Just looking for a once over on this system...

[thereelaristotle]

Just wanted to check I didn't have any glaring mistakes here, its been a couple years since I upgraded, thanks.

FYI running two 24 inch screens.

Mobo: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

CPU: Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor

RAM: CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

HDD-: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s

VC: (2x CF) XFX HD-585A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB

PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-850HX 850W ATX12V 2.3


Case and peripherals are taken care of. Thanks again.

 

[MalVeauX]

Heya,

Nope. Looks solid. Except that the P6T has a lot of track record of being a finicky board.

Going to overclock it, or run stock?

Very best,

 

[yh125d]

PSU way overkill unless you're planning massive OC + xfire in the near future

 

[MalVeauX]

PSU way overkill unless you're planning massive OC + xfire in the near future

Seeing as he has two HD5850's in crossfire above, it's a pretty good choice.



Very best,

 

[Ayah]

Looks pretty good imo. You probably want some aftermarket CPU cooling though.

 

[thereelaristotle]

Heya,

Nope. Looks solid. Except that the P6T has a lot of track record of being a finicky board.

Going to overclock it, or run stock?

Very best,

Usually I'll do a little OC'ing when I'm first setting up and then just leave it, I don't constantly tweak or drive myself nuts over a few mhz. For example I've had my last PC, with an E6300 at 3.2GHZ for it's whole life.

If you think there is a better board, I'll check it out.

 

[yh125d]

Seeing as he has two HD5850's in crossfire above, it's a pretty good choice.



Very best,

Which really don't use that much power. I'd step down to 750

 

[alyarb]

i'd probably get a samsung hard drive. seagate's reputation for reliability, at least with large disks, has dwindled hopelessly. i even took a chance with a WD20EADS that bricked on me, and I used to like WD. hitachi deskstar and samsung F3 are faster/cheaper than seagate with vastly lower probability of failure. i'm pretty much in bed with samsung for the time being, never had a dead drive from them, and finding a big drive without any issues (especially the way newegg ships them) is easier said than done. just get the 500GB platters (spinpoint F3) for speed/efficiency. the F3's are a little more difficult to find than the F1's.

 

[MisterDonut]

Samsung or a WD caviar black. One of my friends has had both, and he likes the WD better (Pitted his old Samsung against a Raptor and held his own). I would get a cheap aftermarket cooler for a minor overclock or spend a little more for the higher end ones. A cooler chip is always better ! I would personally overclock an i7 just cause it has the potential, otherwise I would have picked up the i5 for the turbo mode...but that's just me .

 

[thereelaristotle]

Samsung or a WD caviar black. One of my friends has had both, and he likes the WD better (Pitted his old Samsung against a Raptor and held his own). I would get a cheap aftermarket cooler for a minor overclock or spend a little more for the higher end ones. A cooler chip is always better ! I would personally overclock an i7 just cause it has the potential, otherwise I would have picked up the i5 for the turbo mode...but that's just me .

Will check out the Samsung drives, I've always been a fan of most of their other electronics, I may as well.

Also was going to grab this cooler: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler.

Looks a little easier to work with than the Tuniq tower I had on my old CPU, which while great operationally was flat out unwieldy to work around at times.

 

[theyedi]

What do you mean by the P6T being a finicky board? I'm curious because I plan on getting it with an i7 920 with plans to OC to around 4.2 ghz.

 

[MisterDonut]

Nothing wrong with the P6T AFAIK. My friend has had it for a solid 6 months now (V2 Deluxe) and hasn't had any issues whatsoever. Has his i7 OC'ed to ~4ghz.