+REP >> My Future Build Specs << PLZ LOOK

[Tomm]

Don't bother with a SLI mobo unless you are actually going to use it now or some point in the future.. just adds extra cost.

[Stephen!]

Don't bother with a SLI mobo unless you are actually going to use it now or some point in the future.. just adds extra cost.

QFT. Nvidia mobo's are only good for SLI. Intel chipsets beat it in everything else.

[:job2]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143288 < cheeper 1TB hard drive

Also I would recomend getting a smalling, cheep hard drive for your opperating system (160-240GB) then buying a 1TB hard drive and having it seperate, that way you wont be clogging up your OS and also if you get a virus still have your files

[Stephen!]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143288 < cheeper 1TB hard drive

Also I would recomend getting a smalling, cheep hard drive for your opperating system (160-240GB) then buying a 1TB hard drive and having it seperate, that way you wont be clogging up your OS and also if you get a virus still have your files

100% agree. I could never use a drive bigger than 500Gb for my OS.

[Iszak]

As for the memory / RAM I would usually go with a higher MHz rate compared to lower, this means you don't need as much RAM. I've found with 2 GB of 1022 MHz RAM Vista runs very nicely, and never had any problems with games. But it's good to see you're not going to 8gb of ~600MHz RAM because sometimes it's not about quantity but quality.

[Firehorse]

Thanks all for comments! Nick, I think i'll stick with a GTX 285 rather than an ATI or 295. Also may have enough to change the specs to fit around an i7. the other screen I found had a HD input, useful for an xbox on one screen with something else on another.

Thanks to all who posted tips etc, +repped everyone who I could.

Now I just gotta save (again www.youripod.co.uk and you are a very very great help.) Just looking for desks now, nothing will fit on my current one. I was thinking http://www.dvbofficefurniture.co.uk/...l18-p-145.html but I want one like that with a dip on the short corner to put my tower so it isn't on the floor or the desk but instead inbetween. Big thanks to whoever finds one!

[lolwut]

That's an okay setup, the first negative points which come to mind are:
1) 8GB of RAM is too much. What're you EVER going to do to make use of the whole 8GB? 6GB, more likely.
2) That card is far too expensive and has too much Video RAM. 1800MB is unbelievable overkill. If you really want dual link DVI (which you don't need for those monitors) then get a GeForce 8800GT/X or something, but that just seems stupid.
3) You'd get a much faster read/write time with 2 500GB HDD's than 1TB because of the logical way HDD's work and thingies.

[Chippiewill]

That is total over kill on ram and it's not even i7, if you are doing intense grapics then ok. Also if you want Sli or crossfire then i7 supports them both on all i7 motherboards. And as lolwut said 2 hdds will be faster than one, I suggest using one small one for the OS and one bigger one (500GB) for the files. You can then buy an extra hdd when you need one. Or use 2 500GB with raid 0 (I think)

[N!ck]

I don't get why people think 8GB is overkill. With that much you can turn off the page file which increases ressponsiveness.

[Firehorse]

I think i'll go for 320gb for the OS and 1tb for files.. I'm sure i'll fill that easily with ripped movies and games etc.
I want a graphics card where I could run crysis on max settings with 4xAA or more with atleast 30fps (And that isn't just for crysis, Entropia Universe is soon to get the Cryengie2!)

Not really worried about dual screens slowing performance, it'd be so minscule it'd barely be noticable.