My first build

[Rtarver5477]

I am soon going to build my first comp. I have put together all my components and was wondering how well my build will work out for me. I do plan to set up RAID 0 and possibly OC. My budget is $1000-$1300 but my main question is, is everything compatible and will I be getting the most out of my computer with this setup or should I change some things?

CPU > i5-2500K Unlocked Processor - Quad Core, 6MB L3 Cache, 1MB L2 Cache, 3.30 GHz

MOBO > ASUS P8P67 LE B3 Intel P67 Motherboard - ATX, Socket H2 (LGA 1155), Intel P67 Express, 2200MHz DDR3 (O.C.), Gigabit LAN, 8-Channel Audio, SATA 6.0 Gb/s, SuperSpeed USB 3.0, AMD CrossFireX Support

Video Card > XFX Radeon HD 6850 1GB, DDR5, PCI-Express 2.1 (x16), Dual-DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort, DirectX 11, Dual-Slot, CrossFireX Ready

Memory > Corsair Vengeance - 8GB (2x 4GB), PC3-15000, DDR3-1866MHz, 240-pin

SSD > :Crucial Solid State Drive - 64GB, SATA 6Gb/s (will use 2 for RAID 0)

PS > Thermaltake TRX-650M TR2 RX 650-Watt Modular Power Supply (may replace if I decide to crossfire)

Thanks for the advise guys!

 

[chesteracorgi]

The build is OK, but why would you RAID SSDs? Their performance kills any any HDD and the performance boost from RAID is dubious if existant. The reason that HDDs see a performance boost is that you have two spinning physical drives that cut access speed. The same is not true of SSDs which are big RAM chip arrays. For better speed I'd suggest a good 128 GB SSD (Crucial, Corsair, Intel, etc.) and drop the idea of a RAID of SSDs.

 

[morgoth780]

plus, only 6850 on a $1000-1300 build is quite pitiful, unless you're not going to do any major gaming.

 

[phenom90]

for $1300 you can get parts that alot better than what you've selected... take this as a reference...

cpu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
Intel Core i5-2500K - $220

mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 - $125

ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231416
G.SKILL Sniper 8GB F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR - $50

cpu cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181011
CORSAIR CAFA70 - $24 after MIR

psu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817194093
LEPA B850-MA 850W - $80 after MIR

gpu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134125
ECS NGTX570-1280UI-F GeForce GTX 570 - $295 after MIR

hdd: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB - $60

ssd: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148442
Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB - $198

odd: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136236
LG DVD Burner GH24NS70 - $19

casing: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139007
Corsair Graphite Series 600T CC600TM - $140 after MIR


total: $1211 after MIR excluding shipping

 

[morgoth780]

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