As many of you know, I came on this site with no prior knowledge of building a computer With your help, I have learned the few basics and have come up with this parts list. Please review and give me feedback. The goal is stay under a $1000 canadian. Please double check to see I am not making any noob mistakes and feel free to change parts of the build if you know better products.
First, the parts I already have
CPU: Intel Core i7-920 (A friend who was visiting US bought it for me)
GPU: Asus EAH4850 1 GB (Bought from a friend) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-325-_-Product
Now, the parts I have in mind
Motherboard : Gigabyte X58a-ud3r
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-423-_-Product
RAM:
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-225-_-Product
HDD: Western Digital 1TB 32mb cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...stern_caviar_black_1tb-_-22-136-284-_-Product
PSU: Corsair HX650
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...orsair%20hx650
Case: cooler master 690 ii advanced
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...690%20advanced
HEATSINK: Cooler Master hyper 212 plus
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-065-_-Product
ODD: $30 (What's good samsung, lg, pioneer..?)
Any reccomendations for extra case fans or not required?
I had cooler master r4's in mind.
EDIT: come on guys, i'm about to make the payment in the next 1 hour. Any last minute suggetstions?
Edit2: ordered all the parts listed including 2 cooler master r4 fans
First, the parts I already have
CPU: Intel Core i7-920 (A friend who was visiting US bought it for me)
GPU: Asus EAH4850 1 GB (Bought from a friend) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-325-_-Product
Now, the parts I have in mind
Motherboard : Gigabyte X58a-ud3r
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-423-_-Product
RAM:
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-225-_-Product
HDD: Western Digital 1TB 32mb cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...stern_caviar_black_1tb-_-22-136-284-_-Product
PSU: Corsair HX650
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...orsair%20hx650
Case: cooler master 690 ii advanced
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...690%20advanced
HEATSINK: Cooler Master hyper 212 plus
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-065-_-Product
ODD: $30 (What's good samsung, lg, pioneer..?)
Any reccomendations for extra case fans or not required?
I had cooler master r4's in mind.
EDIT: come on guys, i'm about to make the payment in the next 1 hour. Any last minute suggetstions?
Edit2: ordered all the parts listed including 2 cooler master r4 fans
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