GAMING RIG / HTPC / WORK/SCHOOL

[eloplayspolo]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This month
BUDGET RANGE: Wont go more than 50 bucks more than i am now
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Home Theater, Work/School
OVERCLOCKING: Yes
CROSSFIRE: Yes
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080 - WILL BE CONNECTED TO (2) 23" MONITORS VIA HDMI, (1) 42" VIZIO 1080P LCD"

(2) @ Raid 0 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"

(1) For Storage - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"

(3) SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100283VXL Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

(1) CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C8D

(1) LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray Reader SATA Model iHOS104-06

(1) Antec CP-850 850W Continuous Power CPX SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC

(1) ASUS P6X58D Premium LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

(1) Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920

(1) Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case





Total Cost: 1812.33


IS THE CURRENT GRAPHICS CARD SELECTION THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK I CAN GET? - I WONT DO DX10 - MUST BE DX11
ANY MOTHERBOARDS THAT WILL BE BETTER FOR THE COST OR WITHIN A FEW DOLLARS?
WHAT CPU FAN DO U SUGGEST?
ANY PRODUCTS HERE THAT YOU WOULDNT GO WITH?

ALL COMMENTS WELCOMED AND APPRECIATED!

 

[p55ibexpeak]

If you play only FSX and/or GTA4, then that's the right cpu & gpu. Otherwise, bad choices of cpu & gpu. What games or kinds of games do you play?

 

[batuchka]

Too CPU/Mobo heavy and terribly lite in the dept. you have to pull the trigger the hardest i'm afraid i.e the GPU!

 

[eloplayspolo]

i was thinking that 3 5770s would perform pretty well....

ur gonna laugh but i play WoW for now. But im going to be picking up a few of the newest shooters when the build is complete.

 

[eloplayspolo]

???

 

[batuchka]

I'd try to hit a HD 5850 seeing you have you have a healthy budget ^^

 

[Kasceis]

Heres a huge discount for a video card 5850 BLACK EDITION and a good PSU that I just found.

(GPU)XFX Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB Black Edition and (PSU)XFX 650W ATX12V 2.2 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular

Cool looking psu, plus a souped-up version of the 5850; huge discount.

 

[p55ibexpeak]

The reason you thought we were gonna laugh (we aren't) is that you picked out a overkill cpu & mobo. Dumb 'em down. FPS don't need i7 920.

Agreed on the HD 5850. You can play ANY games on that with a 3Ghz dualie or quad cpu. The other way to say it is you WON'T ever make full use of i7 920 with your usage. That'd be a waste. Spend your money wisely.

i5 750
P7P55D-E PRO

or

PhII x4 965
any good 790X mobo with CF

with

2X2GB DDR3 1066-1600mhz

The rest is good.

 

[eloplayspolo]

I do a lot of rendering for school and work, lots of photoshop and webdesign, the 920 is definatly what i will go with

 

[eloplayspolo]

Okay well, I wanted the 920 for headroom, but at the price i just put together this set up, im pretty sure i will go with it....

Not sure on the Video Card yet... I looked at some benchmarks and i'm not sure if the price diff is worth it.

http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0320475

http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0326581

i5 750 @ 179.99

ASRock P55 Extreme LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard @ 139.99

LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray Reader SATA Model iHOS104-06 @ 61.99


4GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9 Dual Channel Memory Kit (Two 2GB Memory Modules) @ 79.99 - any idea how this will overclock? Lifetime warranty


Same Power Supply and Case @ 243.00


For the hard drives, please check this post i made - http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/255813-32-western-digital-250gb-caviar-blue


Total if I can use the drives in that above link.... 706.94 + video card



whats ur take?

 

[eloplayspolo]

fixed math above.

 

[eloplayspolo]

just went to microcenter - i7 860 = 199.99 i will be going with that i think

 

[eloplayspolo]

any comments on the 860 or the hard drives would be much appreciated

 

[eloplayspolo]

bump