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Old 11-18-2008, 09:44 AM   #1 (permalink)
scepstein
 
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Question Check my gaming build please

Hi. I'm kinda new to this so wanted to make sure I'm not making any big mistakes. If you guys could just check through my build, thanks!


620W Coolermaster Real Power M620 Modular PSU SLi, PCI-E, SATA, 80%+ Eff' ATX 12V V2.3 EPS 12V V2.91
£74.95 Inc VAT

640 GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS Caviar Blue, SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms £50.40 Inc VAT

1GB PowerColor HD4870, PCI-E 2.0(x16), 3600MHz GDDR5, GPU 750MHz, 800 Cores, 2x DL DVI-I/ HDTV, HDCP £211.44 Inc VAT

22" Asus VW222U, Black Widescreen, 2 ms, DVI/VGA, 1680x1050, 2000:1, Speakers £174.48 Inc VAT

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5, Intel X58, Sok 1366, PCI-E 2.0, DDR3 1066/1600/2000, SATA II, ATX £227.48 Inc VAT


Intel i7 920, Socket 1366 (B), Nehalem, 2.66GHz, Cache 8MB, OEM
£259.87 Inc VAT

Logitech G9 Laser Gamers mouse £48.12 Inc VAT

Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard £52.82 Inc VAT

This brings me to a grand total of: £1108.83 Inc VAT

Will all of this work together?
Is there anything which is bad?
How quickly will the price of the i7 go down?
Any other comments/suggestions?

Thanks.

EDIT:

Changed GPU.
What RAM should I get?

EDIT:

Changed Hard Drive

Last edited by scepstein; 11-18-2008 at 03:32 PM.
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