My first rig :) please help!

[aranu]

Hey guys, this is my revised product list. I'll be using this computer for gaming primarily. Any things I could change? I'm from canada and all these prices are from www.newegg.ca. Thanks in advance!




Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$69.99

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
$99.99

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.2 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 ...
$124.99

ZALMAN CNPS9900ALED 120mm 2 Ball Low-noise Blue LED CPU Cooler
$54.99

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
$219.99

EVGA SuperClocked 012-P3-1572-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ...
$359.30


GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3-B3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
$122.99

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B
$95.99

Grand Total: $1,306.74

 

[aranu]

*ive changed the WD hdd to a SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive for 74.99

 

[Why_Me]

That Gigabyte board isn't one you want for dual vid cards. It runs those cards @ 4x. The Antec 300 is a great case for a single card set up, but on the small side for a dual card set up with decent size cpu h/s. Also you want a 800w+ psu for two of those 570's.

How about something like this down below... btw all orders over $50 CAD @ Direct Canada are Free Shipping.

Dual factory over clocked gtx 560's in SLI.

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11130AC5964&vpn=RC-922M-KKN1-GP&manufacture=COOLERMASTER $79.69
Coolermaster Haf 922 Mid Tower ATX Case Black 5X5.25 5X3.5INT Front Audio USB eSATA No PSU

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11180AC9104&vpn=CMPSU-750TXV2&manufacture=CORSAIR $102.80
Corsair TX750 V2 750W ATX 12V Single Rail 60A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 80PLUS Bronze

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=12980BD6220&vpn=P67A-GD55%20(B3)&manufacture=MSI $156.29 - MIR $136.29
MSI P67A-GD55 (B3) P67 ATX LGA1155 DDR3 2PCI-E16 3PCI-E 2PCI SLI CrossFireX SATA3 USB3 Motherboard

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=12200BD1527&vpn=BX80623I52500K&manufacture=INTEL $206.54
Intel Core I5 2500K Quad Core Unlocked Processor LGA1155 3.3GHZ Sandy Bridge 6MB

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11130AC8843&vpn=RR-B10-212P-G1&manufacture=COOLERMASTER $24.69
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LGA1366 LGA1155 LGA1156 120MM

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=15380BD5211&vpn=F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL&manufacture=G.SKILL $81.95
G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Memory

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=25350DR0783&vpn=WD1002FAEX&manufacture=Western%20Digital%20WD $84.69
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA3 6GB/S 7200RPM 64MB Cache 3.5IN Dual Proc Hard Drive OEM

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10530DR5213&vpn=DRW-24B1ST%20Bulk&manufacture=ASUS $21.32
ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer OEM Black

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=12980BD8066&vpn=N560GTX-TI%20Twin%20Frozr%20II/OC&manufacture=MSI $237.18 MIR $222.18
MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr OC 880MHZ 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI Mini-HDMI DX11 PCI-E Video Card

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=12980BD8066&vpn=N560GTX-TI%20Twin%20Frozr%20II/OC&manufacture=MSI $237.18 MIR $222.18
MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr OC 880MHZ 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI Mini-HDMI DX11 PCI-E Video Card

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=12850SW2113&vpn=GFC-00599&manufacture=MICROSOFT $99.69
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT DVD OEM

Total: $1,311.34 CAD *not including tax and mail in rebates

http://www.guru3d.com/article/msi-n560gtx-ti-twin-frozer-ii-review/1 <---- Review/benchmarks of that vid card

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/msi_gtx560_twinfrozr_2/11.htm <--- more benchmarks

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/02/21/msi_n560gtx_ti_twin_frozr_ii_oc_sli_review/6 <--- that card in SLI

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-560-ti-sli-review/11 <--- gtx 560's in SLI @ stock settings, not over clocked unlike those MSI 560's in this build

 

[aranu]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I can't believe I was going to blow so much money on Newegg. I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH!!

 

[aranu]

Best answer selected by aranu.

 

[mlcaouette]

Just in case you did not know intel processors can utilize triple channel ram and you could get a 6Gb triple channel kit (same speed rating) for around 70 bucks. That is gonna be one heck of a computer (in a good way).

 

[Why_Me]

Just in case you did not know intel processors can utilize triple channel ram and you could get a 6Gb triple channel kit (same speed rating) for around 70 bucks. That is gonna be one heck of a computer (in a good way).

Triple channel RAM is meant for Intel socket 1366 boards not these socket 1155 boards.

 

[aranu]

Triple channel RAM is meant for Intel socket 1366 boards not these socket 1155 boards.

do you think the 750W PSU will be able to handle the two video cards?

 

[Why_Me]

do you think the 750W PSU will be able to handle the two video cards?

That Corsair 750w psu is more then enough for two of those cards leaving you plenty of juice left over for over clocking, extra fans, drives, etc...

 

[aranu]

thanks again!