Help on a New Build

[PcUser3930K]

Hello, new member here! First thread!
I have been researching for weeks now and I have these components for my hardcore gaming desktop. I am asking you guys to consider this list and see any imperfections here. My budget is about $3000 and since this is a lot I want a super duper gaming rig for the money. Since I have been researching a lot, I think this is pretty much a perfect build. Then again, there are more experienced people here and maybe they could suggest some tweaks.
The BOLD items are the ones I REALLY want you guys to comment on.
Anyways, I have set up this list:


Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Upgraded USB 3.0
$99.99


Hard Drive: Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
$99.99


Monitor: ASUS VH242H Black 23.6" 5ms HDMI Full 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor W/Speakers
$169.99


VIDEO CARD: EVGA 04G-P4-3687-KR GeForce GTX 680 FTW+ w/Backplate 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
$559.99

NVIDIA Gift Game Borderlands 2
$0.00

NVIDIA Gift PC Game Assassin's Creed 3
$0.00


Power Supply: CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC ...
$129.99[/b]


Speakers: Creative GigaWorks T40 Series II 32 watts RMS 2.0 Speakers
$112.99


Keyboard: Logitech K800 Black USB RF Wireless Slim Illuminated Keyboard
$89.99


Mouse: Logitech M310 Peacock Blue 3 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB RF Wireless Laser Mouse
-$6.00 Instant
$28.99


RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ
$211.96
($52.99 each)


Mouse Pad: GIGABYTE GP-MP8000 Extreme Accuracy Gaming Mouse Pad
$14.99


Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
$339.99

AVG AntiVirus 2013 - 1 PC - OEM
$0.00


POSSESSOR: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73930K
$569.99


CPU COOLER: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible with Intel ...
$29.99

Total: $2,658.83
Shipping: Free

Do you have any tweaks? Any comments? Please tell me what you think!

PS I had discounts for a few of the items so I included the price AFTER the discount.



THANK YOU!!!

 

[Lord Tumnas]

why on earth do you only have 4gbs of ram and why is it DDR2?????? you should, upgrade that to 16GBs of 1600mhz corsair vengance, you current memory isnt even compatible with your system.

downgrade the i7-3930k to an i7-3770k and pick up a second 680
the motherboard would also have to change to fit the 3770k, i would recommend the ASrock extreme6

finally, that monitor seems good, however a monitor with 2ms GTG response time is preferable for games

 

[PcUser3930K]

why on earth do you only have 4gbs of ram and why is it DDR2?????? you should, upgrade that to 16GBs of 1600mhz corsair vengance, you current memory isnt even compatible with your system.

downgrade the i7-3930k to an i7-3770k and pick up a second 680
the motherboard would also have to change to fit the 3770k, i would recommend the ASrock extreme6

finally, that monitor seems good, however a monitor with 2ms GTG response time is preferable for games

I have 16GB of ram (look closely) and how is it not compatible?
the CPU specs are awesome, I don't wanna downgrade it. and whats 680?
The motherboard has the same socket, I checked
About the monitor, I wouldn't notice a 3ms difference...

 

[boulbox]

first off, the 2011 chipset is made for professionals in terms of video editing and such. You can easily get the same gaming performance with a i5 3570k. the 680 is just a bit better than the 670 and not worth the cost, either get the 670 or 7970 GHz.

Also the ram is DDR2 which will not fit in the 240pin DDR3. And i am guessing Lord mistook it because it said 4GB(2x2GB) which i would say is not very efficient.(also forgot to mention that 2011 does not support PCIe 3.0) And you would be crazy to cool the 2011 socket with a 212 plus, at least get the 212 evo.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme6 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($144.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($35.57 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($169.95 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($359.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($359.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 500R White ATX Mid Tower Case ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80 PLUS Silver Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($98.39 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Sony AD-7280S-0B DVD/CD Writer ($18.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: BenQ XL2420T 120Hz 24.0" Monitor ($398.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $2001.80
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-12-31 13:31 EST-0500)

with your budget though, you can get a custom watercooling loop instead

 

[PcUser3930K]

Best answer selected by PcUser3930K.

 

[g-unit1111]

Also the ram is DDR2 which will not fit in the 240pin DDR3. And i am guessing Lord mistook it because it said 4GB(2x2GB) which i would say is not very efficient.(also forgot to mention that 2011 does not support PCIe 3.0) And you would be crazy to cool the 2011 socket with a 212 plus, at least get the 212 evo.

Wrong - LGA 2011 CPUs *DO* support PCI 3.0. In fact they supported PCI 3.0 before Ivy Bridge came out.

 

[boulbox]

Also the ram is DDR2 which will not fit in the 240pin DDR3. And i am guessing Lord mistook it because it said 4GB(2x2GB) which i would say is not very efficient.(also forgot to mention that 2011 does not support PCIe 3.0) And you would be crazy to cool the 2011 socket with a 212 plus, at least get the 212 evo.

Wrong - LGA 2011 CPUs *DO* support PCI 3.0. In fact they supported PCI 3.0 before Ivy Bridge came out.

Ahh, my bad, the last time i had actually used/built a 2011 was when it didn't support PCIe 3.0 and people were complaining that their GPU was only running at 2.0

 

[g-unit1111]

Ahh, my bad, the last time i had actually used/built a 2011 was when it didn't support PCIe 3.0 and people were complaining that their GPU was only running at 2.0

Yeah that's a quick fix in the BIOS - I haven't built an LGA 2011 system yet but I'm definitely aware that they support PCI 3.0.