I chose the below components for my new PC upgrade (I have an ATX case and a PSU). But my knowledge is quite limited and I would appreciate your advice, particularly re the choice on CPU and Mobo. Intel Corei7 920 D0 SLBEJ Bloomfield 45nm, 2.66 GHz, QPI 4.8GT/s, 8MB Cache, 20x Ratio, 130W, Retail £163.17 £191.72 Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R, Intel X58, S1366, SLi/Xfire PCI-E 2.0, DDR3 2200/1333, SATA 6Gb/s, RAID, ATX £129.17 £151.77 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair XMS3, DDR3 PC3-10666 (1333) Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, DHX, 1.5V £101.98 £119.83 60GB OCZ Technology, Vertex SSD, MLC-Flash, 2.5", 1 x SATA 3Gb/s, Read 230MB/s, Write 135MB/s £129.60 £152.28 Titan Fenrir TTC-NK85TZ 120mm PWM 17dBA+ "HDT" CPU Cooler (775/1156/1366/K8/AM2/AM3) £24.98 £29.35 1.5TB Samsung HD154UI Spinpoint F2 DT EcoGreen, SATA 3Gb/s, 32MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ £62.97 £73.99
I would go for the 930 intead of the 920 cpu and the i7 is tri channel memory so I would go for a 3x2gb 1600 ram kit.
What he said. And yeah that motherboard is fine. Quite a nice set-up you are going for there! What is your budget and what will you be using it for?
I don’t have a budget as such. I just chose what i liked and the whole PC is going to come to circa £800. I am going to use it for video editing, music ripping and office applications.
Does anybody know what the different core names mean. The CPU on my list has a Bloomfield core but I don't know what it means and whether that's the best one?
What case and PSU do you have? And i'd suggest the Asus P6T SE as it's a top board and £10 cheaper http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-332-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1283
Thanks for the tip re the Asus Mobo. In what way is it different than the my Gigabyte choice, other than the price? I've got a Coolmaster ATX case (can't remember which one) and an Antec TP-750 TruePower PSU