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hockeyriley3

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Approximate Purchase Date: this fall

Budget Range: (around $1700) After Rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: (gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies)

Parts Not Required: (keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: (newegg.com, ncix.com, amazon.com

Country: (USA)

Parts Preferences: not to picky

Overclocking: i will do a stable overclock

SLI or Crossfire: probably in the future

Additional Comments: i would like a red color sceme i would like it to be fairly quiet and and stay pretty cool.

This is what i have so far.

COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case Item
-$10.00 Instant
$20.00 Mail-in Rebate
$199.99
$189.99


EVGA 02G-P4-2678-KR GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card Item
$419.99

PSU
SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W ATX12V V2.3/EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply Item
-$30.00 Instant
$189.99
$159.99

Memory
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL Item
$46.99

Motherboard
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Item
$239.99
or
ASRock Z77 Extreme6 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
$159.99

CPU
Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K Item
$239.99

CPU Cooler
COOLER MASTER V6 GT RR-V6GT-22PK-R1 120mm DynaLoop CPU Cooler w/ Universal bracket & Dual Fan Item #: N82E16835103089Return Policy
-$13.00 Instant
$59.99
$46.99

Storage
crucial M4 CT256M4SSD2CCA 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) with Transfer Kit Item #: N82E16820148449Return Policy
-$50.00 Instant
$299.99
$249.99

(2)SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive Item
-$30.00 Instant
$279.98
$219.98($109.99 each)


extras:
Newegg Promotional Gift Card - $15.00Item #: N82E168GC000001Your Promotional Gift Card will be emailed 4 days after invoice.



Subtotal:

$1,713.90

this is my final list. i think its time for the final qrituqe if you have any recomindations for parts that are as good for lower price that would be great. also if you have recomindations on anything or tips for a new builder that would also be appreciated.
 
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tjensen_25

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The V6 GT will NOT fit in the Asus Sabertooth without a mod. You would have to cut one of the heat pipes. It may fit if you take off the thermal armor but then there wouldn't be a point in getting the sabertooth. I have the sabertooth and it's awesome so I just got the 212 EVO over the V6 GT.
 
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hockeyriley3

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because i was going to raid them i dont need that much storage and there 32mb and when there in raid i will have 64mb cache so its faster and its saving a few bucks. also which is a good mobo
 
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tjensen_25

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They're both great mobos, if you're dead set on the V6 GT or want to save some money, get the Extreme6. I got the sabertooth over others, mainly just for it's badass look. The sabertooth isn't a great value for the features you get, you're paying a premium for its uniqueness.
 
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hockeyriley3

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ok it sounds like i am going to go with the extreme 6 and the hyper 212 evo ive heard good things about both of them i know that they say there isnt a dif. between the extreme 4 for less $ but i like the look of the extreme 6 better.
 
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tjensen_25

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If you get the Asus, get the TOP version. Don't get the windforce. The Asus and the FTW are the two best 670's hands down. Cooling is better on the Asus than the windforce and the FTW has the highest clock speed. No benefit to the Windforce besides price but if you're spending that much a GFX card, I'm supposing $20 won't matter.
 
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tjensen_25

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which raid were you planning on doing? I would just get a 2TB if that's how much you need. You'll save money and you can just use your ssd for you OS, apps that benefit from fast storage, and games.
 
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hockeyriley3

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so just get a 2tb samsung spinpoint or is there a better one? and then use a 256gb crucial m4 ssd? is that overboard for games files (music, documents, pictures/ videos) and things like that?
 
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tjensen_25

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The EVGA superclocked did but they replaced all of them with the FTW editions to those affected. Pretty Sweet customer service. Most people weren't even mad about it because of how great the service was.
 
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I have the 256GB Crucial M4 SSD and a 3TB Seagte Baracuda drive. After I ordered, I saw a post that showed the Mushkin 240GB way faster.

But really, my Windows 7 64 bit boots in 7 seconds. It is completely awesome. The Crucial worked flawlessly. In my sons computer, we got a OCZ Vertex 3 128GB.. and it was difficult to even format.

 
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tjensen_25

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Mushkin Chronos Deluxe is beast but the Crucial is not bad either. I agree about the OCZ drive. I have an OCZ ZX 850W PSU and it's awesome but I don't like their drives. I have the Samsung 830 and it's really nice but expensive.
 
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