Time for a new PC.

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Ry4n

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Hi Guys,

I'm currently using a gaming laptop which tends to overheat in the warm South African climate after a few hours of intense gaming - GPU can hit 97 degrees.
So I’m looking just to keep it as a media or mobile PC when needed and get a new PC for intense gaming.
I have been traveling for the last 2 years so I’m a little out of the hardware loop atm.
I don’t really have a budget in mind but I’m just looking for high performance and good value.
I already have a SSD hard drive, Chassis no PSU and Win7 64bit.
I'm looking around the lines of...
i7 950
Solid Motherboard I have always used Asus in the past I'm not a massive over clocker (any Suggestions welcomed)
6gigs of low latency memory - used OCZ in the past.
Ati Radeon HD5870 or Nvidia GTX 470 - I prefer Nvidia cards but I believe the Ati cards offer better bang for the buck.
Solid 600+ WATT PSU

I have access to Frontosa so parts they can supply would be beneficial ;)

Thanks
 
I would stay away from OCZ memory, lots of issues with their DDR3 memory. Go for Corsair or G.Skill. If you are in Cape Town then wootware is a good source for G.Skill products. Rest looks good. Any motherboard should be fine, I really like EVGA, but Asus and MSI are also good. I would also rather take the 5870, much better value than a 470 (last time I checked prices). You could also try waiting for the AMD 6000 series graphics cards (launch November) but it may take quite a while to reach SA shores so a 5870 is still good. For a PSU corsair is also preferred.
 
Ry4n said:
Thanks for the input Archer who does EVGA BTW?
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I have no idea what suppliers stock it. But most of the big online stores will have though they are scarce. They have also just released the new X58 boards that have USB3 so try get one of those (they are the same price as the old iirc, or pretty close).
 
Good PSUs at 600+ that shouldn't be too expensive, imo:

Corsair - TX, HX
Coolermaster - Silent Power Pro, Silent Power Pro Gold
Thermaltake - Toughpower
Antec - Truepower

I would check here first for reviews on the specific unit, though.
 
Thanks guys!
Im looking at getting...
ASUS P6T-WS LGA1366 Intel X58 ATX Discrete Intel Motherboard
Ati HD5870 (Unsure about brand at this point)
Corsair HX650W 650W PSU
G.SKILL F3-12800CL7T-6GBPI 3x2GB DDR3-1600
i7 950

DDR3-1600 is the right way to go right?
 
Ry4n said:
DDR3-1600 is the right way to go right?
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I'd say yes as 1600 usually has good timings at a good price. That said I doubt you'll notice much difference between 1333 and 1600 with the exception of benchmarks.

Now 1600 is nice if you plan on giving your system an OC as it increases your BLCK to 160 or even 200 (if you set it)
 
I would definitely get a different motherboard!
Something like Gigabyte X58 UD3R for around R2100 or otherwise go for Asus's RoG series (like Rampage 3 / Rampage 4).

The i7xx quad cores runs on a FSB of 1066MHz, so the RAM would run at 1066MHz too, unless you're overclocking it.
 
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