New I7 Core 1500$ order ASAP

[jermon]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: tomorrow

BUDGET RANGE: 1500$ USD

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Home, gaming, surfing the internet, web design, Studying

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard and mouse

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: New Egg

PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel and Nvidia

OVERCLOCKING: Yes

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: want to last at least 3 year =) also would like to bring the price down a bit. Has to be from New Egg since its coming from one of their gift cards.



Drive: Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118030

Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119068

Hard Drive: Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (bare drive) - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136296

Monitor:ASUS VH242H Black 23.6" 5ms HDMI Full 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236052

Video Card: EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130434

Power supply:CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 ... - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005

Memory: CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C8D - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145224

Mother: EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI (x16/x16/x8) LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188039

CPU: Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202

and windows vista 64 bit with the free windows 7 upgrade.

 

[hunter315]

The dominator ram is over priced, OCZ platinum is cheaper and offers tighter timings
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227381

Also the raptors are overpriced too, unless you intend to do a TON of IO operations a 1TB Caviar black will treat you better
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

Now take the money you saved on those two parts and put it into your graphics so your system is better balanced
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.209602.

 

[jermon]

I'm ready to buy now just want to make sure, should I spend another 100 for a even better graphics card or will saving up for another 275 be better?

 

[ob1ivi0n]

The dominator ram is over priced, OCZ platinum is cheaper and offers tighter timings
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227381

Also the raptors are overpriced too, unless you intend to do a TON of IO operations a 1TB Caviar black will treat you better
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

Now take the money you saved on those two parts and put it into your graphics so your system is better balanced
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.209602.

+1 to everything this guy said.
If you wanted to save a little more cash you could even go and get OCZ Gold instead of Platinum. The CAS is 8 instead of 7, but the difference is insignificant, and I think it's about $20-30 cheaper.
I would also recommend the GTX 275 instead of the GTX 260, but you can't really go wrong with either.

 

[skornel]

www.microcenter.com has Core i7 920 for $199 that's $80 better than newegg.

 

[D34DM34T]

Agreed on everything said with one caveat. 650W isn't much for an i7, high quality graphic card, and 6GB DDR3. A less on-the-edge choice would be 850W PSU.

I'd also skip Vista and go directly to the Windows7 RC download from MS. The retail will hit stores 22 Oct but the RC will get you there. Windows7 is soooo much better than Vista.

 

[shortstuff_mt]

The OP said they were building this system ASAP over a month ago. Digging up these old threads isn't doing any good.

 

[computernewbie]

if your gonna dl windows 7 RC hurry up, download ends today

*** ing dumbass digging up old threads to get some extra posts? this forum is for learning and testing benchmarks, not getting "points"