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First time gaming system $1100 CAD
frosty7
Hi everyone, thanks in advance for your help!
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 7 days or less
BUDGET RANGE: 1100 after rebates
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: gaming, movies, internet, etc
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: NCIX
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
PARTS PREFERENCES: shown below -> not dead-set on anything if there is a good reason to change
OVERCLOCKING: maybe, need to save money for a cooler SLI OR CROSSFIRE: maybe, farther down the road ex. in a years time
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1650 X 1080
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Quiet is nice (case in point -> 640gb drive over 1TB WD Caviar)
Basically just asking if all this stuff will work when i put it together! Or if there are better options available. Power supply I know is overkill, but I would like to use it in future builds as well. And I like having a bit extra for more drives, video cards etc.
The list:
- Coolermaster cm 690 Mid Tower Black ATX Case 5X5.25 5X3.5INT No PS Front USB Sound Firewire & eSATA
- Intel Core i5 750 Quad Core Processor Lynnfield LGA1156 2.66GHZ 8MB Cache Retail Box
- G.SKILL F3-10666CL7D-4GBRH Ripjaws PC3-10666 4GB 2X2GB DDR3-1333 CL7-7-7-21 Core I5 1.65V Memory Kit
- Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22X DVD+-RW SATA DVD Writer Black OEM
- XFX Radeon HD 5850 725MHZ 1GB GDDR5 4.0GHZ 2XDVI HDMI Display Port DIRECTX11 PCI-E Video Card
- Corsair TX750W 750W ATX 12V 60A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 140MM Fan
- Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 7200RPM 32MB Dual Proc 3.5IN SATA Hard Drive OEM 5YR Mfg Warranty
- Gigabyte P55-UD4P ATX LGA1156 P55 DDR3 2PCI-E 3PCI-E1 2PCI RAID 2GLAN CrossFireX SLI Motherboard
Cheers,
frosty
Edit: one more thing, because I can't find a very good student price for win7 in canada as of yet (truth be told I haven't looked terribly hard) I was going to install XP on this machine until I could reformat with win7. Anyone see a problem with that using these parts? and/or have info about win7 student pricing in Canada that I do not? Thanks again!
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 7 days or less
BUDGET RANGE: 1100 after rebates
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: gaming, movies, internet, etc
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: NCIX
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
PARTS PREFERENCES: shown below -> not dead-set on anything if there is a good reason to change
OVERCLOCKING: maybe, need to save money for a cooler SLI OR CROSSFIRE: maybe, farther down the road ex. in a years time
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1650 X 1080
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Quiet is nice (case in point -> 640gb drive over 1TB WD Caviar)
Basically just asking if all this stuff will work when i put it together! Or if there are better options available. Power supply I know is overkill, but I would like to use it in future builds as well. And I like having a bit extra for more drives, video cards etc.
The list:
- Coolermaster cm 690 Mid Tower Black ATX Case 5X5.25 5X3.5INT No PS Front USB Sound Firewire & eSATA
- Intel Core i5 750 Quad Core Processor Lynnfield LGA1156 2.66GHZ 8MB Cache Retail Box
- G.SKILL F3-10666CL7D-4GBRH Ripjaws PC3-10666 4GB 2X2GB DDR3-1333 CL7-7-7-21 Core I5 1.65V Memory Kit
- Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22X DVD+-RW SATA DVD Writer Black OEM
- XFX Radeon HD 5850 725MHZ 1GB GDDR5 4.0GHZ 2XDVI HDMI Display Port DIRECTX11 PCI-E Video Card
- Corsair TX750W 750W ATX 12V 60A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 140MM Fan
- Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 7200RPM 32MB Dual Proc 3.5IN SATA Hard Drive OEM 5YR Mfg Warranty
- Gigabyte P55-UD4P ATX LGA1156 P55 DDR3 2PCI-E 3PCI-E1 2PCI RAID 2GLAN CrossFireX SLI Motherboard
Cheers,
frosty
Edit: one more thing, because I can't find a very good student price for win7 in canada as of yet (truth be told I haven't looked terribly hard) I was going to install XP on this machine until I could reformat with win7. Anyone see a problem with that using these parts? and/or have info about win7 student pricing in Canada that I do not? Thanks again!
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