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Just took the great deal on i7 920 from Micro Center. Drove 5 hours one way to Chicago~ 
Now that the brain of the computer is here, I am building her a sexy body.. so help me out here~ :lol:
Most of my components are not decided for sure yet so I'll update accordingly.
I also need better suggestions to the system so feel free to shoot me something.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 2 weeks - 1 month
BUDGET RANGE: $1600
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: gaming, internet, photoshop, minor audio making.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Needs everything except OS
PREFERRED WEBSITES FOR PARTS: which ever has the cheapest price
PARTS PREFERENCES: Best parts for the price
OVERCLOCKING: free juice? Yes please!
Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes, if not now, in future.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1600x1200 and above
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Sexy looking case with good air-flow, good graphic card, generally high performance with good bang of bucks
= undecided
= Decided
Brain Cells:
i7 920 D0 stepping
Air Cooler:
Thermalright IFX-14 (reviews show really good cooling ability, but a bit pricey at $77)
Mugen 2 (a lot cheaper then IFX-14 at around $44, but still performs well)
Thermal Paste:
Arctic Silver 5
Arctic Cooling MX-2
Body: around $200
ASUS P6T (or should I get newer P6T Deluxe V2?)
MSI X58 Platinum SLI (Reviews are good)
GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P (good reviews)
Skirt: around $120 Looking for good looking and cooling. Prefer top fan.
Antec 900 two. (I don't think the 900 or 900-2 are pretty enough, but can't go wrong with them)
COOLER MASTER HAF 922 (Big fans to keep her body from sweating)
RAM:
OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000) ~ (seen people suggesting it)
OCZ Reaper HPC 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) ~ (a better RAM then Plainum?)
2 Questions here
1) Read about i7 system's RAM need to have a voltage below 1.65V, not sure what that means.
2) It seems PC3 16000 has higher latency then PC3 15000, is this a good thing or bad thing?
HD: (10k rpm up or SSD for OS, Lower speed for storage)
WD and Seagate seems to be good brands.
Graphics card: (need suggestions on GPU, pre-OC / not, and which brand to get) (will CF/SLI now or future)
ATI
MSI ATI HD 4890 - R4890-T2D1G-OC
HIS ATI 4870 - H487QT1GP
ASUS ATI 4870 - EAH4870 DK/HTDI/1GD5
Nvidia
MSI Geforce 260 - N260GTX-T2D896-OCv4
EVGA Geforce 260 - EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR
Sound card:
No idea~
Network:
No idea~
PSU:
No Idea~
DVD Player and writer:
No Idea~
Monitor:
No Idea~
Thanks for looking into my build, and please give me suggestions. The last time I've built my desktop was 10 years ago. I've survived a decade after that with laptops, but I've had enough of laptop's limitations~!!! Help set me FREE~~!!
Addition: 7/15/2009
I forgot to mention that I wanted the build to be a hackintosh too. Its going to be dual booting with Windows 7
Now that the brain of the computer is here, I am building her a sexy body.. so help me out here~ :lol:
Most of my components are not decided for sure yet so I'll update accordingly.
I also need better suggestions to the system so feel free to shoot me something.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 2 weeks - 1 month
BUDGET RANGE: $1600
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: gaming, internet, photoshop, minor audio making.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Needs everything except OS
PREFERRED WEBSITES FOR PARTS: which ever has the cheapest price
PARTS PREFERENCES: Best parts for the price
OVERCLOCKING: free juice? Yes please!
Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes, if not now, in future.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1600x1200 and above
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Sexy looking case with good air-flow, good graphic card, generally high performance with good bang of bucks
= undecided = DecidedBrain Cells:
i7 920 D0 stepping
Air Cooler:
Thermalright IFX-14 (reviews show really good cooling ability, but a bit pricey at $77)
Mugen 2 (a lot cheaper then IFX-14 at around $44, but still performs well)
Thermal Paste:
Arctic Silver 5
Arctic Cooling MX-2
Body:
around $200ASUS P6T (or should I get newer P6T Deluxe V2?)
MSI X58 Platinum SLI (Reviews are good)
GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P (good reviews)
Skirt:
around $120 Looking for good looking and cooling. Prefer top fan.Antec 900 two. (I don't think the 900 or 900-2 are pretty enough, but can't go wrong with them)
COOLER MASTER HAF 922 (Big fans to keep her body from sweating)
RAM:
OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000) ~ (seen people suggesting it)
OCZ Reaper HPC 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) ~ (a better RAM then Plainum?)
2 Questions here
1) Read about i7 system's RAM need to have a voltage below 1.65V, not sure what that means.
2) It seems PC3 16000 has higher latency then PC3 15000, is this a good thing or bad thing?
HD:
(10k rpm up or SSD for OS, Lower speed for storage)WD and Seagate seems to be good brands.
Graphics card:
(need suggestions on GPU, pre-OC / not, and which brand to get) (will CF/SLI now or future)ATI
MSI ATI HD 4890 - R4890-T2D1G-OC
HIS ATI 4870 - H487QT1GP
ASUS ATI 4870 - EAH4870 DK/HTDI/1GD5
Nvidia
MSI Geforce 260 - N260GTX-T2D896-OCv4
EVGA Geforce 260 - EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR
Sound card:
No idea~
Network:
No idea~
PSU:
No Idea~
DVD Player and writer:
No Idea~
Monitor:
No Idea~
Thanks for looking into my build, and please give me suggestions. The last time I've built my desktop was 10 years ago. I've survived a decade after that with laptops, but I've had enough of laptop's limitations~!!! Help set me FREE~~!!
Addition: 7/15/2009
I forgot to mention that I wanted the build to be a hackintosh too. Its going to be dual booting with Windows 7
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