$1355.XX Gaming PC - Ordering ASAP

Asclepius

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I'm attempting to build my first gaming PC. Getting bored with gaming on my PS3 / 360 / Wii . I've compiled a list of components I think would suit my needs for bit. I'm just wondering if everything I've chosen will be compatible and if I'm looking at any balance or bottlenecking issues if I build this rig. I already own keyboard/mouse and WIN7 OS.

Here's is a the list

COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
ASUS VH222H-P Black 21.5" 5ms HDMI Widescreen Full HD 1080P LCD Monitor
EVGA 015-P3-1580-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible ...
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
■2x APEVIA CF12SL-UBL 120mm Blue LED Case Fan
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel ...
TOTAL: $1,376.21

Price is exactly $1355.89 before shipping which is the most I'm willing to spend at this time. Feedback would be appreciated, Thank you.
 

CopaMundial

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Other people can't see your wishlist.
You would have to publish that as a public wishlist.. or better yet if you have firefox load this add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/

And then this script that was built by Tom's community member 'Zenthar'
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/98750

Then whenever you use NewEgg.com or NewEgg.ca when you go into your shopping cart you will see a text box at the bottom of the screen. Copy that, paste it into forum post and voila, you get something like this (just random stuff I put into shopping cart for demonstration, but you get the idea)

HITACHI Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3020ALA632 (0F12117) 2TB SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
ONKYO HT-S3400 5.1 Home Theater System
OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE90G 2.5" 90GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
TOTAL: $574.97
 


Seeing how your going to use a single card set up, no reason to spend that kind of money on a board that's set up for dual cards.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157230 $139.99
ASRock P67 PRO3 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.asrock.com/news/events/201102ex/warranty.html <----- Asrock two year warranty
 

Asclepius

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Sorry I forgot to list this properly but I chose that mobo because I was hoping to go SLI somewhere down the road maybe when the 580's come down in a price a tad. Aside from the mobo though how does the rest of the system fair? Primary usage would be for gaming, adobe after effects, 3DMax and photoshop.

I was thinking to overclock the CPU a bit except I am unsure if the 650W PSU is sufficient enough for all the components I've chosen while doing so. I used a PSU calculator and it comes out with using 618W and 568W minimum usage.
 

Not sure about the calculator you used, but I can say right now that dual 580's need a minimum 850w psu, especially if you plan on o/c. I recommend 900w or better tbh.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703022 $159.99 - $149.99 after mail-in rebate card FREE SHIPPING
PC Power & Cooling Silencer PPCS910 910W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Active PFC Power Supply Compatible with Core i7

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371050 $149.99
Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG-900 900W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply


 

Asclepius

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Well I mean for the current state of the build using just the one 580 and OC i5 2500k would it be? When I decide to go SLI I will probably upgrade the PSU around that time but I doubt the 580's price will drop anytime soon so for now I'm thinking just for how the system is now.