2 x $1800 Gaming Build...HELP !

[Eliii]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: July

BUDGET RANGE: ~$1800CAN

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Surfing, Movies, Folding

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitors, Speakers, OS

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg.ca

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada

PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel/ATI

OVERCLOCKING: Yes, at around 4GHz
CROSSFIRE: Not in the near future

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080 (2 Monitors, Playing only on 1)

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Those are the 2 main builds I'm considering, tell me which you prefer and why ! If you have comments, suggestions or changes, feel free to share !!!!

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Custom Build Number 1

Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz 8MB L3 Cache

ASUS SABERTOOTH 55i LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard

G.SKILL PIS Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 CAS 6

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" HDD

COOLER MASTER HAF 922

XFX HD-587X-ZNFV Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V

Thermaltake Frio

OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTX100G 2.5" 100GB SATA II MLC Internal SSD

Custom Build Number 2

Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache

GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA

G.SKILL Trident 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 CAS 9

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" HDD

COOLER MASTER HAF 922

XFX HD-587X-ZNFV Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V

Thermaltake Frio

OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTX100G 2.5" 100GB SATA II MLC Internal SSD

 

[Mark Heath]

I think you're better off picking the 930 build if you have the money. But.. (n00by Australian...) what's a Thermaltake Frio, cos your link doesn't work

 

[Somebody_007]

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/thermaltake_frio/

both builds look good exept if you like OC a 875k may be a better choice than a 860.

 

[Mark Heath]

The extra spent on the 875 and you might as well go for the 930 if you're not fussy with multipliers. If you are, then 875 is probably the better choice (over the 860)

 

[Somebody_007]

The thing I like about the 875k is that performs like a 930 or better and has adjustable turbo(I wish my 930 had that ).

As I said though both buils are good and as mark said the 930 build is better if you have the money.