New build

[CSrollins]

Hello,

Motherboard Asus P7P55D Pro

CPU Intel Core i5 QUAD CORE 750

Ram 2 x Kingston ValueRAM DDR3-1333 2048MB

Video Card XFX Radeon HD 5870 1GB


Hard Drive Intel X25-M 34nm Gen 2 80GB SATA II 2.5inch SSD

Primary drive.

Western Digital Caviar Green 1.5TB
Secondary drive.

CD / DVD Lite-On 8X Blu-ray Player SATA (black) w/ Software

Case Antec P183

Power Supply Corsair TX 650W Power Supply



CPU Cooling Gelid Silent Spirit

Case Mods AcoustiPack Acoustic Composite Sheets

Software
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OEM

Speakers Logitech LS11 2.0 Stereo Speaker System

What do you think of this build? For gaming/productivity

I do not have experience building a computer should I do it myself or have it done by a company?

 

[tecmo34]

I would recommend a little better RAM, like G. SKILL RIPJAW Cas7 DDR3 1600. The rest build looks good. If you follow my step-by-step guide in my signature, you should have no issues building your PC. If you have questions, you can always PM me or another of the "vets" in the Homebuilt section and we can help you out.

 

[TheDuke]

don't think a blu-ray drive is worth it unless you plan on watching a lot of movies with it and for the secondary drive you should get a Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
Caviar Green HDD's are slow

 

[samdsox]

looks prety good. no other suggestions, techmo and duke said all that needs to be said

 

[tenzin]

why a WD Green? I would go with Black since it had both bigger cache and fast speed. and i think price is about same or $5 difference? If you know how to put it together than do it yourself. Its not difficult and saves money instead of having company do it.

 

[CSrollins]

Primarily I wanted the green to reduce noise levels so along with the SSD I would have a good combination of speed, storage, and silence.

Thanks