Just bought I7-860 CPU and Biostar T5XE. Now what else do I need?

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: ASAP. Now

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Movies

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, Mouse, LCD

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg

PARTS PREFERENCES: by brand or type. I already bought the I7-860 and Biostar combo at frys for $230. Now I just need the rest of the computer.
This is the Motherboard
OVERCLOCKING: Yes

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920X1200

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This is going to be my first computer build.






Harddrive

I was thinking of getting the Intel SSD 80 gig but not sure which one to buy. There are two listed with Newegg

This one or
This one

Ram. Not sure what the difference is, but I was thinking of one of these.
GKILL

Other GKILL

Case
This Antec seems to have good Reviews

Power Supply
Corsair. Not sure if this is enough power

Video Card
5850 when it comes back in stock. I wanted to do a 3 monitor setup one day





Please let me know what you guys think. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I also need a CPU cooler since I'm going to give overclocking a try. Not even sure where to start looking for that.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product
That ram, better and cheaper.

That 650w Corsair is fine for x-fire.

The Latencies. They are CL 7, same with the $124 ones. The cheaper ones you quoted are CL 9(slower). They are on black friday sale and really really cheap.

Those mobo vendor approval lists are from 1976. They WILL work.

Sonic-Boom,
So I get your saying to ignore that approval list on the Biostar website for the motherboard. And to go with this memory:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231303 ?

OK so how would one go about finding what those setting might be for those memory modules?

Thanks Sonic-Boom. Sorry this is somewhat new to me. So I get your saying that the latencies are basically the timing specs you'd set in the Bios?

Here are the specs copied:
Model
Brand G.SKILL
Series Ripjaws Series
Model F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM
Type 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM
Tech Spec
Capacity 4GB (2 x 2GB)
Speed DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Cas Latency 7
Timing 7-8-7-24
Voltage 1.6V
ECC No
Buffered/Registered Unbuffered
Multi-channel Kit Dual Channel Kit
Heat Spreader Yes
Features Specifically Designed to compatible with Intel Core i5 and Core i7 for Intel P55

I'll have to do some research on memory timing and latency. Thanks again.

Yes this one, good deal. I actually bought that one for $10 more two days ago online from Newegg.

First off, I hate you all. I bought a similarly priced i5/t5 xe combo from Frys about a month ago. I did NOT see this pairing being possible and literally dropped my jaw when I read the ad. :[

@bigheadanthony & g725s - I use the same ripjaws and they overclock like champs. With that said, yes they absolutely ARE compatible with our t5 xe. No one really looks at approval lists anymore.

@Commander38 - The OC does stand for overclock. T5 xe will underclock your RAM (if you get 1600 RAM) to the board's native 1333 speed. To achieve, 1600 or higher, you must overclock it manually using the timing specifications of your RAM, also taking voltages into consideration. I would recommend 1600 with this board, especially the ripjaws @ $80. It's an incredibly good investment.


From my experience, this is a pretty good mid-level board. Don't like the x8 bottleneck for SLI/XF setups, but what can you say for a literally free mobo? I had no trouble OC'ing my i5 to 4.0+ with a hyper 212 plus & push/pull setup @ 1.4 vcore. But chose to keep it at 3.9ghz @ 1.264 vcore. Extra wattage wasn't worth the 100 mhz jump.

(Though if anyone is interested, I found out that I could go to 4.2 with that 1.4 vcore, OCCT stable over 2 hrs, prime95 stable [both blend & small] overnight.

OC means the CPU must be overclocked. At stock speeds, i5/i7 chips cannot run the ram that fast. They officially only support 1333 for 1156 and 1066 for 1366.

I have 2x2GB and tried A1-B1 and A1-A2. In both cases I got 4 GB.
However, just in A1-B1 I got "dual" channels in cpu-z and "single" for A1-A2.
So, looks like manual is Ok - isn't it?

what setting to use in bios for Patriot 1600 CL9 RAM?
There are a lot of parameters for manual overclocking I'm not aware of

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

Their HWMonitor Program can be very useful as well.

I just got the same deal at Fry's, I'm having issues with Video.

PowerDVD is locking up sporadically.

The system hung on me last night running DVD Rebuilder, two jobs in Batch mode. The first job completed, the second one hung the machine, total lock-up. The system tray was displaying a balloon saying something about Adobe Update !! So I updated the complete CS4 Suite to get that out of the way and MS Updates as well !

Thinking PDVD9 is not liking this setup, VLC works fine but Liteware, thinking about getting Acronis Total Media Center Trial and testing it.


Just NOT sure if the video card is compatible with the mobo ? ? ? Any suggestions ? ? ?


Here's what I purchased:

Component ...... Price(After Rebate)........ Rebate $$$ ..........Store
=================================================
Intel Core i7 Processor 860 & BioStar T5XE CFX-SLI Motherboard $259.00 $20.00 Fry's
Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 $105.00 $20.00 NewEgg
Seagate 1.5TB Serial ATA/300 Hard Drive $99.00 $0.00 Fry's
Thermaltake Element G Mid Tower Case $79.00 $20.00 Fry's
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI $110.00 $10.00 NewEgg
EVGA GT220 1GB PCI-Express Video Card $35.00 $25.00 Fry's
Rosewill RNX-G300EX IEEE 802.11b/g PCI Wireless Card $17.00 $0.00 NewEgg


FYI: I did change the timings on the Mushkin
====================================
Extreme Memory Profile:
Profile Name Enthusiast (Certified)
Memory Speed DDR3-1600 (800 MHz)
Voltage 1.65 V
@ 800 MHz 7-9-7-24 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 32-74-0-4-10-6-6 (RC-RFC-CR-RRD-WR-WTR-RTP)
@ 685 MHz 6-8-6-21 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) / 28-64-0-4-9-6-6 (RC-RFC-CR-RRD-WR-WTR-RTP)

Sorry for reopening a old thread, but thought previous info might be helpful !!

I think its the memory .... as I tried a old card i've been using in another box that I know is good (WinFast nVidia PX6600 TD .... box still crashes

See here for more on the story:

http://forums.mushkin.com/phpbb2/v [...] 146#p64146


BTW: Are you the one who posted on NewEgg about getting confused or just wrote it incorrectly which slots to stick the ram in:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813138162

Rebates can take a while. What is the predicted time? Also, some of the newer rebates have online tracking you can check.