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Please review i7 920 build

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I'll be playing at 1680x1050.

I'm sticking to i7 920 because I want to oc to 4.0-4.2 and my brother has the i7 860 so I just want to beat his 1156.

CPU: i7 920 (I can wait for the 930 if it will be released this january 17)

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-X58-UD5 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128422
(i'm thinking about the foxconn bloodrage cause it costs only 215 on newegg, or the msi x58 pro-e because it's just $190, however the asus p6t deluxe v2 is 270 on newegg, just $10 more, its the gigabyte i posted above. so I eliminated it from my list.

RAM: G. Skill Pi series 1600mhz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231335
is there anything better for a lower price? just under $170?

PSU: Corsair tx950w (it's only $150, just $10 more on the 850 so i'll go for it.)

GPU: XFX 5850 $310 on newegg
(should i go for the 5870? I will definitely buy the nvidia fermi when it comes out, so I will sell the 5850.)

I currently have:

Case: haf 932
HDD: 160GB. don't worry about hdd. I will upgrade to higher capacity when I have the money, and also, I don't need much space. so this is enough until I have money to upgrade. Don't count the hdd to the budget.
I have optical drives.

I just need opinions on the CPU, mobo, ram and psu gpu. don't suggest to change from i7 920 to i5, or i7 860. I'm really going for 1366..

Thanks guys!

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I would get the ASUS board they are good for overclocking...

Reply to christop

I would go for the HD 5850 @ that rez it will be a grate card less your trying to build a crysis killer

As for the PSU a Corsair 750W will power your rig with 2 HD 5850s in Xfire you could save a little coin there and get a 500 gig HDD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152181

------------------------------ P55-UD4P | i5 750@3.2 | DARK KNIGHT CPU COOLER | KINGSTON DDR3 1600 8GB | ZOTAC GTX 560 | SSD AGILITY 3 120GB | WD BLACK 640 | POWERED BY CORSAIR TX750 | SAMSUNG 22X DVD | CM HAF 912 | WINDOWS 7 64 BIT
Reply to Niklas_13

i'm worried about the fermi if it does require a higher psu. so i think the i'd get the 950, plus its just $30 more than the tx750. about the 5850, is it worth over the 5770? and also, the asus p6t deluxe v2 doesn't have usb 3.0 and sata 6 which are the future. my questions are:

is there any feature on the asus side that doesn't have a counterpart on the gigabyte? (eg. gigabyte has the 2oz copper and ultra durable things)

how about other much cheaper boards, are they good enough? if I'll go with much cheaper boards, I'll just buy an add-in card for usb 3.0 and sata 3. can't go with p6t deluxe v2 cause it's $270+$30 (addin card)= that's $300, so i'll go for the gigabyte if the p6t deluxe v2 would be a choice. so preferably under $230 mobos.

last question, can the gigabyte x58a ud5 oc the i7 920 d0 stepping to 4.0-4.2?

Reply to mikedp5

Read on the GPU looks like the HD 5850 will net you 60% more over a HD 5770 http://www.anandtech.com/video/sho [...] i=3658&p=1

I know the GTX line uses alot of power over ATI so that might be a good point about fermi cards, but if thay are smart they would try to make them more energy efficient

The cheaper MOBOs are still good but the high priced ones have more bells and whistles on them and more BIOs settings for tweaking volts and timings for OCing


( last question, can the gigabyte x58a ud5 oc the i7 920 d0 stepping to 4.0-4.2? ) That i cant answer, i don't have that setup to test it and not all CPU OC the same

------------------------------ P55-UD4P | i5 750@3.2 | DARK KNIGHT CPU COOLER | KINGSTON DDR3 1600 8GB | ZOTAC GTX 560 | SSD AGILITY 3 120GB | WD BLACK 640 | POWERED BY CORSAIR TX750 | SAMSUNG 22X DVD | CM HAF 912 | WINDOWS 7 64 BIT
Reply to Niklas_13

is the foxconn bloodrage any good?is it better than the asus p6t deluxe v2 and gigabyte ud5? and also, what are the important features that i should consider? ultra durable, 2oz copper? i'm not really going for the turbo v of asus because i'm going to oc it myself. so is there any features i should consider? from other boards?

Reply to mikedp5

Be careful if you choose to take the TX950w Corsair and the motherboard ASUS P6T Deluxe V2. Apparently there are compatibility problems.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ws-screen]
Now, I'm paying the price of that. I trying to change my PSU for resolved my problem.


Message edited by Newbie 7ven on 01-09-2010 at 03:09:37 PM
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why?what was the problem? does the problem happen to other x58 boards other than the asus p6t deluxe v2? on gigabyte?bloodrage?

Reply to mikedp5

Today, I bought a new PSU ( The Corsair HX1000W) and now, I can confirm to you that my problem was a hardware incompatibility with the TX950W PSU and the Asus P6t deluxe V2 motherboard.
Windows was installed without any problem.
So, be careful when you choose your components.

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