New/First Build help

[deepthinker25]

So this is my first time posting to any forum ever, so bare with me if I am not up to date with any sort of formalities.

I am building my first ever gaming rig, and I am looking to spend ~1400 dollars for something powerful and preferably with good upgrade-ability down the road. I have spent a while trying to find the best parts for the price range.

This is what I have come up with.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=12115149

Unfortunately I also need a monitor with the purchase, although I am willing to get a slightly smaller monitor now so that I can get more/better parts.

I have a hard drive from my previous PC, but would like the ssd for a boot drive.

I am also aware that my power supply is alot bigger than what i need, but I do plan to Overclock and get SLI in the future, so i would like to prepare for that.

Thanks!

 

[jrwizbang]

That looks great, except, you are missing one thing. RAM. Check out this thread that I have been helping someone out on, that is in your same situation. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/317240-31-1200-1400-game-casual#t2360870

 

[jsc]

Because this is your first build, look at the following threads while you are waiting for your parts.
Build it yourself:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/274745-13-step-step-guide-building

And although this primarily a troubleshooting thread, the first part contains a checklist that will catch most noob mistakes:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-read-posting-boot-problems

 

[deepthinker25]

ohh wow I realize how stupid that made me look. The ram I chose must not have made it into my shopping cart...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233180

This is what I had.

and that person did have very similar needs...

If i plan on using a boot drive, and not intel smart response, do you think I would really benefit from a z68 board, or do you think I could get a better deal on a p67?

 

[jrwizbang]

There is no real benefit with z68, and with ever changing parts, etc, go with p67. That ram is decent, however, like I told the person in the thread that I linked you, it doesn't matter what the clock speed of the RAM is, if it doesn't have a decently low cas latency. That ram has high cas latency, and therefore, you would benefit more from getting less memory with the same clock speed and a lower cas latency, such as ram like the g.skill pi that I linked him. I suggest you thoroughly read through that thread, and it should answer a lot of your questions. Hope this helps.