I7 system for rendering and gaming

[Hallsworth]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within the next month BUDGET RANGE: £600ish

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: 3D Modelling and Rendering in 3DsMax, and High-End Gaming

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, Speakers, OS, GPU (currently XFX 9600 GT), PSU (Antec TruePower Trio 650W)

PREFERRED WEBSITE FOR PARTS: ebuyer.com

PARTS PREFERENCES: None

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI: Maybe

MONITOR RESOLUTION: (examples: 1680x1050

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I realise that my GPU is dated but fully intend to upgrade that around December.

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Proposed Spec:

CPU
Intel Core i7 920

MoBo
Asus Rampage II

PSU
Antec TruePower Trio 650w (Already owned - No longer available)

RAM
Corsair 6GB DDR3 1600MHz

HDD
WD 1TB SATAII 7200RPM 32MB Cache

GPU
XFX 9600GT 512MB (Already owned with plans to upgrade in the near future)

Optical
LG 22x SATA DVD±RW

Case
Antec 300


I'd really appreciate any help or advice as I've not custom-built before, thanks for looking!

 

[OvrClkr]

Sorry but I need to know how much is £600ish in US dollars.......

 

[obsidian86]

http://www.ebuyer.com/

 

[OvrClkr]

That deserves 10 BANANAS!!!!! LoL....... Nice 1 .....

 

[Outlander_04]

Why the m-atx motherboard in that case?

There are better cheaper full ATX boards on that website

 

[Hallsworth]

just short of $1000

Any recommendations other than the Rampage II as well? It seems pretty hefty to say I don't really know what I'd be doing with it.. very feature-heavy

 

[obsidian86]

doesn matter what the price if you know a product you can find it

 

[OvrClkr]

Asus P6T deluxe , EVGA SLi LE, Gigabyte UD3R .......

 

[Outlander_04]

just short of $1000

Any recommendations other than the Rampage II as well? It seems pretty hefty to say I don't really know what I'd be doing with it.. very feature-heavy

ASUS P6T SE iX58 $142.98 [ I cant do "pounds" LOL ]
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161061
The only disadvantage is this cant run two nVidia cards in SLI

or
ASROCK X58 Deluxe Intel X58 $163.13
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161004
which has masses of expansion potential and saves you some money . Also made by ASUS so the quality is good

 

[OvrClkr]

ASUS P6T SE iX58 $142.98 [ I cant do "pounds" LOL ]
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161061
The only disadvantage is this cant run two nVidia cards in SLI

or
ASROCK X58 Deluxe Intel X58 $163.13
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161004
which has masses of expansion potential and saves you some money . Also made by ASUS so the quality is good

+1

Forgot about that Asrock board....

 

[Hallsworth]

Awesome thanks for the advice, that X58 looks like a good bet.

So regarding my GPU upgrade at Christmas too, it looks like a good bet would be just getting another 9600GT and going SLI..?

 

[warezme]

It is a good platform to start with but unless you drop two 295's in Quad SLI, a bigger Power Supply and an additional 6GB of RAM, overclock the CPU to around 4Ghz..., your wasting your money on the Rampage II.

But if you plan to do all that in future..., it is a good start.