NEW Core i7 Build

[Hefemeister]

Well if you are not going for triple channel ram it is defeating the purpose of getting a i7 920. If you cannot swing it then drop back down to a i5 750 with a 1156 motherboard to stay in budget. The 920 is definitely going to take you over budget.

You want something like this:
OCZ 6gb (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 Gold XTC Triple Channel Memory Kit for i7 Motherboard - Ebuyer

or this weekly special:
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C9) [] Memory DDR3 Tri-Channel - PC3-12800

 

[vusi_dube]

I'll stretch for this

Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C9) [] Memory DDR3 Tri-Channel - PC3-12800

I'm at £677 which i dont think is bad considering. Just add on a 223rZ 22" Samsung for £99 and i'll be singing!
Thanx.

 

[Slaymate]

Thanx man. Nvidia 3d doesn't support ati, i need a Nvidia and only afew certain models that will do the whole 3D thing.. (future purposes, not a real big deal for now)

Nvidia 3D??? I really hope your joking.

 

[vusi_dube]

Bought and delivery tomorrow.. I will take pix of the build and eventual over clocking and add them to this if the forum allows if not they'll be links to them and some info to help others trying to get this sorta build "on the cheap" (which turns ut isnt very cheap at all. Thanx again everyone!

£24.67 x 1 - OCUK Gangster Case - Red
£122.54 x 1 - Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard
£84.25 x 1 - Club 3D GeForce GTS 250 Green Edition 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£59.57 x 1 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000528AS)
£102.11 x 1 - Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (TR3X6G1600C9)
£13.61 x 1 - Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£175.31 x 1 - Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail
£53.61 x 1 - Samsung EcoGreen F2 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SI)
£59.57 x 1 - OCZ StealthXStream 700w Silent Power Supply
£58.10 X 1 - CoolIT water cooling kit. ECO ALC


Special thanx to Hef, Baron and Slayer...

 

[vusi_dube]

Nvidia 3D??? I really hope your joking.

No wats wrong with that?

 

[Carlosdzv]

I think you might find this one interesting this is almost the same board man ( except for the amount of ram slots)
Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H Motherboard - Intel H55, LGA1156, Micro ATX, Audio, Video, PCI Express 2.0, LAN, USB 2.0 at TigerDirect.com

 

[Slaymate]

I think you might find this one interesting this is almost the same board man ( except for the amount of ram slots)
Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H Motherboard - Intel H55, LGA1156, Micro ATX, Audio, Video, PCI Express 2.0, LAN, USB 2.0 at TigerDirect.com

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Yes, that mobo is almost the same. Except for the ram slots, chipset, socket size and supported cpu's.

No wats wrong with that?

Nvidia 3D is a joke, it almost works right but every game I've tried it on has something that just doesn't line up right. But it will successfully give you a headache.

 

[vusi_dube]

Yes, that mobo is almost the same. Except for the ram slots, chipset, socket size and supported cpu's.



Nvidia 3D is a joke, it almost works right but every game I've tried it on has something that just doesn't line up right. But it will successfully give you a headache.

I got all the parts on Saturday morning and finished building it by about 3-4pm.. Everything's working great and the water cooling eco kit works a charm.. I haven't over clocked it yet but i wanna see how games like Crysis and Mass effect work on it B4 i start doing that.. As for the 3D kit i'm still going to try it out eventually. Thanks again guys. OH! does any one know any formatting software.. The in built one in Win7 wont format one of the additional drives i put in the case..

 

[Fat.Clown]

I got all the parts on Saturday morning and finished building it by about 3-4pm.. Everything's working great

pictures or it didn't happen

 

[vusi_dube]

pictures or it didn't happen

I took some vids of the build parts but having problems gettin them off my iphone.. any suggestions on where i can post em when i'm finally figure it out.. ?