Gaming System

[mbk1980]

This is my first build and I was wondering if you could look over the parts I am looking at using. Any feedback is appreciated. I am trying to build something reasonable using intel.

Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model AD-7260S-0B - OEM

RAIDMAX SMILODON Extreme Black ATX-612WEB 1.0mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Foldout MB Computer Case

EVGA 01G-P3-1460-K1 GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) Duke's Fully Loaded Package Edition 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP ...

Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG-750 750W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE ...

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL

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

MSI P67A-G43 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM


All from newegg for a grand total of about $990 without shipping

 

[mlcaouette]

Buy two of these for $60: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231313&cm_re=g_skill_4gb_1600-_-20-231-313-_-Product

Get the 212+ from amazon for $29.51, newegg is ripping people off on this item.

I have that case and it is a POS!! Not even near worth the price they are charging. Take a look at the CM storm enforcer from newegg and the CM storm scout from walmart.com, the first of the two is a newer model with front panel USB 3.0

 

[cmcghee358]

I agree about the case. It looks good on the outside but it's airflow and funtionality are absolutely terrible. Raidmax in general is a good looking but low end company.

Also I'd get 2x2GB of DDR3-1600 CAS 7 RAM, rather than 8 GB of the slower stuff.

 

[mlcaouette]

If you OC you could most likely get the sticks I listed down to cas7 @ the stock 1600Mhz, might require a little voltage bump though. Although the same can be said for the ram cmcghee358 listed since you could likely get that lower than cas7 with OC'ing.