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ikingston   10-29-2011 at 05:29:27 PM

Hey guys so I'm in the process of trying to build my own computer, and so far this is what I have come up with so far:

ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827135204

IN WIN Dragon Rider Black 1.0 - 0.8mm SECC Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811108376

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136533

ASUS VS Series VS238H-P Black 23" 2ms HDMI LED Backlight Widescreen LCD Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824236175

GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128514

HIS IceQ X Turbo H695QNT2G2M Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
2 x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161372

CORSAIR Gaming Series GS800 800W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139025

AZIO Levetron Mech4 KB588U Black USB Wired Gaming Mechanical Keyboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6823839010

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
2 x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231314

Kingston 4GB Micro SDHC Flash Card Model SDC4/4GB
2 x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820134527

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDE00ZFBGRBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103913

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
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835103065

SAMSUNG Black Blu-ray Combo SATA Model SH-B123L/RSBP LightScribe Support
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827151232

Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F120GBGT-BK 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820233191



The computer right now with all the extras as is on newegg comes to $2009.34.
My budget is 2000 so this works out wonderfully.
However, If anyone could supply me with some feedback on what they think of this system, I will be running a partition of Windows 7 and linux on it. I have those softwares already. Also, if there are any issues with this computer, say it won't run or volts are off please point that out as well. Finally, I would like suggestion on how to better improve this system without changing the budget so that I can get every ounce of power that i can out of this beast. Thanks for all the help!


Message edited by ikingston on 10-29-2011 at 07:56:49 PM
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jmsellars1   10-29-2011 at 06:14:18 PM

Just to let you know, I think you will get more replies if you just list the names of the components so people don't have to go through all those links.

------------------------------ Intel Core i5-760 @ 3.4Ghz / Noctua NH-D14 / Corsair Vengeance LP 2x4GB 1600Mhz / Palit GTX 460 1GB / ASRock P55 Deluxe / Fractal R3 / Samsung 830 128GB / Seagate Barracuda 500GB / Seasonic X-560
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phenom90   10-29-2011 at 07:21:35 PM
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i think sandy bridge platform is a better way to go... take a look a these...

cpu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115072
Intel Core i5-2500K - $215

mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157271
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 - $125

ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231461
G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR2 - $60

hsf: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835181011
CORSAIR CAFA70 - $28 after MIR

odd: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827135252
ASUS Black 12X BD-R Blu-ray Burner BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS - $80 after MIR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136236
LG DVD Burner 24X Model GH24NS70 - $19

hdd: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152185
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB - $80

ssd: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820211569
ADATA S510 Series AS510S3-120GM-C 2.5" 120GB - $185

psu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817703028
PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W - $130

case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811147053
Rosewill THOR V2 - $130

gpu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102951
2x SAPPHIRE Toxic 100312TXSR Radeon HD 6950 2GB - $540

total: $1592 after MIR excluding shipping

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ikingston   10-29-2011 at 08:00:31 PM

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total: $1592 after MIR excluding shipping


After the monitor and keyboard i'll be looking at $1887 after MIR excluding shipping which is cheaper...I was planning on spending 2000 so should i use that extra room to get the i7-2600k in place of the i5-2500k?


Message edited by ikingston on 10-29-2011 at 08:01:33 PM
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phenom90   10-30-2011 at 05:51:17 PM

you're gaming often... then i5 2500k is more than enough... i7 2600k does have hyperthreading which gives more power to execute tasks which requires multi-threading(i mean more than four)... most games do not benefit from this technology so i would say irrelevant for a gamer... anyway it depends on what you do with your pc...

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