What do you think of this build >$2500

[rockitman]

Hardcore gaming on a single 1900x1080 monitor. Yes, I will overclock. Already have monitor and speakers.


Case: Silverstone Fortress FT02B
PSU: Silverstone Strider Gold 1000w
MB: ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Dual Channel 8gb
CPU: Intel i5-2500K
Cooler: Scythe Mugen 2
Video: XFX 6950 (2 of these in crossfire)
SSD: Crucial C300 128GB
HD: Samsung Spinpoint F3
DVD Burner: Lite on
Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder
Mouse: Logitech M518
OS: Windows 7 64bit Home premium

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Looks great but WAY overpowered. 2 x 6950s will run fine on a 750w-850w PSU even with overclocking. If you just want to futureproof there is no harm in going with the 1000w unit but I would save the money.

 

[rockitman]

This Silverstone is supposed to be well worth it, and I'm always open to add another 6950 down the road. I'd better start saving up for my new electrical bill!

Update: I dumped the Revolution motherboard in favor of the Deluxe model.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Yeah it's a great power supply that's for sure. You might actually need it with 3 x 6950s although you need to upgrade your monitor to need that!

See this post: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/313516-33-6950-triple-crossfire

 

[rockitman]

Hey, thanks for that thread! very informative and fun to read bro!

Yeah, I'm not going to crossfire them off the bat, I'm just going to try one for a while and see how it goes.

I just do hope I can do the little "magic" bios trick to them still.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

As far as I know you can still flash them.

 

[vibhas]

Looks great, especially the MX518 - Same mouse as me .
The 2 x 6950's is a tad overkill for most games, but as i see you are buying 1 first and then seeing if you need another one which is excellent if you want to save $$.