Recommendations for new i7-990X build

I have a Gulftown i7-99X cpu chip. What would be a good motherboard, how much and what kind of DDR3, one or two video cards and what kind, how big of a power supply. I have a case, DVD/CD, and Blu Ray player and 1 TB internal memory. Should I get a solid state hard drive and how big.

If you've got a 990x, don't cheap out on anything else. Here are my suggestions (for a gaming PC - you don't need the video card horsepower necessarily otherwise):

Rampage III Formula : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

12gb Corsair Dominator GT 2000 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

2x EVGA GTX 580 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Corsair AX1200 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

2x OCZ Agility 3 in RAID 0, or 1 bigger Vertex 3 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

find what MOBOs support that CPU and build everything else round the MOBO.....

your question doesnt make sense in that no one could answer about your DIMMs, GPU, PSU or HDD etc until you decided what mobo to get..

I get my ideas from PC magazines or look online for compatability with that CPU

Good luck

Jason has given you a good answer that may well apply, but it's hard to know without knowing what you want to do with the computer.

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I7-990 video card

Please see my first post. You'll get all the help you need by just having this ONE thread. Just give us the info I requested.

So here is what I am looking at for my i7-990X build;

motherboard:
Rampage III Formula ASUS Rampage III Formula LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $284.99 8.95 Shipping

Heatsink and Fan
ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-R 135mm Long life bearing CPU Cooler Red LED $69.99

memory
Patriot Viper Xtreme 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model PX7312G1600LLK $139.99

power supply
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.2 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply $114.99

video card
ASUS ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $349.99

total $960.00

Your ideas? All prices from Newegg. I plan on using a Sony 32" LED 1080 TV/Monitor

Again, see the link I provided. 12GB of RAM is going to get you no real benefit over 6GB if all you are doing is gaming.

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Hopefully that clears it up.