The Gaming PC Building/Upgrade Thread

[Squilliam]

kiefer23 said:

Thanks Squilliam!

I may just go for a single HD 5970. It's around £50-100 more than 2* 5850's, boasts a couple of FPS less than 2* 5870's CF (According to a few Crysis Benchmarks) and it seems it would save me the hassle of switching Motherboards, purchasing a higher watt psu and it should run cooler, quieter and free up some space. A 802.11n wireless card is pretty much useless for me at the moment as my router does not support that frequency. 

For a Monitor I'll probably go with a single 24 inch 1920x1200. The 2560x1600 resolution monitors I have seen are way too expensive. I'd use my 37 LG LH7000 TV but I have to sit to close to see any of the text.

Revamped List:

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD3L LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i5-750 Processor
Case: Antec P183
GPU: ATI RADEON HD5970
RAM: Crucial memory 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR3 Ballistix PC3-8500 RAM 1066MHz CL = 7 Unbuffered NON-ECC 1.5V 256Meg x 64
Hard drive: Samsung SpinPoint F3 Desktop Class 1 TB Internal hard drive
Optical Drive: LG CH08LS10 Super Multi Blue
PowerSupply: ?
Operating System: Windows 7 64-BIT.
Wireless Card: EDIMAX EW-7128G IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Wireless Card

Thanks again Squilliam! I'll do some further research another time. For now it's 3:14am and my birthday, got to be up early!

The HD 5970 may be a mite overkill for the size of monitor. Its purpose is for people with 4-6 megapixel resolution display setups, like 2560 by 1600 or 4760 by 1080. However theres no shame in wanting the fastest! Its for your birthday, right?