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so my machine went bang (no really, the cpu die literally cracked in half... dunno how or why). and i'm going to be building a new one. i'd hoped to wait until the end of the year after i move so i can take advantage of the new tech coming out in 3rd quarter. but pc goes bang = move schedule forward...
so here's what i'm getting (bear in mind, im just using this site to keep everything in 1 place, still shopping around for better prices):
motherboard:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/...1155p67chipsetmotherboards/msi/p67a-gd65.html
processor:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/...ntelcorei71155socket/intel/bx80623i72600.html
gpu:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/...ds/atihd6900series/sapphire/hd-695a-cnfc.html
memory:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?CSR-V8G16
hdd:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/...l/sata500gbto1tb/westerndigital/wd10ears.html
psu:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/components/powersupplies/corsair/cmpsu-750txuk.html
watercooler:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/components/cooling/watercooling/corsair/c-cwch50-1.html
i'll be overclocking the cpu to around 4.6ghz (shouldn't be a problem) and the motherboard to 1600mhz ram speed. the GPU will be overclocked to the specs of a 6970 using this method
i'm thinking of getting a dedicated soundcard too, but i've heard there's no point on windows 7 due to the way microsoft dicked over the sound system. any advice on that and anything above would be appreciated.
so here's what i'm getting (bear in mind, im just using this site to keep everything in 1 place, still shopping around for better prices):
motherboard:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/...1155p67chipsetmotherboards/msi/p67a-gd65.html
processor:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/...ntelcorei71155socket/intel/bx80623i72600.html
gpu:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/...ds/atihd6900series/sapphire/hd-695a-cnfc.html
memory:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?CSR-V8G16
hdd:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/...l/sata500gbto1tb/westerndigital/wd10ears.html
psu:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/components/powersupplies/corsair/cmpsu-750txuk.html
watercooler:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/components/cooling/watercooling/corsair/c-cwch50-1.html
i'll be overclocking the cpu to around 4.6ghz (shouldn't be a problem) and the motherboard to 1600mhz ram speed. the GPU will be overclocked to the specs of a 6970 using this method
i'm thinking of getting a dedicated soundcard too, but i've heard there's no point on windows 7 due to the way microsoft dicked over the sound system. any advice on that and anything above would be appreciated.