Building my first computer

[polishzyz]

Hi, im building my first ever computer and before I start buying anything I want to make sure that all parts are compatable with eachother and would work well together. I am open to suggestions also. Please bear in mind im a college student also so anything that can lower the cost but stay the same or have better performance would be great! please tell me how everything looks thank!


case - cooler master HAF x
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119239

graphics card - GIGABYTE Ultra Durable VGA Series
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125353

psu - COOLER MASTER Silent Pro RS850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171048

RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

Mother Board - ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131753

SSD - intel 120gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167050&Tpk=Intel%20320%20Series%20SSDSA2CW120G3K5%202.5%22%20120GB%20SATA%20I

cpu - Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070

DVD/Blueray - I have yet to look into these. help with a good cheap one?


Also, if anyone could tell me if this is a decent setup for watercooling

waterblock - XSPC RayStorm CPU Water Block (Intel) w/ LED
http://www.xoxide.com/xspc-raystormcpu-waterblock-intel.html

Radiator - Swiftech MCR220-QP 2x120 Radiator w/ Built-in Reservoir
http://www.xoxide.com/swiftech-mcr220-qp-builtres.html

Pump/reservoir - XSPC X2O 750 Dual 5.25" Bay Reservoir Pump
http://www.xoxide.com/x2o-750dualbres.html

tubing - ill be using a 1/2" ID tubing with barb fittings

 

[Outlander_04]

It wont run without a cpu

and if its a gaming rig I think you are spending money unwisely .
A $200 case
a $245 motherboard
and a $140 power supply

so you can buy an over priced and relatively weak graphics card
just does not make sense

Use the format suggested at the top of the forum about how to ask for advice

 

[polishzyz]

It wont run without a cpu

and if its a gaming rig I think you are spending money unwisely .
A $200 case
a $245 motherboard
and a $140 power supply

so you can buy an over priced and relatively weak graphics card
just does not make sense

Use the format suggested at the top of the forum about how to ask for advice

knew i forgot something added it in. i plan on using i7-2600k

also for the os ill get a students version of win 7 through school.

 

[g-unit1111]

Good choices for the most part, I wouldn't recommend getting a Gigabyte card though. Use EVGA and maybe Zotac for NVIDIA, use Sapphire and XFX for ATI/AMD cards.

 

[Outlander_04]

. Please bear in mind im a college student also so anything that can lower the cost but stay the same or have better performance would be great! please tell me how everything looks thank!

A $70 case
a $150 motherboard
a $75 psu
and unless you are video editing or crunching huge multithreaded numbers
a 2500K

will save you so much money [ without hurting performance even a tiny fraction ]
that you can afford a top end graphics card
and that is going to increase game performance massively

Also ditch the water cooler IMO . They add nothing but complexity