http://pcpartpicker.com/p/21t0Z
The above assortment of computer components are pieces I have selected on my own (from looking at other people's builds) or with the help of friends (hard drives and memory modules...).
I've browsed around the forums here on Tom's Hardware, and there seem to be many knowledgeable and helpful people. I would appreciate any and all advice.
I mainly want to know if the components I have selected will work fine/well with each other. However, I am also not against suggestions for swapping out pieces (so long as the alternative does not drive up the cost of the build...). I will say that I definitely want two 2 TB hard drives for mirroring, and I would like to have 16 GB of RAM (8 would be fine if the savings could be better used elsewhere...). I'm already a little over what I was hoping to spend ($800~900), but if this build will work well, I'd be happy to spend the money on it.
Thanks in advance.
-Kirk
The above assortment of computer components are pieces I have selected on my own (from looking at other people's builds) or with the help of friends (hard drives and memory modules...).
I've browsed around the forums here on Tom's Hardware, and there seem to be many knowledgeable and helpful people. I would appreciate any and all advice.
I mainly want to know if the components I have selected will work fine/well with each other. However, I am also not against suggestions for swapping out pieces (so long as the alternative does not drive up the cost of the build...). I will say that I definitely want two 2 TB hard drives for mirroring, and I would like to have 16 GB of RAM (8 would be fine if the savings could be better used elsewhere...). I'm already a little over what I was hoping to spend ($800~900), but if this build will work well, I'd be happy to spend the money on it.
Thanks in advance.
-Kirk