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Help/advice on new i7 build

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pacent

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1. What YOUR PC will be used for? 50% Gaming, 50% post processing of raw Nikon digital photographs using Lightroom 2.2 and Photoshop CS4

2. What YOUR budget is. Around 2k, less is better, a little more is okay too

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from. US

4. IF YOU have a brand preference. Intel

5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are. Nope

6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads. Yep

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds. Stock speeds, maybe slight overclock

8. WHEN do you plan to build it? Planning to order this in a day or two.

Here is what I have so far:

DVD Rom:
HP 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model DVD1060I - Retail

Case:
Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail

HD:
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Monitor:
Acer P243WAid Black-Silver 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor with HDCP Support - Retail

Graphics Card:
EVGA 01G-P3-1282-AR GeForce GTX 280 SuperClocked Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Power Supply:
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

Ram:
CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1333C9 - Retail

Mobo:
ASUS P6T Deluxe LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

CPU:
Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 - Retail

OS:
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English for System Builders 1pk DSP OEI DVD - OEM

Misc:
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM

Right now I'm at $2,063.54 shipped from Newegg.


What do you guys think of this setup so far? I want to order it soon, within a day or two. Is there any miscellaneous anythings I'm missing, possibly more case fans? I eventually want to mildly overclock when more cooling options are available for this socket...perhaps around 3.0ghz or so at the most. Thanks in advance for everyone's input.
 
those run hot so if you have that pc in a room that is effected by the summer temps then it would be a good idea to get an aftermarket HS&F for it... especially since you have a little bit of overclocking in mind and if you aren't that serious about gaming, than a 260 216 card would do you good... that might be the ticket to reallocate some funds for the HS&F
 
I don't really mind spending a little bit for a HS&F, but there seems to be a lack of availability for one that fits over the LGA 1366 socket. Any recommendations?
 
Originally posted by: pacent
I don't really mind spending a little bit for a HS&F, but there seems to be a lack of availability for one that fits over the LGA 1366 socket.
Any recommendations?
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All of the heatsinks for the socket 1366 mount over the socket.
> ThermalTake V1 AX <

 
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