Aturaya

I'm about to build a computer, and I'm pretty new to hardware. I am a hardcore gamer, and I want a solid platform considering that in games I've had to suffer playing at 25 FPS with all the graphics settings on low. Integrated graphics won't get you too far in Call of Duty 4.

So, please rate this system on how it would perform in modern games:


-Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.66GHz <- I will overclock this for sure unless the fan sucks. In that case, I'll buy a new fan, then overclock it.

-EVGA X58 SLI Ready Motherboard <- Picked this randomly to be honest. How is it?

-Seagate Barracuda 750GB HDD

-EVGA GeForce GTX 280 1GB. <- Probably will OC. Might also upgrade to the 295 in the future.

-Corsair 850W SLI Ready PSU <- Again, Picked pretty randomly. Will it be powerful enough?

-6GB OCZ Gold Tri-Channel RAM (3 x 2048)

-Vista Home Premium x64 <- Probably going to upgrade to Windows 7 once it comes out and I see some reviews of it.


So, that's it.

Thanks.

Arkanor

What kind of monitor are you running?

Your setup will easily handle 1680x1050, and you'll probably be able to push most games in 1920x1200.


Also that i7 should be good for 3.2 easily on the stock fan.

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Aturaya

Yeah I'd probably be running 1680x1050. I don't really mind low res, and I'm on a slight budget so I'll skimp on the monitor.

ColdHardCash

I just recently built a new i7 system but i was looking around the $2500 (AUSTRALIAN CURRENCY) mark, i've gone over that mark but its ok!

CPU - Intel Core i7 920 Processor
GPU - Sapphire HD4870 1G
MOBO - GA-EX58-DS4
PSU - Antec NeoPower 650W ATX Ver2.2
HDD - Western Digital 640G SATAII 7200 rpm HDD
RAM - Corsair TR3X3G1333C9 3GB (3 x XMS3 1GB) PC-10600 (1333MHz)
CASE - Antec TWELVE HUNDRED Full Tower Gaming Case
Monitor - BenQ E2400HD 24 inch 2ms Full HD Widescreen LCD Monitor
Cooler - Noctua U12P Performance Cooler
Noctua LG1366 Mounting Kit for Noctua U12P
DVD - Pioneer DVR-213LS 20X DVD-/+ DVDRW SATA Black Retail with LightScribe

Took me a while to come up with my selection, i didn't just rush into setting it up.

xwinx

how much are you paying for the gtx 280?
If the price is close to gtx 295 then might as well go for that instead

Power supply is good for 2-way SLI- actually, a Corsair 750TX will be enough for that. or get the 1000W blue one if you wanna 3-way.

Instead of that HDD, get two Seagate 7200.11 32MB 500GBs and raid 0 them

Aturaya

At ColdHardCash, I'm not on a very tight budget, but $2500 is too much for a computer in my opinion.

At xwinx, the 280 is around $340 and the 295 floats around $500. And I could care less about the HDD. I also might go for a 2/3-way SLI with the 280 later on.

ColdHardCash

nvm ...

xwinx

Oh, then stick with gtx 280.