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wnysupport   11-10-2009 at 07:42:31 PM

Just wanted to post the new system that I ordered this morning - and see some thoughts.

After more then a month of research, reading posts here, and other articles I finally went for it.

The main uses are going to be: Gaming, Virtual Machines, and other home uses

Combos are as follows:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.281931
i7 860 with HAF 922 Case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.280010
Corsair 750HX Modular Silver Rated PS / Corsair Dominator 4GB RAM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.289941
Gigabyte UD4P / Corsair Dominator 4GB RAM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824009162
Acer 23Inch LCD (was a shell shocker this morning for $169 + free shipping)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152181
(2x) Samsung F3 Spinpoint 500GB drives

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136171
LG DVD Burner

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835106139
Thermaltake HSF - not the best, wanted the Hyper 212+ but it's sold out most places

Video Card: MSI Radeon HD5850 (on the way via Amazon last week)

Couple things:

Wanted the 8Gigs of RAM not just because of the games, but I do a lot of work with Virtual Machines and figured with the combo savings it was worth the extra money.

Not sure if I am going to put the Samsungs in RAID - or use 1 for system and the rest for storage (open to any thoughts here)

Went with the Corsair HX Modular PS - mainly due to the $40 combo, and had a coupon code for another $10 (which came off before the discount)

Any thoughts? Should be a pretty nice build, and even though the HSF isn't the greatest can I expect to get up to 3.5/3.6 with it and be stable?

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Silmarunya   11-10-2009 at 07:56:46 PM

It's a bit stupid to ask comments on a build AFTER ordering. It looks good, other than the Acer monitor (most people I know aren't satisfied with them at all, and LG/Samsung's offerings in that range are really tasty. Yummy even...)


Message edited by Silmarunya on 11-10-2009 at 07:57:03 PM
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wnysupport   11-10-2009 at 08:00:45 PM

Well I did have some questions on the bottom, mainly - which if why I asked for thoughts :)

I picked up the Acer because the price was right - if it doesn't work out then I have no issues going to pick something up - but I wanted to keep everything under $1500 total for now.

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EXT64   11-10-2009 at 08:11:27 PM

Yeah, the Hyper has been in an out a lot. That's why, although I am not building until December, I grabbed it last week (along with my Antec 300 IL) just so I knew I would get it. I'm considering that board too. The only downside to it is at extreme OCs the socket is somewhat defective and can kill the CPU/board. The new one with USB3 and the New SATA (both pointless at the moment for me) appears it may use the more reliable Lotes socket. However, it costs a little more and the problem is only common at very high OCs usually (4+) so it will probably not effect your or my system, so it should be fine. I also thought about RAID vs not, and will probably go with not to save money. However, since you already bought two, unless you need the space, why not give it a try? Maybe it will be amazing.

------------------------------ New Build : Intel Core i5 750 > Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4P > 2x2GB GSkill 1600MHz CL7 1.65V > Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB >
Antec 300 Illusion > Asus 4850 512MB w/AM Cooler > Corsair 650HX > CM Hyper 212 Plus > Other: PII 940/Gigabyte 790GX/4850 1G
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wnysupport   11-10-2009 at 08:30:33 PM

Yeah I was looking for the hypers the last few days but nothing.

I am really only looking to get in the mid 3's with my OC - so I am hoping I should be ok with what I have.

Besides even at stock, I am coming from an Athlon 3800 with 2gigs of ram and a 7800GT - so anything is better LOL

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