Building PC...need help

[g3344]

Hi guys

First time I be building a PC. Although I have guidance by someone who has been building computers for years, I wanted to check that all of this is compatible and I haven't forgotten anything. Oh and if you know of cheaper places to get these parts, please tell me.

Core i7 965 [boxed]
£580

ASUS P6T SE - Motherboard - ATX - iX58 - LGA1366 Socket - UDMA133, Serial ATA-300 (RAID), eSATA - Gigabit Ethernet - FireWire - High Definition Audio
£160

GIGABYTE GH-WIU02 3D GALAXY II Liquid Cooling Kit
£120

Windows 7 64bit
£70

12GB, 1066MHz, DDR3, ECC Reg w/Par CL7 Kingston RAM
£280

Samsung Spin Point F1 1TB Internal SATA Hard Drive [x3]
£180

Antec Three Hundred - EU - Tower - ATX
£50

Liteon IHAP122-19 22x Internal DVDRW
£25

PSU
1000W DELL
Included

GFX Card
Nvidia 8800GTX [x2]
Included

Total:
£1305

[Dominator33]

Lol, u buy a i7 and 12 gb of ram, and then u buy 2 times a  8800GTX? Then just buy a ATi HD 4890 X2 (or something like that). I dont say that the 8800gtx is bad, but imo its just a waste.

O btw, 1000 watts is way to much i think.

[g3344]

Lol, u buy a i7 and 12 gb of ram, and then u buy 2 times a  8800GTX? Then just buy a ATi HD 4890 X2 (or something like that). I dont say that the 8800gtx is bad, but imo its just a waste.

O btw, 1000 watts is way to much i think.

When I say "Included" it means I am using them from my current PC. I may upgrade to a newer GFX card one day.

Oh and I don't like ATi. I much preffer Nvidia.

[Sean3]

580 Euros for an i7? Quite a lot if you ask me.

[Joe]

580 Euros for an i7? Quite a lot if you ask me.

[Sander]

Not for the i7 965, since it's the "Extreme Edition", but it's quite useless and way overpriced.

If I had to choose, I would buy an Intel i7 with socket 1156, and not an i7 with 1366 socket.
For example the i7 820 or 860.
And don't let the name fool you, a higher number isn't always better. The i7 9xx are socket 1366, i7 8xx are socket 1156.

[g3344]

Not for the i7 965, since it's the "Extreme Edition", but it's quite useless and way overpriced.

If I had to choose, I would buy an Intel i7 with socket 1156, and not an i7 with 1366 socket.
For example the i7 820 or 860.
And don't let the name fool you, a higher number isn't always better. The i7 9xx are socket 1366, i7 8xx are socket 1156.

Thank you Sander. It is very helpful to have a meaningful responce!


Oh and could someone tell me if these are all compatible?

[Hitman]

the ones you posted in your startpost should be compatible, but if you decide to get an  LGA1156 socket cpu you would have to change the mainboard.

[g3344]

Right I'm gonna go buy! =D

[cloakster]

As Sander mentioned dont get the i7 965, your paying triple the price for a small increase in performance over the 860 or 920. You can easily overclock the i7's to 965 speeds and even higher with that liquid cooling setup.