upgrading - checking with you first

trampa

I know you're a knowledgeable bunch
about to take the plunge on buying:


Corsair VX 450W PSU

ZALMAN CNPS 10X Flex CPU Cooler

Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 (rev. 1.0) - Motherboard - ATX - iP55 - LGA1156 Socket - UDMA133, SATA-300

Corsair XMS3 - Memory - 12 GB : 6 x 2 GB - DIMM 1600 MHz / PC3-12800 - CL9 - 1.6

Intel Core i7 920 / 2.66 GHz

any suggestion?
I've checked and the i7 920 will only do memory up to pc3-8500 (1066 mhz) but on 12gb the best deal I found was that 166 mhz
buying off komplett, around 800 quid the lot

others I have are:
video card is NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 1gb
1x 1 tb disk
1 old and small but fast drive for swapping files
1x S2 HD sat tunner

Solitaire

What are you using this machine for? And why on earth will you need 12GB of RAM?! :eek: That was darn expensive even back when RAM was cheap!

trampa

photoshop / capture NX (RAW photo editor)

12gb is 299 euro, well, is listed, not in stock now

I'm on 4gb now (x64) and I'd like more
mobo for i7 use 3 modules, so it's either 6 or 12
6 may do now, but I'm getting VAT back so I can give me that luxury... :cool:

Lu Tze

trampa wrote: »

Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 (rev. 1.0) - Motherboard - ATX - iP55 - LGA1156 Socket - UDMA133, SATA-300



Intel Core i7 920 / 2.66 GHz

You need an LGA1366 socket motherboard for that processor, or else a different processor for that motherboard

deceit

If you want to keep the cpu I would get this p6x58d-e, brilliant board or if you want to keep the board you could get one of these cpu's and go with 8gb of ram:
http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_01COM/08_MEMINT/productdetails/15491303/Corsair_XMS3_Memory_8_GB__4_x_2_GB_DIMM/CMX8GX3M4A1333C9/default.aspx
http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=28357&agid=1300
http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=27949&agid=1300
or try get an i875k with unlocked multiplier but its about 350.

quilmore

Lu Tze wrote: »

You need an LGA1366 socket motherboard for that processor, or else a different processor for that motherboard

ooooops
:eek:
had that in mind but must have picked a different one last time, haven't ordered yet (RAM not in stock)
many thanks

thanks deceit for that german site site, will keep looking...
so much on offer I can't decide

jbloggs

Photoshop etc, will certainly benefit from Hyperthreading Technology, so either a 920 (LGA1366) or 860 (LGA1156) would be what I would go for and not the 750...

Suggestions for a 1366 motherboard would be the Asus P6X58D-E (already mentioned) or Gigabyte X58A UD3R...

quilmore

jbloggs wrote: »

Photoshop etc, will certainly benefit from Hyperthreading Technology, so either a 920 (LGA1366) or 860 (LGA1156) would be what I would go for and not the 750...

Suggestions for a 1366 motherboard would be the Asus P6X58D-E (already mentioned) or Gigabyte X58A UD3R...

why do most motherboards have multiple video card slots?, I don't need crossfire or any kind of multiple video cards

I'm starting to think more of an AMD phenom II 6-core, more options (and cheaper) systemboards, but with less memory slots...