Coolermaster HAF X case (got great ratings for airflow and it's large but other suggestions are welcome)
Coolermaster silent pro gold (80+ gold cert) 1000w Psupply (The bench marks for efficiency were great in the psupply articles section but let me know if you think this is too big for my set-up or if it will run efficiently)
Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mobo (Also considering the maximus series by asus and the P8Z68 Deluxe though the only thing I see extra on the deluxe is a better chipset cooler)
[I'm also down to hear debate between P67 and Z68 mobos and all that]
Intel i7-2600K CPU sandy-bridge 3.4GHz (2700K doesn't seem to be that big of a performance boost but let me know your thoughts)
G. Skill Ripjaws X Series DDR3 1866 RAM 9-10-9-28 @ 1.5V 4x4GB
(I'm wondering about the stability of 8GB sticks right now would it be faster to run 2x8GB sticks or stick with 4x4GB for stability? Also up for suggestions about timings and everything else though I will almost definitely stick with G.Skill for the brand)
WD Caviar Black 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6.0gb/s (do these do fine nowadays I haven't built a computer in a few years but it used to be better to partition larger drives for faster access times but I'm guessing thats a thing of the past, let me know.)
EVGA GTX 580 classified 3072MB vid card (seems to be the best bang for the buck for a single card but let me know what you think I was looking at the liquid cooled version but think I am sticking with air cooling for this rig, see below)
Creative sound blaster x-fi titanium fatal1ty championship series sound card
Couple Asus DVD multi drives.
Also considering more cooling solutions and LCS though I've never played with LCS and it seems like it might be a headache I don't necessarily want to undertake right now. If I can get good airflow (CPU coolers are open for suggestions).
Let me know if you want links. I am building a reasonable dream machine, basically everything I want minus having like 4 vid cards because I don't see the need I may end up with 2 eventually but for now 1 will easily do the trick. I am sitting around $2200 right now for this build but if the bang for the buck is worth it money is essentially not the most important part of this build, I'm building what I want after a nice mandatory vacation to Afghanland. [Also black friday / cyber monday deals thoughts? I won't be home til december from deployment anyways]Thanks guys!
:lol:
Coolermaster silent pro gold (80+ gold cert) 1000w Psupply (The bench marks for efficiency were great in the psupply articles section but let me know if you think this is too big for my set-up or if it will run efficiently)
Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mobo (Also considering the maximus series by asus and the P8Z68 Deluxe though the only thing I see extra on the deluxe is a better chipset cooler)
[I'm also down to hear debate between P67 and Z68 mobos and all that]
Intel i7-2600K CPU sandy-bridge 3.4GHz (2700K doesn't seem to be that big of a performance boost but let me know your thoughts)
G. Skill Ripjaws X Series DDR3 1866 RAM 9-10-9-28 @ 1.5V 4x4GB
(I'm wondering about the stability of 8GB sticks right now would it be faster to run 2x8GB sticks or stick with 4x4GB for stability? Also up for suggestions about timings and everything else though I will almost definitely stick with G.Skill for the brand)
WD Caviar Black 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6.0gb/s (do these do fine nowadays I haven't built a computer in a few years but it used to be better to partition larger drives for faster access times but I'm guessing thats a thing of the past, let me know.)
EVGA GTX 580 classified 3072MB vid card (seems to be the best bang for the buck for a single card but let me know what you think I was looking at the liquid cooled version but think I am sticking with air cooling for this rig, see below)
Creative sound blaster x-fi titanium fatal1ty championship series sound card
Couple Asus DVD multi drives.
Also considering more cooling solutions and LCS though I've never played with LCS and it seems like it might be a headache I don't necessarily want to undertake right now. If I can get good airflow (CPU coolers are open for suggestions).
Let me know if you want links. I am building a reasonable dream machine, basically everything I want minus having like 4 vid cards because I don't see the need I may end up with 2 eventually but for now 1 will easily do the trick. I am sitting around $2200 right now for this build but if the bang for the buck is worth it money is essentially not the most important part of this build, I'm building what I want after a nice mandatory vacation to Afghanland. [Also black friday / cyber monday deals thoughts? I won't be home til december from deployment anyways]Thanks guys!
:lol:
it's either this or a new car so I think this is a better choice for the long run of saving my money lol
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