Under a $G if possible

[Disorient]

1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Gaming and streaming live internet TV with room for future upgrades

2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread Would like to stay right around a $G, but not really expecting to be able to

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

4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc. Intel, EVGA(lifetime warranty), NVIDIA

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

6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads. This seems to be the most informed thread I've found

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds. Default, but would prefer something that overclocks decently and easily for future use

8. What resolution YOU plan on gaming with. Full HD

9. WHEN do you plan to build it? Within a month or so

10. Don't ask for a build configuration critique or rating if you are thin skinned. Hit me

Possible build

MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131620
or for $40 more the Pro version with overclock capabilities
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131621
CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115067
Power Plant
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005
GPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130566
Will my power supply be enough for 2 of these if I decide to get another eventually?
HDD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533
SSD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233122
Mem
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148351
Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119106


Thanks for any and all feedback in advance. Appreciate it greatly.
Ande

 

[nsafreak]

The only critique I have for your proposed system is the case. Not that it's a bad case, I have the RC-534+ myself, it's just that I find myself a bit squeezed for space at times and it's not easy to route cables the way I want. I would suggest going with an Antec 300 instead or the CoolerMaster HAF-912. Insofar as your concern about the PSU it shouldn't be an issue. The Corsair 650W should easily be able to power a pair of 460 GPUs with room to spare.

 

[muskie32]

Try this mobo ASRock P55 $105
This SSD OCZ Agility 2 $121
This Ram G.SKILL NS 4GB $75
This HDD/PSU combo SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W $144

Keep the CPU, GPU, and the case.

The total is $940 (not including shipping or MIR's)

You forgot a cd/dvd drive, and a OS... do you have ether of these? You said you were not using any "perviously owned" components so i guess not...

You you can also get:
Windows 7 $100
This Optical Drive $19

This brings the Price up to $1059 (not including shipping or MIR's)

This PSU for Crossfire or SLI?

 

[mfenn]

The motherboard, GPU, memory, and HDD that you picked out are overly expensive for what they are.

I would go with the HDD + PSU combo that muskie suggested for $115 AR.

For the mobo, I would combo it with the 760. Here's a GA-P55-USB3 combo for $295.

You don't really need $110 RAM either. Grab the RAM that muskie suggested or this one if you really want heatspreaders.

$240 is an insane amount of money to pay for a GTX 460, lifetime warranty or no. Either get this MSI GTX 460 1GB for $200 or this Gigabyte GTX 470 for $250.

Finally, I hope that you know what you're getting into with a 32GB SSD. It is workable, but you will need to turn off hibernation and relocate your page file.

 

[Disorient]

nsafreak- you sold me on a different case. Easier wire management and more room is always an easy sell

muskie- I guess I should have specified that I wanted the HDD and MB to be SATA III... The RAM and SSD look very promising though.

mfenn- $40.00 is worth it to me to have the lifetime warranty. I have the worst luck with video cards dieing on me a month or 2 after the warranty expires. Two times with 2 builds..... And the 32GB SSD isn't big enough for Win7? I'm a total rookie with the SSD builds. Will the 40GB OCZ be sufficient?

 

[Disorient]

After a little research...
Disabling hibernation
Seems that reducing the page file instead of moving it is the common fix. Between 512mb-1gb.
Disabling superfetch
Disabling windows search/index for the SSD

Doesn't seem to be too big of a headache.

 

[mfenn]

After a little research...
Disabling hibernation
Seems that reducing the page file instead of moving it is the common fix. Between 512mb-1gb.
Disabling superfetch
Disabling windows search/index for the SSD

Doesn't seem to be too big of a headache.

You're still looking at 1/2 the drive's capacity just for C:\Windows. That's not much room left over for anything else (app, essential user profile stuff, etc.). Also remember that you pretty much never want to go over 75% capacity on an SSD.

 

[mfenn]

mfenn- $40.00 is worth it to me to have the lifetime warranty. I have the worst luck with video cards dieing on me a month or 2 after the warranty expires. Two times with 2 builds..... And the 32GB SSD isn't big enough for Win7? I'm a total rookie with the SSD builds. Will the 40GB OCZ be sufficient?

The MSI and Gigabyte have 3 year warranties. It just seems insane to me to spend $240 on a GTX 460 when $10 more gets you a GTX 470. Both will be pretty dog slow in 3 years, so you will probably want to upgrade anyway.

 

[jacktesterson]

Zotac has lifetime warranties on video cards too, and are cheaper then evga. They are all reference designs.

 

[jacktesterson]

I have no problems with my Zotac 470. Got a 40 rebate too.