Build Advice Advice needed re choosing components for my new PC

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  1. Yukster

    Yukster What's a Dremel?

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    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
     
  2. Teelzebub

    Teelzebub Up yours GOD,Whats best served cold

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    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.
     
  3. Yukster

    Yukster What's a Dremel?

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    Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it :thumb:
     
  4. The Toy

    The Toy The Ticking Time-Bomb

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    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?
     
  5. Yukster

    Yukster What's a Dremel?

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    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.
     
  6. Yukster

    Yukster What's a Dremel?

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    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?
     
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    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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