Finalizing build, please review

[jakeag07]

Approximate Purchase Date: this week

Budget Range: 1,000

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, speakers.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.ca

Country of Origin: USA

Parts Preferences: intel

Overclocking: in the future

SLI or Crossfire: in the future

Monitor Resolution: 1600x900

This is my first build, I am finally pulling the trigger after the SB fix. My intent is to build a future proof system for a good 4 or 5 years. I am going cheap on the monitor and GPU, I plan to upgrade these in the future. I also plan to SLI in the future, I hear most games dont benefit from this, yet anyway. THe games I plan to play are WoW, diablo3, and SC 2.

HDD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

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

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL7D-4GBXM

case: COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

monitor: Acer S201HLbd Black 20" 5ms LED-Backlight LCD monitor

mobo: ASUS P8P67-M (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

PSU: Thermaltake TR2 RX 750W Bronze W0382RU ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular

cd drive: SAMSUNG DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223L LightScribe Support - OEM


GPU: ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP/2DI/768MD5 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ...

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit English 1-Pack - OEM

Total comes to $1,025

sorry no links, havent figured out how to do that yet, these are all from newegg. THis is pretty much straight from Tom's suggested systems minus the PSU cause newegg was out of stock and the GPU due to price. One place I see I might be able to save some money is the PSU if ya'll think in the future I could get by with 650W or 700W.

I dont plan to OC yet, mainly because I never have tried it and I dont think I will need it, at least for awhile.

 

[crewton]

2500k and Asus board makes OCing easy It will pretty much do it for you! If you want to save on PSU and don't plan on adding other graphics card then you can go for a 500W and save that way. 750+W is only for 2 graphic cards.

 

[Why_Me]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/310697-31-gaming-build-built-years <---- That's a Canadian build I posted a few min. ago that's in your price range. Also like I stated on that thread in the link, if your Canadian and you don't want to get totally hosed for shipping then don't even consider newegg canada.

 

[Outlander_04]

You are not going to need a 750 watt psu

consider a 500- 550 watt unit and spending the money you save on a 1 gig GTX 460

 

[jakeag07]

Well I got it all put together last night. I didnt fire it up because it was late. I plan to run it tonight. I have been reading the mobo user guide and have a question.

My ram isnt specifically called out in the approved manufacturers list.

What I bought:

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL7D-4GBXM

what is called out in the users guide:

Model F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM(XMP)

The only differnece is that "R" in the second to last letter. However, my main question is that new egg states the voltage for the RAM I bought at 1.5V whereas the user guide states the voltage at 1.6V. The last thing I want to do is fry my ram. Once I start it up and, hopefully, get into the BIOS. Should I set it at 1.5V if it shows 1.6V or is 0.1V not enough to do any damage?