New Build questions

Sorry forgot to post the "must haves" for the thread

Approximate Purchase Date: 1 month


Budget Range: $1700 final


System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, photo editing (minor), home office, school


Parts Not Required: Building an entire new system except wanting to use an existing ASUS 21" monitor as a dual monitor setup


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com


Country of Origin: US


Parts Preferences: See list


Overclocking: Maybe


SLI or Crossfire: Maybe


Monitor Resolution: See statement about gaming usage


Additional Comments: Will be in my bedroom so I prefer something that doesn't sound like a train wreck, has good cooling, and doesn't have UFO Lights that will keep me up at night

Build looks great. Hopefully the revised P67s will be out in a few weeks tops.

Only thing I see is you are way overpowered. Even if you plan on adding another GTX460 for Sli you could get by with a 650w power supply. Especially if you stick with the Corsair HX series.

@ anort3 That's a good recommendation and saves me some money (what's not to like   ).

@ banthracis I checked the XFX Black Edition P1-750B-CAG9 750W ATX12V v2.2 / ESP12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply and it's going for $99.99 after rebates (orig $159) so unless I hear a solid reason why not to go with I think that's the one.

Also I wasn't aware of the monitor issue. After your input I checked a bit and I can pick up a couple of ASUS VH238H Black 23" Full HD HDMI LED Backlight LCD Monitor w/Speakers 250 cd/m2 ASCR 50,000,000:1 for about $380. I may have to think about this one a bit further and maybe change my mind and end up picking up just one monitor like this Hannspree By Hanns-G HF-259HPB Black 25" Full HD HDMI WideScreen LCD Monitor w/Speakers 400 cd/m2 3000:1 for half the price. The real reason for dual screen is because I hate to alt+tab when I am multiboxing so having 2 monitors may work. Haven't really studied this so whatever you tell me it's new info for me.

I changed the GPU to this MSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozr II/OC GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card which appears to have a nice cooling system and has decent reviews.



Not sure I follow you on this one. Are you telling me that I should not be looking at SSD just yet or at all? If for now then I guess I can stick with the Samsung and partition for OS and storage and then add SSD later. Thoughts?



You are right, I was confused with another case I was looking at. This case has some grounding issues that apparently may render front USB ports inop but doesn't appear is much of a deal breaker (82% 5 EGG)

Counting with the MoBO to be around the $180 mark and the changes listed I am at around $1,800 so close to target...until I get more feedback that is hehe  

For the SSD, I meant you should probably not get a vertex 2. Wait a little bit and grab a vertex 3 or Intel Gen 3 SSD.

If you really want to build this now, then go with an Intel X25-M 120gb.

I'm not a big fan of newegg reviews. Half the people who complain about cases wired the thing wrong, half the people who complain about HD DOA bought an OEM drive and didn't format it. About 1/3 of the complaints are from people who didn't read the product description, or didn't read the manual.

Nvidia surround and AMD eyefinity basicaly turns multiple small monitors into 1 giant monitor. However, unless the monitors are identical, bezel correction won't work properly, and things won't line up if they're half on 1 monitor, half on another.

Also, different models and companies will have slightly diff colors, so if monitors aren't identical, the same exact color may look diff btwn 1 monitor and the next.

Sorry for not responding any earlier; I was on vacation  

Funny how you always think you start to understand things only to realize you knew nothing LOL. I was familiar with eyefinity and never knew the name of the Nvidia counterpart so thank you for that.

I had almost 3 weeks to think and now I am doubting some of the components, especially the video card. Some reviews go hot on 6950/6970 and others on GTX560 (both 2G). I guess it comes down to personal preference since I haven't seen any reviews that show that much of a performance jump on either (usually 3-5 FPS in some games).

Also the MOBOs are now listed as available but not available (Newegg is being weird about it). I narrowed it down to the MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard so I will buy when available.

Any new input on the video card or MOBO is appreciated.

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