So I'm building a computer for the first time. I've done a lot of upgrading and assembling computers, but this will mark the first time I've built one from scratch. It's a gaming/multipurpose system, here are the parts I'm looking at:
CPU: Sandy Bridge i7 2600
Storage: 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD; 1TB WD Black Caviar 7200 RPM 64MB HDD
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon 5770
Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) Kingston DDR3 (1600)
PSU: Corsair TX750
Optical: LG Lite-On BD/DVD/CD burner
Motherboard: ???
Also some peripherals, obviously: monitor (Acer 24" LED-backlit LCD), keyboard, mouse, speakers, plus an internal card reader.
I have (what I think to be) some good deals on the hardware. The whole rig (including 64-bit Windows 7 Pro) is coming in at about $1.4k, without the motherboard (which I anticipate spending around 130-150 on) - which is about what I was planning to spend on the machine. (And I wasn't expecting to be able to get a SSD!)
So a couple questions. First, just a general idiot-check: am I forgetting some crucial piece of hardware? Or are any of these not going to play well with one another? Second, some of the pricings on these expire at the end of the month - but the fixed motherboards won't be on sale for another month. Should I just pull the trigger and get the components now, and buy a revised motherboard when they go on sale? Will what I'm getting be compatible, as long as I get a P67/H67 board?
And of course if you need more details (or product pages), I can provide them. For the sake of brevity (and my own laziness of not wanting to pull links for every component), I left out most of the specs and model number mumbo-jumbo in the part names.
Thanks!
CPU: Sandy Bridge i7 2600
Storage: 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD; 1TB WD Black Caviar 7200 RPM 64MB HDD
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon 5770
Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) Kingston DDR3 (1600)
PSU: Corsair TX750
Optical: LG Lite-On BD/DVD/CD burner
Motherboard: ???
Also some peripherals, obviously: monitor (Acer 24" LED-backlit LCD), keyboard, mouse, speakers, plus an internal card reader.
I have (what I think to be) some good deals on the hardware. The whole rig (including 64-bit Windows 7 Pro) is coming in at about $1.4k, without the motherboard (which I anticipate spending around 130-150 on) - which is about what I was planning to spend on the machine. (And I wasn't expecting to be able to get a SSD!)
So a couple questions. First, just a general idiot-check: am I forgetting some crucial piece of hardware? Or are any of these not going to play well with one another? Second, some of the pricings on these expire at the end of the month - but the fixed motherboards won't be on sale for another month. Should I just pull the trigger and get the components now, and buy a revised motherboard when they go on sale? Will what I'm getting be compatible, as long as I get a P67/H67 board?
And of course if you need more details (or product pages), I can provide them. For the sake of brevity (and my own laziness of not wanting to pull links for every component), I left out most of the specs and model number mumbo-jumbo in the part names.
Thanks!