I am going to be ordering parts for a rig later this week. Looking for feedback. Here is a break down on each part and why I think they may work. I priced all items this week at Newegg.
Armor A90 case (already purchased)
2 120 mm fans and a 200 mm fan, bottom psu, SSD rack, tool less, and looks really cool!
Storage - 3 x SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD322GJ/U 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" in Raid 0 for applications and games
$42.99 $128.97
These are single platter drives. From what I have read, I should be able to get 300-400 mbs read and around 250 write speeds in this configuration. This array will hold all the games and larger apps.
Storage - 2 x Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive in Raid 1 for data
$49.99 $99.98
This will serve as a simple mirrored array (I am assuming I can run two RAID arrays off the onboard raid controller) to hold data and keep it secure. I don't have more than 100 gig of data, so this is really overkill for me.
Case Fan - APEVIA CF12SL-UBL 120mm Blue LED Case Fan
$7.97
For the side of the Armor A90 case.
Motherboard - ASUS Sabertooth X58 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
$199.99
Great and easy overclocking, lots of features.
Video Card - EVGA 012-P3-1570-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
$359.99
Price and performance, this appears to be the card to beat. The 580's are just way too expensive for the little gain you get over the 570s. I thought long and hard about going Crossfire with a pair of ATI 6870s, but thought this would be simpler and cleaner.
Power Supply - KINGWIN Mach 1 ABT-1000MA1S 1000W ATX / BTX SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power ...
$139.99
Modular, great ratings, lots of power for future SLI if I want to go that route. More cost effective than a corsair but rates really well among users.
Processor - Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601950
$294.99
I really struggled between this and an AMD 1090, but I want to future proof this system as much as possible and the i7 just can't be beat.
Storage - Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) for the OS and core apps like office
$274.99
Highest user rated and speed rated SSD I could find. Used only for the OS and perhaps a few apps like office and my web browser.
Memory - G.SKILL PI Series 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL7T-6GBPI
Model #:F3-12800CL7T-6GBPI
$119.99
Low cas 7-9-7 and voltage requirements (v1.5). Compatible with my board.
Optical Drives - 2 x ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
Model #RW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS
$19.99 $39.98
Cheap and well rated.
CPU Cooler - COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel ...
Model #:RR-B10-212P-G1
$29.99
Best CPU cooling solution I could find for the money. People are hitting 4ghz with the 950 processor using this along.
Total: $1,696.83
Armor A90 case (already purchased)
2 120 mm fans and a 200 mm fan, bottom psu, SSD rack, tool less, and looks really cool!
Storage - 3 x SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD322GJ/U 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" in Raid 0 for applications and games
$42.99 $128.97
These are single platter drives. From what I have read, I should be able to get 300-400 mbs read and around 250 write speeds in this configuration. This array will hold all the games and larger apps.
Storage - 2 x Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive in Raid 1 for data
$49.99 $99.98
This will serve as a simple mirrored array (I am assuming I can run two RAID arrays off the onboard raid controller) to hold data and keep it secure. I don't have more than 100 gig of data, so this is really overkill for me.
Case Fan - APEVIA CF12SL-UBL 120mm Blue LED Case Fan
$7.97
For the side of the Armor A90 case.
Motherboard - ASUS Sabertooth X58 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
$199.99
Great and easy overclocking, lots of features.
Video Card - EVGA 012-P3-1570-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
$359.99
Price and performance, this appears to be the card to beat. The 580's are just way too expensive for the little gain you get over the 570s. I thought long and hard about going Crossfire with a pair of ATI 6870s, but thought this would be simpler and cleaner.
Power Supply - KINGWIN Mach 1 ABT-1000MA1S 1000W ATX / BTX SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power ...
$139.99
Modular, great ratings, lots of power for future SLI if I want to go that route. More cost effective than a corsair but rates really well among users.
Processor - Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601950
$294.99
I really struggled between this and an AMD 1090, but I want to future proof this system as much as possible and the i7 just can't be beat.
Storage - Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) for the OS and core apps like office
$274.99
Highest user rated and speed rated SSD I could find. Used only for the OS and perhaps a few apps like office and my web browser.
Memory - G.SKILL PI Series 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL7T-6GBPI
Model #:F3-12800CL7T-6GBPI
$119.99
Low cas 7-9-7 and voltage requirements (v1.5). Compatible with my board.
Optical Drives - 2 x ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
Model #RW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS
$19.99 $39.98
Cheap and well rated.
CPU Cooler - COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel ...
Model #:RR-B10-212P-G1
$29.99
Best CPU cooling solution I could find for the money. People are hitting 4ghz with the 950 processor using this along.
Total: $1,696.83
However,there is no need for a 1KW PSU.
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