hows this

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alastair

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Just looking for some feedback to see if i'm on the right track

Case: cm690 mk2 advanced
cpu: i7-950
mobo: p6x58d-e
ram: 6gb kingston 1600 mhz
gfx: gtx 460 1gb
drive: 640 gb wd caviar green 3gb/s 64mb cache
opitcal: 24x dual layer dvd writer
psu: corsair hx 1000w
cooling: 22dba triple copper heatpipe cpu cooler
sound: onboard
extras: wireless N pci express card(£19), cheap keyboard/ mouse combo, silver warranty.

it's for gaming and some hefty photoshop work. Budget is £1200 ish.

I know the psu is overkill but, i was thinking of a sli/crossfire setup with the new cards that are due out later this year and next/ a couple of this gens better cardswhen the price drops and dont want to have to buy a new psu then.
Before you say just wait for the new cards and see what they need, i need the comp now as mine is very dead and this poor laptop can just about cope with explorer anymore and it just stops.
 
Sleinous

Sleinous

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Not bad, but maybe, go down to the i5 quad core, and a GTX 470 or atleast 465 (more CUDA cores than the 460 and photoshop LOVES CUDA cores :)
 
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alastair

Bronze Level Poster
cheers for the fast reply.
should have mentioned that i am (was) running a 26" 1080p monitor and after looking at the some benchmarks the 460 does seem to struggle a bit at this res.
so i'll probably go for the 470, on a side note i read that this card is quite loud does anyone have experience of just how loud it is? The reason for asking is i work from home and have my pc in the lounge so noise could upset the wife.
As far as the i7-950 to the i5-760 change goes is there much difference in performance in win7? or does the turbo boost thingy make up some of the clock speed difference?
 
Sleinous

Sleinous

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alastair said:
cheers for the fast reply.
should have mentioned that i am (was) running a 26" 1080p monitor and after looking at the some benchmarks the 460 does seem to struggle a bit at this res.
so i'll probably go for the 470, on a side note i read that this card is quite loud does anyone have experience of just how loud it is? The reason for asking is i work from home and have my pc in the lounge so noise could upset the wife.
As far as the i7-950 to the i5-760 change goes is there much difference in performance in win7? or does the turbo boost thingy make up some of the clock speed difference?
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noooo not more loud believers hehe, my GTX 470 is a metre away from me right now, I cant hear it, I can here all my HAF 932 fans :) Also, it does NOT get that hot in here lol. The turbo boost makes up for it, and its still quad core, I have a i7 930 at a lower clock, this thing beasts through anything already! What is essential is a 64mb cached HDD OR a 10000rpm drive OR a SSD, combined with a good GPU matching the games / designing you want to carry out, coupled with an adequate CPU for your intended usage, 4GB RAM or more on average.
 
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alastair

Bronze Level Poster
so if i go as above but swap for:
i5-760, p7p55d-e pro, gtx 470, with either 8gb 1333 for £17 more or 4gb 1600 for £44 less
i should get better performance at 1080p both gaming and photoshop than the original setup i listed?
Will i see more difference with large photoshop files with the 8gb 1333 or the 4gb 1600?
 
Phoenix

Phoenix

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The i7-950 is quite a lot better than the i5-760 and you could probably tell the difference between them but the i5-760 is a perfectly good processor which can handle both gaming and photoshop use quite well, 8GB of 1333mhz RAM would be better for you than 4GB of 1600mhz RAM.
 
Gorman

Gorman

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I7 = triple channel hence the 3 x DDR modules, Dual channel CPU's would be 2 x whatever.

So for I7 its 3-6-12GB etc. For Dual Channel 2-4-8GB etc
 
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