Heyyo!
I've accumulated quite a bit of extra cash over the year and plan on burning some dough on a new gaming rig (I'm still on an outdated P4/AGP rig). I've put together a basic outline of something I'd like to build. I'm open to any general advice or suggestions, as I'm a noob with hardware, so if I made any lackluster choices feel free to correct them!
United States ($) and ordering from Newegg by the way.
MOBO: ASUS P6T SE LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
GPU: XFX HD-489A-ZDFC Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor - Retail
HSF: XIGMATEK Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler - Retail
SSD (OS + games): OCZ Summit OCZSSD2-1SUM120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - Retail
HDD (storage): Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drives - OEM
Sound Card: ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 Channels PCI Express Interface Sound Card - Retail
RAM: G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ - Retail
PSU (is this overkill?): CORSAIR CMPSU-850HX 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
Case: Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
Thermal Compound Remover: Arctic Silver ACN-60ML (2-PC-SET) Thermal material Remover & Surface Purifier - OEM
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Goals: A rig that's semi-future proof (you know what I mean). I'm not a benchmark enthusiast or anything, so I don't want complete overkill. Graphics mean almost nothing to me. It would be nice to max specific settings, but not at the expense of blindly throwing money away for a few extra frame rates if you know what I mean. Basically, as long as I can stick with a solid rig for a few years down the road and it enables me to play games (even on low settings, as long as it's playable) without a significant frame drop, that'll be fine. The reason I picked this mobo/gpu combo is because in the future I could always crossfire in another 1-2 4890's, OR simply upgrade to a next-generation GPU down the road when more graphically demanding games come out, and I'm instantly good to go without needing to completely overhaul to a new rig/platform.
Budget: None, really. I have more than enough dough to blow off on a PC, but please try to keep things relatively affordable. Use your own judgment with this one. If you have a recommended product that might give me more bang/buck performance, be it a higher OR lower price, don't hesitate to let me know! However, I obviously don't want to blow off $1k on something like Intel's higher-end i7 for just a slightly faster cpu that's obviously not worth the price tag.
Questions/concerns:
1) Is that SSD worth it? I know SSD's don't have the best price/performance ratio these days, but since price isn't much of a concern, would it be worth it to invest in this SSD and install my OS/primary games on it? If they increase my PC boot-up/game load times like what I've seen, I'm all in for installing an SSD.
2) What are your thoughts on the PSU? Is it adequate for future upgrades? I'm thinking it already might be complete overkill, but I wanted to leave some room for future expansion.
I'll also be ordering Vista 64 bit with the free Windows 7 coupon (any recommended edition, anyone?). Anyway, I believe I've covered nearly everything. If I've forgotten anything at all just let me know and I'll get back to ya!
Thanks a lot!
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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 1-2 weeks I guess?
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Whatever I didn't list I already have or will be picking up locally.
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg
PARTS PREFERENCES: Any.
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe CROSSFIRE: Maybe
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1280x1024, might expand in future.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Again, the reason for my choice in the 850w PSU is to leave room for these uncertainties in my build (overclocking, crossfire, higher resolution etc). However, I'm a noob with hardware so if there's something you'd do differently in this situation, feel free to let me know!
I've accumulated quite a bit of extra cash over the year and plan on burning some dough on a new gaming rig (I'm still on an outdated P4/AGP rig). I've put together a basic outline of something I'd like to build. I'm open to any general advice or suggestions, as I'm a noob with hardware, so if I made any lackluster choices feel free to correct them!
United States ($) and ordering from Newegg by the way.
MOBO: ASUS P6T SE LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
GPU: XFX HD-489A-ZDFC Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor - Retail
HSF: XIGMATEK Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler - Retail
SSD (OS + games): OCZ Summit OCZSSD2-1SUM120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - Retail
HDD (storage): Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drives - OEM
Sound Card: ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 Channels PCI Express Interface Sound Card - Retail
RAM: G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ - Retail
PSU (is this overkill?): CORSAIR CMPSU-850HX 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
Case: Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
Thermal Compound Remover: Arctic Silver ACN-60ML (2-PC-SET) Thermal material Remover & Surface Purifier - OEM
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Goals: A rig that's semi-future proof (you know what I mean). I'm not a benchmark enthusiast or anything, so I don't want complete overkill. Graphics mean almost nothing to me. It would be nice to max specific settings, but not at the expense of blindly throwing money away for a few extra frame rates if you know what I mean. Basically, as long as I can stick with a solid rig for a few years down the road and it enables me to play games (even on low settings, as long as it's playable) without a significant frame drop, that'll be fine. The reason I picked this mobo/gpu combo is because in the future I could always crossfire in another 1-2 4890's, OR simply upgrade to a next-generation GPU down the road when more graphically demanding games come out, and I'm instantly good to go without needing to completely overhaul to a new rig/platform.
Budget: None, really. I have more than enough dough to blow off on a PC, but please try to keep things relatively affordable. Use your own judgment with this one. If you have a recommended product that might give me more bang/buck performance, be it a higher OR lower price, don't hesitate to let me know! However, I obviously don't want to blow off $1k on something like Intel's higher-end i7 for just a slightly faster cpu that's obviously not worth the price tag.
Questions/concerns:
1) Is that SSD worth it? I know SSD's don't have the best price/performance ratio these days, but since price isn't much of a concern, would it be worth it to invest in this SSD and install my OS/primary games on it? If they increase my PC boot-up/game load times like what I've seen, I'm all in for installing an SSD.
2) What are your thoughts on the PSU? Is it adequate for future upgrades? I'm thinking it already might be complete overkill, but I wanted to leave some room for future expansion.
I'll also be ordering Vista 64 bit with the free Windows 7 coupon (any recommended edition, anyone?). Anyway, I believe I've covered nearly everything. If I've forgotten anything at all just let me know and I'll get back to ya!
Thanks a lot!
---------------
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 1-2 weeks I guess?
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Whatever I didn't list I already have or will be picking up locally.
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg
PARTS PREFERENCES: Any.
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe CROSSFIRE: Maybe
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1280x1024, might expand in future.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Again, the reason for my choice in the 850w PSU is to leave room for these uncertainties in my build (overclocking, crossfire, higher resolution etc). However, I'm a noob with hardware so if there's something you'd do differently in this situation, feel free to let me know!
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