New i7 build 1400-1700

definitely doing it on new egg.

i already have the case, HAF 932 got it for cheap $125

EVGA E758-TR 3-Way SLI $270

evga GTX 285 2GB $409

corsair 1000w HX $240

wd 1TB caviar black $100

ok heres where im not sure

i7 920, or i7 950? $280/$560

for mem im thinking OCZ Reaper HPC 6GB which is $108

with the 920 its $1591
and with the 950 its $1871

im also doing water cooling, but at a later time. so dont include that, i made a set up for about 450 ish

any suggestions?

Looks good.

+1 for the P6T Deluxe v2

I'd get a single GTX 285 instead of two GTX 260. Add another GTX 285 later if needed. Maybe even a third

Edit: between (i7 950 + two GTX 260) and (i7 920 + two GTX 285), the second is better. I think the total price is about the same.

Those two statements don't go together. That is a small resolution, and you wouldn't need a more powerful CPU. If you are getting water cooling you will negate any difference in clock speeds between the two chips by overclocking.

Any in no world would you ever need to do 3 way SLI on that resolution either. You would be able to max out any game using a GTX 260 or probably a 4850. 1080x720 is tiny and doesn't require much graphics power. If you were considering upgrading to a 30" Monitor, then you might have a good reason for 3 way SLI, in which case I would suggest the Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130442
would this be any good?

Its total overkill. Look at something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150356

ive heard that XFX's customer support sucks though,
should i just go back to one 260 then?

I have had wonderful experiences with XFX customer support...I don't know who told you it sucked...

Yeah a GTX 260 would be fine, more than you need really for your setup.

What do you mean?

Almost all x58 motherboards have 1 space between at least 2 of their PCIex16 slots, so any two graphics cards will fit. The Asus P6T Deluxe has two slots between the PCIex16 slots, which makes it much better for cooling. It just doesn't have space between the second and third PCIe slot.

nice find! thats exactly what im looking for. except that it doesnt do 2000 memory, or can you over clock it to 2000?

Would you seriously buy 2000mhz ram? That is a gratuitous waste of money IMO. There would be no performance gain apparent from it, your hard drives and other components would be bottlenecks. I wouldn't mess with anything over 1600mhz.

could i over clock those ocz sticks to 2000 though?

theKid --

why the gigabyte board? Newegg seems to like the EVGA better (higher score) and won the 'board of the month' for Intel. Plus Tom's forums has several discussions going about issues with the Gigabyte boards, especially the recently received ones.

No good reason I guess, I just haven't been impressed with EVGA boards in the past. I am not aware that there were any more issues with the gigabyte boards than any of the other offerings. X58 boards as a whole have some issues, particularly with sleep mode ect. Gigabyte has been pretty good to me, EVGA has been less so.

oh lol my bad
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227417
ddr3 1800 cas 8

k, what about over clocking the cas? can you even do that?