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jerohmeee   09-25-2009 at 02:54:26 PM

Hey guys this is a first build I am planning. I will be playing on a 30 inch 2560x1600 monitor. Including these items I plan to crossfir two ATI 5870's. Please let me know if there are any problems in this build. Suggestions and your opinions are welcome! I think this will be a pretty bad ass set up for 2560x1600 gaming. Will this power supply work with the crossfir 5870?

Antec 1200

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129043

Hard Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073

dvd/cdrom

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106275

Corsair 850 w PSU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139009&Tpk=corsair%20850

G.Skill 2GBgb X 3 for a total of gb of RAM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231225

EVGA SLI Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188039

i7 920

Cool Master CPU cooler

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103055


Message edited by jerohmeee on 09-25-2009 at 03:55:05 PM
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Bronze Home Brew badge obsidian86   09-25-2009 at 03:22:42 PM

ok firstly coolmax=BAD get this instead it has plenty of juice even for 2 cards http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] sair%20850

an 1366 socket i7 likes triple channel ram like 3,6,12,24 gigs 2,4,8,16 gigs limits it a bit

for an hdd this is probly the best out right now http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

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mavanhel   09-25-2009 at 03:26:05 PM

Are you planning on doing a lot of overclocking? Even then that PSU might be a bit overkill. You could probably get away with a high quality 850W, maybe something like this Corsair 850W.

As for the rest of it, I'd say it looks pretty good, although you might be able to downgrade the motherboard. It might help if you let us know exactly what you're looking for by using this format.

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evongugg   09-25-2009 at 03:45:25 PM

Get this:

Optical drive:

SAMSUNG DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223L LightScribe Support ($32)


Message edited by evongugg on 09-25-2009 at 03:53:47 PM
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jerohmeee   09-25-2009 at 03:59:17 PM

Thanks guys! I changed up the PSU as well as the ram. I do plan to overclock the i7 as well as the 5870. Nothing extreme though.

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