Please assess my build, thanks!

[bcakes]

Hi guys,

I am building a gaming computer for the first time & would like your opinion on the parts I have chosen or whether I’m missing anything. I’m not planning to overclock at the moment, budget is around $1500

Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X58 – Sabertooth X58 MB, Socket 1366, X58, 6 x DDR3, Quad SLI/CrossFire Supoort, RAID, 8 CH HD Audio, Gigabit LAN, ATX

CPU: Intel Core i7-950 – CORE i7 950/3GHz/4.8GT QPI/8MB CACHE/LGA1366

Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 – GF GTX 580 PCI-E 2.0 1536MB DDR5 384-bit, 782/4008MHz, 2x Dual-Link DVI, 1x mini HDMI, Fan

RAM: Corsair TR3X6G1333C9 6GB (3x XMS3 2GB) PC-10600 (1333MHz) XMS DDR3 RAM 32x240-pin DIMMs, Triple Kit, Non ECC Unbuffered, 9-9-9-24, 1.65V

Hard Drive:
Primary Boot Drive: Corsair Force Series 60GB SSD2.5" MLC SSD, 285/275MB/Sec, SATA II, SandForce controller, TRIM function
Secondary Storage: Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3 7200rpm HDD - SATA II 3.0Gbs, 32MB Cache $63.00

PSU: Corsair 850W HX-850 ATX Power Supply, 140mm fan, Modular Cables, 80Plus Silver certified, Universal AC input 90~264V

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Two (Version 3) - The Ultimate Black Gaming Case with additional USB3.0 port and bottom-mounted 2.5"SSD drive support, No PSU

Optical Drive: ASUS DRW-24B1LT 24xDVD-RW,12xDVD+-RW,40xCDRW,SATA,NER08,SM,LIGHT SCRIBE

Thank you for your time! Any comments would be truly appreciated!

 

[wasupmike]

that's a pretty solid build... it'll do you very well. 6GB RAM is enough, however, since you're "splurging"... and RAM is at the absolute cheapest right now... may as well go for a 12gb (3x4gb) kit

 

[mascara]

Did you try to pick out about the best things you could find.. then post and ask if it'll be an okay build? I'm only going to comment because otherwise it would have been a total waste of my time reading what you've written.

If you really have no clue then you should read the SBM article for December:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-a-pc-overclock-ssd,2820.html

If you still can't figure it out then you should just go to Target and buy a PS3.

 

[bcakes]

mascara,

As I said I'm new at this, & I have done research to make sure I find the parts I need before asking for advice so as not to waste anyone's time. Those are hardly the MOST expensive parts on the market right now but according to reviews they are good for value.

I appreciate you reading my post but if you don't want it to have been a "total waste of time" please give some sincere advice rather than sarcasm because I still don't get what you mean.

 

[bcakes]

that's a pretty solid build... it'll do you very well. 6GB RAM is enough, however, since you're "splurging"... and RAM is at the absolute cheapest right now... may as well go for a 12gb (3x4gb) kit

thanks for your suggestion wasupmike! I'm thinking to leave some room for future upgrades. the main concern I have is compatibility & whether it will all fit in the case, as I've read some comments about the x58 motherboard not recognising the RAM

 

[danwat1234]

6GB is plenty for ANY game, unless your planning on having a lot of your RAM occupied with other stuff while gaming...if you occasionally run a bit low on RAM your SSD will pwn the swap file without any problem unless it gets serious. But if RAM is super cheap, might as well up it to 12GB as "wasupmike" stated.

I'd up the SSD to 120-160GB, because 60GB is not enough to house the OS and all your software. Depending on the game an SSD can drastically reduce loading time (and will always remove a point of possible stuttering while playing).

 

[dredg98]

Wait for Sandy Bridge if your spending that kinda cash!

 

[wasupmike]

+1 ^

the reviews are showing great performance per price improvements

 

[danwat1234]

Yea and I just looked up the idle power of the 580GTX and it is 37 watts (hardocp review).
If you had a Sandybridge setup then perhaps you could have your dedicated card shut down when not gaming and use the on-die GPU..
But then where would you plug in the DVI?