1st time gaming rig build

Is this just a gaming computer? if so, check out Sandy bridge, or changing to a phenom 955....

I assume the X2 means you are doiing RAID.... first, don't get Hitachi! get spinpoint F3... second, a SSD with a larger storage drive would be smarter!

I don't really like Kingwin... I'd go for a corsair 650 watt PSU, make sure it is certified, but that is a minimum, I'd still say go for 750+ watts... make sure it is certified..

One higher end GPU would be better because later on you can do crossfire...

if this is your first build, stay away from Liquid... I'd go for a coolermaster H212....

full size case... antec 300 is good...
=o, you don't NEED more then 4 gigs, if you are going to do video editing(not just the occasional vid), then look at more... 6 gigs is for core i7s... 4 gigs 1600mhz g.skill RAM is great!
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The reason for the 2 hd5770 cards is that i have one already. i thought i would crossfire 2 of them. it would be cheaper than buying a 6000 series card. As for the HDD's, the hitachi's had very good ratings and a great price for 2 500 gig drives. 80.00. i am a building noob so i must ask, what is RAID and SSD? sorry.

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no problem dude, Hitachi has a.... reputation for being junk, and spinpoint F3s are reliable, plus have good performance. Raid is Redundant Array of Independent discs... check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID . SSD is Solid State Drive, basically a Harddrive, but more expensive, and VERY fast... usually used for OS and a few games.. I recommdend one with Sandforce firmware, and around 60 gigs... that is about 150$ish, definitly worth it, mine installed windows 7 in 10 minutes, and 12 seconds... lol I clocked it.


Edit: I think spinpoint drives are cheaper tooo...

ALSO, NO. RIG IS NOT JUST FOR GAMING. ALSO PICTURES, MOVIES, MUSIC AND GENERAL WEB SURFING.

oops, sorry about the caps.

See this thread which covers similar line of thought

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/303361-31-gaming-syst...

thanks for the heads up on the spinpoint and SSD. all over it.

so general use, but gaming is the most intensive? usually I just call it gaming, because we all do that sorta stuff...

that is so true. gaming is the biggest part of it.

=D

  atotalnoob, I'm just going to but into this build teehee.

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It's the link in my siggy  

=o meanie! lol

haha you know me. Damn your making me want to stop playing TF2 right now and play some BCBF2 with your avatar hah.

lol dude, the bc2 online servers have been down for like a month....

WHAT WHY?!

idk.... they won't tell me... lol