Greetings!
I am building a PC for the first time, and after doing some research, this is what I've come up with. My main goal is to get as much 3D-gaming performance out of the money for the PC as possible, with some leeway in terms of upgrades in the future. All advice is appreciated!
Power Supply: Hiper Type R II 680W
Motherboard: ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution
Processor: Core i7 920
Memory: 2x OCZ, 6GB (3 x 2GB) Platinum XTC PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL7 (12GB total)
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD4870 x2
Sound: Creative X-Fi Titanium
HDD: OCZ Vertex 60GB SSD
I already have a case (coolermaster CM Stacker) input devices, a display, a 500GB HDD for data, and speakers/headphones I intend to use. I would like to get a LightScribe capable DVD-RW drive, but have no idea which one to pick. I am not sure if I need any extra cooling, and if so what to get. Will the motherboard come with all required SATA and other cables? Do I need any sort of thermal paste to be able to attach the CPU to the motherboard?
Also, if I buy a Vista Home Premium Academic Upgrade version of the OS, will I be able to install it from scratch?
Thanks for helping out this newbie!
I am building a PC for the first time, and after doing some research, this is what I've come up with. My main goal is to get as much 3D-gaming performance out of the money for the PC as possible, with some leeway in terms of upgrades in the future. All advice is appreciated!
Power Supply: Hiper Type R II 680W
Motherboard: ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution
Processor: Core i7 920
Memory: 2x OCZ, 6GB (3 x 2GB) Platinum XTC PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL7 (12GB total)
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD4870 x2
Sound: Creative X-Fi Titanium
HDD: OCZ Vertex 60GB SSD
I already have a case (coolermaster CM Stacker) input devices, a display, a 500GB HDD for data, and speakers/headphones I intend to use. I would like to get a LightScribe capable DVD-RW drive, but have no idea which one to pick. I am not sure if I need any extra cooling, and if so what to get. Will the motherboard come with all required SATA and other cables? Do I need any sort of thermal paste to be able to attach the CPU to the motherboard?
Also, if I buy a Vista Home Premium Academic Upgrade version of the OS, will I be able to install it from scratch?
Thanks for helping out this newbie!