Pigpoo

I Think it might be time for me to get a huge upgrade from my "Piece of sh..." in my sig... and this is also my fist rig.
Anyway, I'm into gaming (MW2, L4D, TF2, Crysis, etc.) and want to do a lot of media aswell. I am also planning on overclocking to ~3.5Ghz.

So here is what I plan on getting so far with my $1700 budget (Btw, I live in the UK):
ASUS P6T iX58 Mobo
Antec 900 Nine Hundred
Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Memory CL9(9-9-9-24)
Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz D0
Sapphire HD 5770 1GB
OCZ GameXStream 850W PSU
Noctua NH-U12P Special Edition Socket 1366 Dual Fan
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive

Which comes to $1,548.67 (£927.29 incl. tax). So I was wondering if there is anything I should change before I buy all the stuff. Suggestions?
Btw, I'm happy with my monitor and other stuff.

Thanks!

MrLinky

Unless you were going to add another video card down the road im pretty sure you can use a 600 watt psu. Google psu calculator.

Also, if it were me, i'd upgrade to a 5850 or 5870. My sig rig gets close but can't run Crysis or FarCry 2 on full settings... and thats with oc'd 5870 and 4.4ghz cpu. Just a comparison

Pigpoo

Hmm... I do plan on running Crysis with full settings, anything I should change?
Also, I do want to get 2x 5770s in XFire just for the performance or should I just get a 4870/90?

Thanks

MC21

your case is kinda cramped for a 1st build i would go with a storm sniper or scout by coolermaster. for your HSf i would go with a mega or true from heatsinkfactory.com and a WD cavair black 750gb or 1TB maybe upgrade to a asus pt6d deluxe.

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MC21

damn your batch is sick i cant hit 4.4ghz on mine stable to save my life.

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Pigpoo

Lol owned.
Anyway, thanks to the suggestions people made (and after a bit of research), this is what I've changed my build to:
ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 iX58 Mobo*
Coolmaster Storm Scout*
Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Memory CL9(9-9-9-24)
Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz D0
Sapphire HD 5850 1GB*
OCZ Stealth XStream 600W PSU*
Megahalems CPU Cooler*
WD Caviar Black 750GB* (Don't actually need more)
*changed

This will cost me $1737 (£1034), which is a bit over my price range, but I will pay up.
Anymore suggestions?

MrLinky

sorry it took so long to reply, my bloodrage mobo has to be rma'd

lol its pretty sweet, and im sure i could do 4.6ghz but the motherboard bclk limit is holding me back. If you have the money, buy a C batch 920... better than A and B batches. Sorry to get off-topic pigpoo.

If you wanted to do CF on any cards i'd recommend a 750w psu... you might be able to get away with a 600 or 650 but make sure to hit up one of those psu calculators i mentioned earlier.
Also, i agree, 2x 4890s or 2x 5850s will get you 60fps in Crysis max settings. Other than that, your build looks great!

Spritanium

You should get a corsair 750hx psu, a 5850, and an antec 902.

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