drakleon84
Junior Member
I sold my old rig as I left the country for a few months for work so I'm starting over from total scratch. I'm looking to make a solid bang-for-the-buck system, with good upgradeability, and the least amount of major bottlenecks. I've been researching tons of Aantech and Toms Hardware articles and threads, as well as newegg customer revies and sample builds I've pieced togeather.
Compatibility is a big issue, and I'm sort of heart set on an i7 over AMD from all the great things I've heard about it. A few concerns *I* have are:
-Price: I was aiming for the $1600ish range, and I've pushed it up to $2200
-Case: Do I need to go with a full tower to fit the 4870 and that giant CPU fan? Would a solid mid-tower work? I was sort of at a loss there and this was a build that I had seen to be already proven and working. An Antec 300 would be to small and a 900 I wasn't sure about (mid-tower).
-Hard Drive: I was looking at a 150 GB Velociraptor 10k RPM, but I found a combo deal for the i7 and an Intel 80GB SSD that got the SSD price within about $50 of the Raptor...I figured what the hell?
-Monitor: A bit pricey for a 22" but a friend recommended it
-Video Card: This is the biggest question (as it usually always is). Should I go duel 512 MB 4870's? Should I go nVidia? Crossfire/SLI or single card? etc.
-Mobo: This is what's compatabile with all the parts, I have no preference in this regard...
x2 Rosewill 12" Fan power supply cable Model RCW-308
$1.98
COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 Evolution SC-830-KKN3-GP Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
$199.99
Vigor Monsoon III LT Dual 120mm Fan CPU Cooler Socket 1366 Ready
$61.99
x2 Scythe S-FLEX SFF21D 120mm Case Fan
$29.98
EVGA 132-BL-E758-A1 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
$299.99
ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound
$6.99
Logitech G5 7 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Laser Mouse
$49.99
SAMSUNG ToC T220 Rose-Black 22" 2ms GTG Widescreen LCD Monitor
$269.99
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
$129.99
SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model SH-S223Q
$24.99
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8TU-6GBPI
$99.99
Rosewill RTK-045 45 Piece Premium Computer Tool Kit
$19.99
Saitek PZ30AU Black USB Wired Standard Eclipse Keyboard
$34.99
D&S Cables 3T8-B Black Type 8" Cable Tie
$4.99
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4870 X2 100251SR Video Card
$399.99
Intel X25-M SSDSA2MH080G1 Internal Solid state disk (SSD)
&
Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
$571.99 - Combo
Thanks for any assistance offered!
Compatibility is a big issue, and I'm sort of heart set on an i7 over AMD from all the great things I've heard about it. A few concerns *I* have are:
-Price: I was aiming for the $1600ish range, and I've pushed it up to $2200
-Case: Do I need to go with a full tower to fit the 4870 and that giant CPU fan? Would a solid mid-tower work? I was sort of at a loss there and this was a build that I had seen to be already proven and working. An Antec 300 would be to small and a 900 I wasn't sure about (mid-tower).
-Hard Drive: I was looking at a 150 GB Velociraptor 10k RPM, but I found a combo deal for the i7 and an Intel 80GB SSD that got the SSD price within about $50 of the Raptor...I figured what the hell?
-Monitor: A bit pricey for a 22" but a friend recommended it
-Video Card: This is the biggest question (as it usually always is). Should I go duel 512 MB 4870's? Should I go nVidia? Crossfire/SLI or single card? etc.
-Mobo: This is what's compatabile with all the parts, I have no preference in this regard...
x2 Rosewill 12" Fan power supply cable Model RCW-308
$1.98
COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 Evolution SC-830-KKN3-GP Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
$199.99
Vigor Monsoon III LT Dual 120mm Fan CPU Cooler Socket 1366 Ready
$61.99
x2 Scythe S-FLEX SFF21D 120mm Case Fan
$29.98
EVGA 132-BL-E758-A1 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
$299.99
ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound
$6.99
Logitech G5 7 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Laser Mouse
$49.99
SAMSUNG ToC T220 Rose-Black 22" 2ms GTG Widescreen LCD Monitor
$269.99
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
$129.99
SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model SH-S223Q
$24.99
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8TU-6GBPI
$99.99
Rosewill RTK-045 45 Piece Premium Computer Tool Kit
$19.99
Saitek PZ30AU Black USB Wired Standard Eclipse Keyboard
$34.99
D&S Cables 3T8-B Black Type 8" Cable Tie
$4.99
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4870 X2 100251SR Video Card
$399.99
Intel X25-M SSDSA2MH080G1 Internal Solid state disk (SSD)
&
Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
$571.99 - Combo
Thanks for any assistance offered!
