Well its time for me to upgrade my computer, and I would like the opinions of the sexy forum members about the specs I have chosen.

My budget was $2000AUD, and Ive come in at $1950 which is nice.

Without further ado, here are the specs:
Mobo - Asus P6T
Ram - 6gb Kit (3x2gb) DDR3 1333 G.Skill-NQ
HDD - 1TB W.D SATA
GFX card - 1GB Gigabyte GTX 285
Processor - Intel Core i7 920
Optical Drive - Pioneer 218 Dual Layer DVDRW
Case - Coolermaster Elite 330
PSU - Antec EarthWatts 750 Watts
LCD - 20" LG WS DVI 5ms W2043T-PF

Opinions...GO!

edit: oh and ill be putting on the latest 64 bit RC of Windows 7 as the os. I will also have the following items with the comp, taken from my current comp.

Second monitor: 24" WS Dell LCD
Sound system: Creative Inspire T1600 5.1
Keyboard: Logitech Wave corded
Mouse: Logitech VX Revolution
TV Tuner: Leadtek USB Dongle Gold

Why 6gb DDR3 ram? tbh 4gb DDR3 ram for would be fine. As for everything else looks like a pretty good setup, especially the gfx card

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Why 6gb DDR3 ram? tbh 4gb DDR3 ram for would be fine. As for everything else looks like a pretty good setup, especially the gfx card

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Why 6gb DDR3 ram? tbh 4gb DDR3 ram for would be fine. As for everything else looks like a pretty good setup, especially the gfx card

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because DDR3 is triple channel. you buy ram in sets of 3 equal sticks, not 2.

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Are you sure you're going to be using that much power or is this one of those "I've got to have the most powerful box I can get" kinda things cause trust me, I've done that.. but I've realized its better to just get something you need rather than trying to max out everything
Spending all that much just doesn't seem logical to me.

Anyway, to answer your question, yes, it seems like a good rig to me. I'd invest in a BD drive if its cheap and you plan to use this PC for 4 years or so with no additions. Or you you just get it in a couple of years when it becomes main stream

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Originally posted by Discrate
Why 6gb DDR3 ram? tbh 4gb DDR3 ram for would be fine. As for everything else looks like a pretty good setup, especially the gfx card

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because DDR3 is triple channel. you buy ram in sets of 3 equal sticks, not 2.

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Originally posted by John Anderton
Are you sure you're going to be using that much power or is this one of those "I've got to have the most powerful box I can get" kinda things cause trust me, I've done that.. but I've realized its better to just get something you need rather than trying to max out everything
Spending all that much just doesn't seem logical to me.

Anyway, to answer your question, yes, it seems like a good rig to me. I'd invest in a BD drive if its cheap and you plan to use this PC for 4 years or so with no additions. Or you you just get it in a couple of years when it becomes main stream

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Yes but he needs x64 thats why i said 4gb of DDR3 which you can buy.

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Originally posted by John Anderton
I'd invest in a BD drive

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There is no way ill be getting a mac, i just need an opinion on the current specs that i have specified

You know, why don't you macfags go visit a gay bar or something where you can discuss your love for cock in all the detail you require?

Anyway, why don't we get back to talking about Th3rmal's PC's specs like he intended when he posted this thread?

Th3rmal: Your set up is pretty much exactly mine, which I bought a few weeks ago. The i7 920 is lovely, and with 6GB of DDR3 RAM and Windows 7 x64 it flies. Only one consideration, based on a friend's recent purchase of a similar system (also i7 920, no overclocking): he found during heavy gaming the stock cooler wasn't sufficient for cooling the CPU, so you might want to invest in a better heatsink.

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Th3rmal: Your set up is pretty much exactly mine, which I bought a few weeks ago. The i7 920 is lovely, and with 6GB of DDR3 RAM and Windows 7 x64 it flies. Only one consideration, based on a friend's recent purchase of a similar system (also i7 920, no overclocking): he found during heavy gaming the stock cooler wasn't sufficient for cooling the CPU, so you might want to invest in a better heatsink.

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Th3rmal: Your set up is pretty much exactly mine, which I bought a few weeks ago. The i7 920 is lovely, and with 6GB of DDR3 RAM and Windows 7 x64 it flies. Only one consideration, based on a friend's recent purchase of a similar system (also i7 920, no overclocking): he found during heavy gaming the stock cooler wasn't sufficient for cooling the CPU, so you might want to invest in a better heatsink.

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Ah thanks for that, hadnt considered that. Is it possible to get a better heatsink for around $50AUD?

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Th3rmal: Your set up is pretty much exactly mine, which I bought a few weeks ago. The i7 920 is lovely, and with 6GB of DDR3 RAM and Windows 7 x64 it flies. Only one consideration, based on a friend's recent purchase of a similar system (also i7 920, no overclocking): he found during heavy gaming the stock cooler wasn't sufficient for cooling the CPU, so you might want to invest in a better heatsink.

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Ah thanks for that, hadnt considered that. Is it possible to get a better heatsink for around $50AUD?

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DDR3 is triple channeled? Didn't know that myself

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DDR3 is triple channeled? Didn't know that myself

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Well in about 9 hours time I will hopefully be getting all the parts (assuming they havent run out of anything, last time I called they didnt have  my gfx card but they said they might be getting some in that day), and assembling it, once its done ill tell you how it is

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Ok.

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DDR3 is triple channeled? Didn't know that myself

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DDR3 is triple channeled? Didn't know that myself

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the clue's in the 3

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Posting this from my new, awesome, lightning fast comp

Had one minor issue, one of my ram sticks didnt work, so I had to exchange it for another one, but now everything is fine.

And it only took 30 minutes total to install win7, im impressed at this new os already.

A quick read in regards to tripple and dual channel memory, with the Core i7:

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1665/intel_core..._cut_it/index.html

Conclusion: in the real world there is a difference, but certainly not much, between the use of dual and tripple channel memory.

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That's a kickass system though, Th3rmal's, I'm jealous....

I got around the same setup really (just finished building it a few days ago) :

- i7 920
- Itel DX58SO
- 6GB OCZ DDR3 1600
- 128GB SSD from G.Skillz
- XFX GTX 260 Black Edition
- SilverStone Raven's Casing

As far as the heat sink that comes with it goes, if you plan on over clocking minimally, you really buy one.

In my case, I'm still on the stock one; it's my first real build and just putting it together was a challenge on it's own.

If you want some better windows performance, an SSD will give you very good speeds (check the OCZ vertex series or the G.Skill Falcon).

You do have an extremely powerful GPU though, something I personally did not need since I don't do much gaming on the machine.