Motherboards... grr!

[Fear]

Well i thought you wanted sli did you check the power consumption on them 6950's because i don't think the 850W is good enough for the AMD electricty drainers

 

[LinearHD]

It's 836W... good enough imo?

I didn't want SLI, i only wanted the ability to in the future. Also, heres an alternative AMD spec with a 580:

Case: COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU): AMD PHENOM II X6 1090T
Motherboard: ASUS® M4N98TD EVO: DDR3, 2-Way SLI, SATA 3.0GB/s
Memory (RAM): 8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3
Graphics Card: 1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580
Memory - 1st Hard Disk: 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK
Power Supply: 1010W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£99)
Processor Cooling: SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Monitor: IIYAMA E2271HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£139)
Keyboard & Mouse: LOGITECH® K200 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD (£9)
Speakers: PHILIPS SPA2602 5.1 Surround Speaker System (Special Offer) (£45)
Warranty: 3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£69)
Price: £1,422.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[Fear]

836W is way too boarderline for me i would not risk that, are you having this mainly as a gaming system ?

 

[LinearHD]

Gaming, video/photo editing, graphics design, the like. Should I go for the 1010PSU for the same price?

EDIT i didn't see that spec you posted, the thing is I need an i7 for the photo/video stuff

 

[Fear]

Right well if your doing all that you will also want 8GB ram so here is a slight alteration on what i did before.

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 PRO (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0/SATA 6Gb/s, CrossFireX™ & SLI
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - DX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
640GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD6402AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W TX SERIES (TX850) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£99)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
IIYAMA E2271HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£139)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® K200 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD (£9)
Speakers
PHILIPS SPA2602 5.1 Surround Speaker System (Special Offer) (£45)
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£69)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,416.00 including VAT and delivery.

Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-sandy-bridge-pc/

 

[LinearHD]

AH YOU BEAST! +Rep
The only thing I'm gonna add is the wireless pci-e card, and thats that! You're now officialy forgiven for making me look like a mug lolol

 

[Fear]

AH YOU BEAST! +Rep
The only thing I'm gonna add is the wireless pci-e card, and thats that! You're now officialy forgiven for making me look like a mig lolol

No no no you know i am going to get you to push the budget slightly now and tell you to go for the homeplugs seriously you won't regret them and the first time you lose connection with the wi-fi this will be the first thing on your mind, anyway good to see i managed to get something thought i might actually have to concede but i guess not :smartass:

 

[LinearHD]

WHAT how often will I lag out or lose connection? D:
I'm willing to get the homeplugs if it's bad...

 

[Fear]

It all depends on how lucky you are is all i can say as there are plenty of people who don't have much trouble and some that do, i would not go back to wi-fi with the pc's i still use it for the printer though but that has to be left on if i switch it off i sometimes have to restart the router to reconnect it.

 

[LinearHD]

Ahhh, I've been using wifi on my laptop for the past year and it's never lagged... is this different for PCI cards?

 

[Fear]

Any different card being an inbuilt one in a laptop or a pci card type in a desktop can have problems, and no i did not mean the lag all i meant was about the connection dropping if it does maybe yours is reliable enough i don't know, but i would rather put money towards a homeplug setup than a wi-fi card.

 

[LinearHD]

Hmmm.... homeplugs it is then (hopefully) hahaha