4launch.nl/shop/#p-4-productid-097779

OCZ SSD 2.5", 60GB, SATA, Vertex 2
http://www.4launch.nl/shop/#p-4-productid-094460

LG DVD-/+/RAM GH22NS50 22x/22x/16x SATA (zwart)
http://www.4launch.nl/shop/#p-4-productid-082853

CPU: Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz 4.8GT/s 8MB Box
http://www.4launch.nl/shop/#p-4-productid-088469

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R iX58, SATA600 RAID, USB3.0
http://www.4launch.nl/shop/#p-4-productid-089273

PSU:Corsair Voeding TX750W 750W
http://www.4launch.nl/shop/#p-4-productid-036676

Ram: Corsair 3x2GB, DDR3, PC12800, CL8, Dominator
http://www.4launch.nl/shop/#p-4-productid-062902

case: Cooler Master Big Tower HAF 932 eATX No PSU (zwart)
http://www.4launch.nl/shop/#p-4-productid-059908

HDD: Western Digital 1TB SATA300 32MB, WD10EALS
http://www.4launch.nl/shop/#p-4-productid-089375
thanks for the help and if you stil have any suggestions to add hope to read them
 
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The only thing I would add is a hard drive. You have a SSD, but I'm sure you'll fill up 60GB very quickly. I would get an additional hard drive so you can have plenty of space for storage. I would get something like the 1TB WD Blue WD10EALS.
 

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I only know the 2 more popular sites scan.co.uk and ebuyer.co.uk also heard quite a few people with problems getting stuff from overclockers.co.uk

i have bought parts from all the above suppliers.
ocuk i found to be excellent.
scan very good
ebuyer average, there support is very poor
 

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i have bought parts from all the above suppliers.
ocuk i found to be excellent.
scan very good
ebuyer average, there support is very poor

Yeah, very odd that I heard the opposite. :eek:
 

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Scythe Processor Koeler Ninja 3 AMD & Intel

http://tinyurl.com/4nfqzga
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Samsung 1TB SATA300 32MB, HD103SJ

http://tinyurl.com/4q2zrr8
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OCZ SSD 2.5", 120GB, SATA, Vertex 2

http://tinyurl.com/6b8n34p
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium NL 1u 64bit OEM

http://tinyurl.com/6ht33e8
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LG DVD-/+/RAM GH22NS50 22x/22x/16x SATA (zwart)

http://tinyurl.com/5w78gnl
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Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz 8MB Box

http://tinyurl.com/65qpb43
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Corsair Voeding TX750W 750W

is this power gd enough you think?

http://tinyurl.com/62v58ws
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Corsair 2x4GB, DDR3, PC12800, CL9, Dominator

i was told i could get better ones for this price?

http://tinyurl.com/64qat9s
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Cooler Master Big Tower HAF 932 eATX No PSU (zwart)

http://tinyurl.com/y9qhzs7
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Asus SABERTOOTH P67

http://tinyurl.com/6et3hya
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Sapphire HD6950 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E

i see diferent brands most are the same but some have diferent memory speed of 1,25ghz and 5.0 does that matter?

http://tinyurl.com/4l2lkhr
 
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Man take a look at my post!
Help with i7 950 gaming system build

I went for the 6870! I have a few reviews if you want to check them out!
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/10/22/ati-radeon-hd-6870-review/1
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1455/1/
http://www.fudzilla.com/reviews/item/20848-sapphire-hd-6870-tested/20848-sapphire-hd-6870-tested

Man this Graphics card is good and you can always crossfire! I say go for the sapphire since with Sapphire's OC software (Trixx) you can OC easily and even get higher speeds!

If you even want a better card then go for 6950 and OC it to 6970!
 
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Scythe Processor Koeler Ninja 3 AMD & Intel

http://tinyurl.com/4nfqzga
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Samsung 1TB SATA300 32MB, HD103SJ

http://tinyurl.com/4q2zrr8
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OCZ SSD 2.5", 120GB, SATA, Vertex 2

http://tinyurl.com/6b8n34p
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium NL 1u 64bit OEM

http://tinyurl.com/6ht33e8
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LG DVD-/+/RAM GH22NS50 22x/22x/16x SATA (zwart)

http://tinyurl.com/5w78gnl
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Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz 8MB Box

http://tinyurl.com/65qpb43
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Corsair Voeding TX750W 750W

is this power gd enough you think?

http://tinyurl.com/62v58ws
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Corsair 2x4GB, DDR3, PC12800, CL9, Dominator

i was told i could get better ones for this price?

http://tinyurl.com/64qat9s
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Cooler Master Big Tower HAF 932 eATX No PSU (zwart)

http://tinyurl.com/y9qhzs7
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Asus SABERTOOTH P67

http://tinyurl.com/6et3hya
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Sapphire HD6950 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E

i see diferent brands most are the same but some have diferent memory speed of 1,25ghz and 5.0 does that matter?

http://tinyurl.com/4l2lkhr
I like this. Everything looks solid and there's nothing I would change. 750W is plenty plenty for your needs. The memory speeds of the 6950 are reported. One is actual ghz. (1.25ghz) But DDR5 does four 'things' every clock, so it is effectively running 4 times faster. (5GHz) So in this case 1.25ghz and 5GHz are the same thing, it's just two different ways of writing it.

I think all P67 motherboards in your price range will be pretty equal. So there won't be huge differences between them. I haven't read up on P67 boards, so here's a review of the ASRock P67 Extreme4 and here are reviews of the Gigabyte P67A-UD4 and the Asus P8P67 Pro. But the Sabertooth board looks very nice also. Again, I would just pick the one you like the best because the differences are so small.

And sorry for not responding sooner. Hope this helps and feel free to ask more questions, it's no problem at all. :)
 
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