About to buy parts $1000 build Music,Video,Gaming - Feedback?

[gtsebek]

Hey guys,

I've been researching for a while on a good computer build.

from most to least important: Music Production, Video Editing, Gaming

I'm Pretty sure on these parts, But would love to get any impute if there should be any changes or better options, before I buy the parts.

My budget is $1000

The Parts I have decided on:

Motherboard:ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131759

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Intel-Core-i5-2500K-3-3-GHz-Quad-Core-BX80623I52500K-Processor-LGA-1155-/230706994685?pt=CPUs&hash=item35b7355dfd

Ram & Power Supply: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB, COOLER MASTER GX Series RS650-ACAAE3-US 650W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.761104

Video Card: GeForce GTX 550 Ti
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130625

Hard Disk: Western Digital - Caviar Black 1TB Internal Serial ATA
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Western+Digital+-+Caviar+Black+1TB+Internal+Serial+ATA+Hard+Drive+for+Desktops/8909595.p?skuId=8909595&id=1213047091732

also:

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R1 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116992


I haven't picked an optical drive, or a case yet.

any recommendations?

I will probably go over budget a little, if it means a cooler case

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks
George T.

 

[inzone]

I know you chose a combo with the ram and psu but Cooler Master is not known for good psu's , the video card is sort of on the low side but if you don't expect to do any heavy gaming or play at anything more than medium settings then you could be ok.

Antec EarthWatts Series EA-750 Green 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Continuous Power Supply
$79.99 and a $25 rebate for $54.99.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371051

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CML8GX3M2A1600C9B $51.99.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233196

This is a better combo and it is $3 cheaper.

 

[gtsebek]

I think i'll make the switch with the power supply and ram. Thanks

What would you recommend as a step up for the video card ?

 

[inzone]

EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
$239.99 and a $20 rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130610

This would be a much better card if you could manage to get it into your budget.

COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP Black Steel + Plastic and Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $79.99 and a $20 rebate for $59.99.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197

This is a nice case.

 

[cutebeans]

Make sure you buy a power cord. The PSU doesn't come with one.

 

[gtsebek]

Cool thanks

 

[gtsebek]

I'm not sure about the hard disk I chose. Any better options?

 

[inzone]

Western Digital Caviar Black WD7502AAEX 750GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $179.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136794

I don't know what you didn't like about the hdd you chose but to me it was a sata2 hdd with a 32mb cache. This hdd is more , since as we all know that hdd prices have gone up quite a bit so the drives are more expensive , this one is a sata3 hdd with a 64mb cache.

 

[Draven35]

What audio interface are you planning on using? If you're doing a lot of music work, you're going to need an ASIO-compatible audio interface. Unless CReative has changed, they disabled ASIO functionality in 64-bit windows. If you're planning on using a firewire audio interface, you're going to need a Texas Instruments- chipset based firewire card.