I posted this in the wrong forum yesterday and it was clear that I should still consider the i5 750 so ive put it back in.
I got some money or my birthday which is why I've upped my budget from last time
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: within 2 weeks apart from graphics card
BUDGET RANGE: UK £800-£1100
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Schoolwork, Watching Movies, surfing web
PARTS NOT REQUIRED/Already Bought:
Mouse, Keyboard, Belkin media reader, WD 320gb external hard drive
Graphics card £150 (amount i'm keeping back for one either a new ati dx11 card or ati 4890)
Trust 2.0 speakers £9.56
Windows 7 Pre-Order £63.99
Benq g2220hd 22" 1900x1080 monitor £131
1tb WD green (WD10eads) £57
Colermaster HAF 922 £89.94
Noctua NF-P12 case fan £17.04
Ocz Freeze £3.13
Scythe Mugen 2
Corsair tx750
Lg GH22NS50 dvd rw
£662.82
If you are planning for multiple card configuration, then the i7 is the better option...And I would suggest you spend a little more and get a better board - Asus Rampage Gene...It is better to invest in higher quality boards as you will be keeping the PC for a long time...
I may consider a slight board upgrade, I personally think the msi pro e is possible best board in the line-up in the toms hardware review. For the UK at least.
The boards Ive seen that seem a reasonable upgrade in price are the asus p6t msi x58 platinum
However I haven't seen any really bad reviews of the msi pro e SO i may stick with that one anyway.
The pro e doesn't seem to lack many features, but I'm not exactly knowledgeable about motherboards.
So anyone have more thoughts on either upgrading the i7 board or the other builds feel free to comment
edit: the asus rampage I saw was the mATX version at £170 which is £90 less than the atx version so its not an option seeing as my budget is £1100 not £1240
Message edited by DavidTJ on 09-15-2009 at 05:50:42 PM
^ Then you can check out this board...It saves you more money for the graphics card and is one of the best budget boards for the X58 and doesnt lack in features...
ASRock X58 Extreme
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Com [...] ctId=37516
The real question is do you want to spend 75 monetary units extra on the more powerful CPU ( i7 ) or hold it back to make sure you can afford one of the new GPUs and just have a strong processor (i5).
For gaming performance, getting the i5 and a better GPU now is the short term winner. The i7 has the capability to be faster later if you go dual GPUs or ever get into heavy multi-threaded applications. The new DX11 5800s should ship in europe in 8 days (Sept 23rd).
The AMD cpu is slower, more expensive and has no upgrade room. Not a sensible option right now.
Message edited by dndhatcher on 09-16-2009 at 08:42:33 AM
From what i've seen the 955be may be more future proof (i.e last a few months longer than i5 750) the board is ace.
Well i'll look at the asrock extreme aswell, it was a great find, ive only seen the deluxe version which is a fair bit more. I still don't know if its better than the pro e but I'll find that out later, if its not worse than the pro e I may go with that board since its cheaper.