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[stowne1]

Case: Coolermaster Haf 912
CD: Samsung SH-B123L 12x Blu-Ray/DVDRW
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K
Fan: Xtremegear Liquid Cooling 120mm with/default case fans
Flash Media: 12in1 Reader/Writer
HDD: Primary 64GB A-Dada S501 V2 Gaming SSD
HDD: Secondary 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black SATA II (Had it around did not buy)
Memory: 8GB DDR3/1600MHZ Corsair or major brand
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3-B3
0S: Windows 7 64 Bit OEM
Video: Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB
PSU: Raidmax RX-1000AE Gold 80 Plus

Total price shipped $1393.65
Plan on gaming at 1920x1080 maxed settings

Modified the Build slightly and bought from Cyberpower.
*Changed PSU to Corsair CMPSU-750TX (Read some reviews and seemed like a very solid choice)
* Changed Motherboard to Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 ($69 more - but from what I read faster board for down the road SLI or Crossfire)
* Kept the Core i7-2600K as it was on special for $84 more than the Core i5 2500K

My intent is to throw in another GTX570 down the road if it is ever necessary.

Any feedback? Thanks all!

Building it myself would have saved less that $100 and that would be assuming all mixed parts worked and did not have to be RMA'd.

 

[eloric]

Wow, Cyberpower is coming close to selling real computers for reasonable prices these days. I know that it is next to blaspheme to compliment these guys, so I might just stop right here on that topic.

The heatsink is meh, but Sandybridge does not generate that much heat, so it should be adequate.

Corsair is a good choice for a PSU, but the GTX570 is a hog for power. If you want a high overclock and a second card, you are going to push the limits for a 750 Watt supply.

Interestingly enough, the original Raidmax got an acceptable review: Hardocp Power Supply Review

 

[galeener]

If you havn't bought it yet I would go with a corsair 850w at least if you want to add another 570 down the road.
Also do not get anything branded xtreme gear if you really want an all in one water cooler get the 570lx.
A air cooler such as hyper212+ or the frio they sell are just as good if not better.

 

[bdbeall]

^^ agreed, the hyper212+ is a monster.

If you plan on adding another video card later, you will need more than 750W as well

Also if you are looking to save money, you will most definetaly get a better deal from custompcandrepairs.com you should email them for a quote.

 

[aznshinobi]

The "Water-cooling" CyberPower uses in their builds are Asetek cheapo closed loop cooling. I've seen many reviews, one specifically for their 120x2 "Xtreme" Cooling Rad, and it only performed to the level of a Hyper 212+/Mugen 2. So in my opinion you'd be better off with a Hyper 212+ or Mugen 2 instead. Asetek LC's are pretty bad, especially their stock fans.

As for the Raidmax, as eloric pointed out, I've also seen that review awhile ago, the Raidmax is a solid PSU. They've come a long way from their older Sigma branded power supplies. Granted the new 80+ Golds aren't made from Raidmax still, it'll power SLI 570's just fine.

The 16x/4x on that board you have right now is fine. From that to 8x/8x you won't see a huge difference.

We found that Nvidia’s high-flying GeForce GTX 570 suffers around 2% performance loss when using an x8 slot, while the Radeon HD 6950 gives up around 4%. While noteworthy in respect to the negative impact on system value, those losses probably wouldn’t be noticeable in actual game play.

More significant are the losses when using a x4 slot, as expected. The GeForce GTX 570’s relatively significant 9% performance loss is far exceeded by the Radeon HD 6970’s 18% loss. And this is where some builders will hit an advice snag, otherwise known as self-proclaimed experts analyzing an effect and incorrectly deducing the cause.

Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pci-express-scaling-p67-chipset-gaming-performance,2887-11.html

 

[sleapeasy]

In the last 9 years i have bought 3 computers. 1 from CP, built one, and custompcandrepairs was my last one. I saw good posts on here about them so i tried them. Building it myself was the mot satisfying, yet time consuming. CP was nothig but a headache with a mediocre product, and custompcandrepairs was the easiest most hassle free way. Building it yourself will be a little cheaper but not by much.