Just a quick note, I’ve read almost every article and forum post I could find on building your own machine, and have read everything I could get my hands on that describes the technologies, as well as the supported technologies PDFs and sites from 3D Studio Max, and Maya. So I am posting this to see what all of you advanced system builders think of this build and can advise me on. Thanks!
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Over the next few months. I will be purchasing in “groups”, and will not mind fluctuations in price provided its not some crazy difference.
BUDGET RANGE: I’ve tried to keep each group down to $300-400 so I don’t have to save up for a long time for each group (I’m not good at saving large amounts of money )
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: 3DS Max and Maya, Photoshop CS4, Premier CS4
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Mouse, Keyboard, Speakers, Sound card (Also I have dual monitors currently, but the list includes a new one with an IPS panel that will be used as my main monitor once I purchase it)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Generally go with NewEgg.com, but have the option of using Amazon Prime 2 day shipping so when Amazon carries the part and its not far off from newegg I will get it from there.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
OVERCLOCKING: Yes (but only moderate OC’ing)
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Below is a list of all of the components I have already selected.
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Group 1:
Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower
CORSAIR CMPSU-750HX 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Group 2:
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
GIGABYTE GA-790FXTA-UD5 AM3 AMD 790FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Group 3:
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
ZALMAN CNPS9900ALED 120mm 2 Ball Low-noise Blue LED CPU Cooler
APEVIA CF12SL-UBL 120mm Blue LED Case Fan x2
Group 4:
ATI 100-505560 FirePro V5700 512MB PCI Express 2.0 x16 Workstation Video Card
Group 5: (Already have HDDs, will add this one when get it)
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Group 6: (Put here as I don’t need this immediately)
ViewSonic VP2365WB 23-Inch IPS LCD Monitor
Group 7: (Last because I don’t “need” it, just want it)
Pioneer BDR-205 - Disk drive - BD-RE - 12x/2x/8x - Serial ATA - internal - 5.25"
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Over the next few months. I will be purchasing in “groups”, and will not mind fluctuations in price provided its not some crazy difference.
BUDGET RANGE: I’ve tried to keep each group down to $300-400 so I don’t have to save up for a long time for each group (I’m not good at saving large amounts of money )
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: 3DS Max and Maya, Photoshop CS4, Premier CS4
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Mouse, Keyboard, Speakers, Sound card (Also I have dual monitors currently, but the list includes a new one with an IPS panel that will be used as my main monitor once I purchase it)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Generally go with NewEgg.com, but have the option of using Amazon Prime 2 day shipping so when Amazon carries the part and its not far off from newegg I will get it from there.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
OVERCLOCKING: Yes (but only moderate OC’ing)
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Below is a list of all of the components I have already selected.
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Group 1:
Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower
CORSAIR CMPSU-750HX 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Group 2:
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
GIGABYTE GA-790FXTA-UD5 AM3 AMD 790FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Group 3:
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
ZALMAN CNPS9900ALED 120mm 2 Ball Low-noise Blue LED CPU Cooler
APEVIA CF12SL-UBL 120mm Blue LED Case Fan x2
Group 4:
ATI 100-505560 FirePro V5700 512MB PCI Express 2.0 x16 Workstation Video Card
Group 5: (Already have HDDs, will add this one when get it)
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Group 6: (Put here as I don’t need this immediately)
ViewSonic VP2365WB 23-Inch IPS LCD Monitor
Group 7: (Last because I don’t “need” it, just want it)
Pioneer BDR-205 - Disk drive - BD-RE - 12x/2x/8x - Serial ATA - internal - 5.25"