Ok, im looking to update my old 650i, pentium D rig to something that can keep up with the latest games at decent resolutions, i also do plenty of photoshop work and video encoding so im thinking of 64 bit.
These are my choices based on a £1000-1500 budget, i am however looking for bang for buck so to speak. Any opinions or recomendations on my choices? I personally think the i7 system sounds most promising for future upgradeability...
Prices are listed below specs..
Computer Case ANTEC Nine Hundred Gamers Case - Black
CPU Intel Core i7 920 (2.66GHz) 8 MB 4.8GT/s
Motherboard Asus P6T SE (Intel X58)
Memory Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) XMS3 1600MHz CAS 9 (DDR3)
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 - 896 MB - 2xDVI/VGA (XFX) (Includes Far Cry 2)
Power Supply OCZ 700W Game XStream - Low Noise (Free 6 FT Extension Cable)
Hard Drive 1 500 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB
Hard Drive 2 WD SATA-II VelociRaptor 74GB UDMA 300 10000RPM 16MB
Optical Drive 1 ASUS (DRW-2014L1T) DVD /- RW 22x - Black - Lightscribe (SATA)
Sound Card Motherboard Integrated 7.1 Sound
Firewire Card 1 Port Firewire IEEE 1394 (Built In)
Networking Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
USB Ports 10 X USB 2.0 Ports
CPU Heatsink Zalman (CNPS9900) Blue LED Tunnel Flower
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)
£1,220.32
Computer Case Cooler Master Centurion 590
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 (4 x 3.0 GHZ) 1333FSB - 12 MB
Motherboard EVGA ULTIMATE GAMING BOARD 1600FSB (NVIDIA 790i ULTRA) DDR3
Memory Corsair 4GB XMS3 PC3-12800 1600MHz (2x2GB) - Lifetime Warranty CAS 9 (DDR3)
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 - 896 MB - 2xDVI/VGA (XFX) (Includes Far Cry 2)
Power Supply OCZ 700W Game XStream - Low Noise (Free 6 FT Extension Cable)
Hard Drive 1 WD SATA-II VelociRaptor 74GB UDMA 300 10000RPM 16MB
Hard Drive 2 500 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB
Optical Drive 1 ASUS (DRW-2014L1T) DVD /- RW 22x - Black - Lightscribe (SATA)
Sound Card Motherboard Integrated 5.1 Sound
Networking Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
USB Ports 4 X USB 2.0 Ports
CPU Heatsink Zalman (CNPS9900) Blue LED Tunnel Flower
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)
£1,167.97
Computer Case Cooler Master Centurion 590
CPU Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (4 x 3.0 GHZ) 1333FSB - 12 MB
Motherboard EVGA ULTIMATE GAMING BOARD 1600FSB (NVIDIA 790i ULTRA) DDR3
Memory Corsair 4GB XMS3 PC3-12800 1600MHz (2x2GB) - Lifetime Warranty CAS 9 (DDR3)
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 - 896 MB - 2xDVI/VGA (XFX) (Includes Far Cry 2)
Power Supply OCZ 700W Game XStream - Low Noise (Free 6 FT Extension Cable)
Hard Drive 1 500 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB
Hard Drive 2 WD SATA-II VelociRaptor 74GB UDMA 300 10000RPM 16MB
Optical Drive 1 ASUS (DRW-2014L1T) DVD /- RW 22x - Black - Lightscribe (SATA)
Sound Card Motherboard Integrated 7.1 Sound
Networking Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
USB Ports 4 X USB 2.0 Ports
CPU Heatsink Zalman (CNPS9900) Blue LED Tunnel Flower
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)
£1,408.32
Computer Case Cooler Master Centurion 590
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 (4 x 2.83 GHZ) 1333FSB - 12 MB
Motherboard XFX Gaming Board 1333 FSB (NVIDIA 780i)
Memory Corsair XMS2 4GB PC-6400 800 MHZ (2 x 2 GB) - Lifetime Warranty (DDR2)
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 OC2 - 1 GB - 2xDVI/VGA (BFG) (Includes Far Cry 2)
Power Supply OCZ 700W Game XStream - Low Noise (Free 6 FT Extension Cable)
Hard Drive 1 500 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB
Hard Drive 2 WD SATA-II VelociRaptor 74GB UDMA 300 10000RPM 16MB
Optical Drive 1 Samsung (SH-D162D) 16x DVD-ROM Black (IDE)
Optical Drive 2 ASUS (DRW-2014L1T) DVD /- RW 22x - Black - Lightscribe (SATA)
Sound Card Motherboard Integrated 5.1 Sound
Networking Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
USB Ports 4 X USB 2.0 Ports
CPU Heatsink Zalman (CNPS9900) Blue LED Tunnel Flower
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)
£1,123.48
Computer Case Cooler Master Centurion 590
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 955 (4 x 3.2 GHz) 8MB - Black Edition
Motherboard Asus M4A79 Deluxe 5200MT/s (AMD 790FX)
Memory Corsair XMS2 4GB PC2-8500 1066 MHZ (2 x 2 GB) - Lifetime Warranty (DDR2)
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4870 XXX - 1 GB - 2xDVI/VGA (XFX) (Includes 3D Mark Vantage)
Power Supply OCZ 700W Game XStream - Low Noise (Free 6 FT Extension Cable)
Hard Drive 1 500 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB
Hard Drive 2 WD SATA-II VelociRaptor 74GB UDMA 300 10000RPM 16MB
Optical Drive 1 ASUS (DRW-2014L1T) DVD /- RW 22x - Black - Lightscribe (SATA)
Sound Card Motherboard Integrated 5.1 Sound
Networking Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
USB Ports 4 X USB 2.0 Ports
CPU Heatsink Zalman (CNPS9900) Blue LED Tunnel Flower
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)
£1,033.18
Thanks guys, any help is much appreciated..
These are my choices based on a £1000-1500 budget, i am however looking for bang for buck so to speak. Any opinions or recomendations on my choices? I personally think the i7 system sounds most promising for future upgradeability...
Prices are listed below specs..
Computer Case ANTEC Nine Hundred Gamers Case - Black
CPU Intel Core i7 920 (2.66GHz) 8 MB 4.8GT/s
Motherboard Asus P6T SE (Intel X58)
Memory Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) XMS3 1600MHz CAS 9 (DDR3)
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 - 896 MB - 2xDVI/VGA (XFX) (Includes Far Cry 2)
Power Supply OCZ 700W Game XStream - Low Noise (Free 6 FT Extension Cable)
Hard Drive 1 500 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB
Hard Drive 2 WD SATA-II VelociRaptor 74GB UDMA 300 10000RPM 16MB
Optical Drive 1 ASUS (DRW-2014L1T) DVD /- RW 22x - Black - Lightscribe (SATA)
Sound Card Motherboard Integrated 7.1 Sound
Firewire Card 1 Port Firewire IEEE 1394 (Built In)
Networking Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
USB Ports 10 X USB 2.0 Ports
CPU Heatsink Zalman (CNPS9900) Blue LED Tunnel Flower
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)
£1,220.32
Computer Case Cooler Master Centurion 590
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 (4 x 3.0 GHZ) 1333FSB - 12 MB
Motherboard EVGA ULTIMATE GAMING BOARD 1600FSB (NVIDIA 790i ULTRA) DDR3
Memory Corsair 4GB XMS3 PC3-12800 1600MHz (2x2GB) - Lifetime Warranty CAS 9 (DDR3)
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 - 896 MB - 2xDVI/VGA (XFX) (Includes Far Cry 2)
Power Supply OCZ 700W Game XStream - Low Noise (Free 6 FT Extension Cable)
Hard Drive 1 WD SATA-II VelociRaptor 74GB UDMA 300 10000RPM 16MB
Hard Drive 2 500 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB
Optical Drive 1 ASUS (DRW-2014L1T) DVD /- RW 22x - Black - Lightscribe (SATA)
Sound Card Motherboard Integrated 5.1 Sound
Networking Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
USB Ports 4 X USB 2.0 Ports
CPU Heatsink Zalman (CNPS9900) Blue LED Tunnel Flower
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)
£1,167.97
Computer Case Cooler Master Centurion 590
CPU Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (4 x 3.0 GHZ) 1333FSB - 12 MB
Motherboard EVGA ULTIMATE GAMING BOARD 1600FSB (NVIDIA 790i ULTRA) DDR3
Memory Corsair 4GB XMS3 PC3-12800 1600MHz (2x2GB) - Lifetime Warranty CAS 9 (DDR3)
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 - 896 MB - 2xDVI/VGA (XFX) (Includes Far Cry 2)
Power Supply OCZ 700W Game XStream - Low Noise (Free 6 FT Extension Cable)
Hard Drive 1 500 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB
Hard Drive 2 WD SATA-II VelociRaptor 74GB UDMA 300 10000RPM 16MB
Optical Drive 1 ASUS (DRW-2014L1T) DVD /- RW 22x - Black - Lightscribe (SATA)
Sound Card Motherboard Integrated 7.1 Sound
Networking Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
USB Ports 4 X USB 2.0 Ports
CPU Heatsink Zalman (CNPS9900) Blue LED Tunnel Flower
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)
£1,408.32
Computer Case Cooler Master Centurion 590
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 (4 x 2.83 GHZ) 1333FSB - 12 MB
Motherboard XFX Gaming Board 1333 FSB (NVIDIA 780i)
Memory Corsair XMS2 4GB PC-6400 800 MHZ (2 x 2 GB) - Lifetime Warranty (DDR2)
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 OC2 - 1 GB - 2xDVI/VGA (BFG) (Includes Far Cry 2)
Power Supply OCZ 700W Game XStream - Low Noise (Free 6 FT Extension Cable)
Hard Drive 1 500 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB
Hard Drive 2 WD SATA-II VelociRaptor 74GB UDMA 300 10000RPM 16MB
Optical Drive 1 Samsung (SH-D162D) 16x DVD-ROM Black (IDE)
Optical Drive 2 ASUS (DRW-2014L1T) DVD /- RW 22x - Black - Lightscribe (SATA)
Sound Card Motherboard Integrated 5.1 Sound
Networking Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
USB Ports 4 X USB 2.0 Ports
CPU Heatsink Zalman (CNPS9900) Blue LED Tunnel Flower
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)
£1,123.48
Computer Case Cooler Master Centurion 590
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 955 (4 x 3.2 GHz) 8MB - Black Edition
Motherboard Asus M4A79 Deluxe 5200MT/s (AMD 790FX)
Memory Corsair XMS2 4GB PC2-8500 1066 MHZ (2 x 2 GB) - Lifetime Warranty (DDR2)
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4870 XXX - 1 GB - 2xDVI/VGA (XFX) (Includes 3D Mark Vantage)
Power Supply OCZ 700W Game XStream - Low Noise (Free 6 FT Extension Cable)
Hard Drive 1 500 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB
Hard Drive 2 WD SATA-II VelociRaptor 74GB UDMA 300 10000RPM 16MB
Optical Drive 1 ASUS (DRW-2014L1T) DVD /- RW 22x - Black - Lightscribe (SATA)
Sound Card Motherboard Integrated 5.1 Sound
Networking Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
USB Ports 4 X USB 2.0 Ports
CPU Heatsink Zalman (CNPS9900) Blue LED Tunnel Flower
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)
£1,033.18
Thanks guys, any help is much appreciated..