New to computer building, Question about parts.

[StrifesFury]

I have a question regarding the parts I've chosen for my computer I'm building. My question is does all this go together? I'm not the most computer savvy person, relatively new to building/maintaining computers. I do plan on to Crossfire the video card and buy 2 more of the Memory sticks. I'm just building it so I can play SC2, WoW, and Diablo 3 (whenever it comes out) mostly. Any hints and help would greatly be appreciated. I will have someone who is expert in building computers helping me build it. He is just unavailable at the moment.

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU/PROCESSOR: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT90ZFBGRBOX
VIDEO CARD/DRIVER: SAPPHIRE Toxic 100282-2GTXSR Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
HARD DRIVE: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
POWER SUPPLY: CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-850HX 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
COMPUTER MEMORY: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
COMPUTER CASE: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
DVD BURNER: ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OE

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Looks good, I'd rather get a 6870 though, about 10% faster and has better CF scaling. Are you sure you need the Crosshair as any 890FX board would be sufficent. No need to get more memory either as most apps you are going to use are 32bit and cannot utilize that much memory.

[StrifesFury]

Ahh ok cool. Is the Crosshair that much of a difference with a 890FX mobo, that's it's sorta pointless? 6870 cards are out of my budget, unless the price drops with the release of the 69XX series.

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Switch the CPU to a Phenom II x4 965/970. Are better for gaming in general than the AMD 6 cores. Also if you're just going to use that computer for gaming 4GB RAM is all you need.

[StrifesFury]

AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition Deneb that one Snotcore? Forgive my question though but what is the difference between 4GB and 8GB of RAM?

[Cilraaz]

AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition Deneb that one Snotcore? Forgive my question though but what is the difference between 4GB and 8GB of RAM?

With 8GB, you'll have about 4GB constantly idle. Basically, it's a waste of cash if you don't do something memory intensive like video editing, CAD, etc.

[StrifesFury]

That makes sense. G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600, is that a more suitable memory type?

[Cilraaz]

I'm using a set of G.Skill RAM. It's not Ripjaws series (it's just below it, I believe). They're a good quality brand.

Also, I second dropping the 6-core CPU down to a quad-core. The Phenom II x4 965 was actually benchmarking higher than the 1090T. It's pretty much just like the RAM scenario. There isn't much in the way of gaming that will use more than a quad-core CPU. So you end up with cores sitting idle doing nothing.

[Asera]

850W is kinda over the top if you aren't running dual GPU's...

Could save 100 bucks getting a 955/965BE...

Could save another 10 bucks with a Samsung Spinpoint drive...

[llDemonll]

Ahh ok cool. Is the Crosshair that much of a difference with a 890FX mobo, that's it's sorta pointless? 6870 cards are out of my budget, unless the price drops with the release of the 69XX series.

A single 6870 is better than the 5850 by a small margin. Saves you $50 also to put towards the next card if you decide you want to Crossfire eventually.

[Nejji]

As mentioned, an 850 watt PSU is way overkill for this build, so I would suggest something between 600 and 700 watts. Here's a good example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371021

[Ezaraku]

I'd reccomend finding a SSD. A cheap 60GB will do, even just running your OS off of it you'll find a WORLD of difference in speed.

[llDemonll]

No. A small SSD is a waste, as you will get an OS and WoW on there and that's it. Get one > 128GB if you get one so that all your important programs can be on there, not just WoW/OS (unless that's all you run..)

[pansertjald]

drop the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula unless you are planing to do some heavy OC....... the board are ment for heavy OCìng

drop the 6 core for the Phenom II x4 965. the Phenom II x4 965 does it better in games

drop the 8 GB RAM. 8 GB is overkill for gaming.

get a 650W PSU insted of the 850W.

the gfx card you have choosen is faster then the 6870. the SAPPHIRE Toxic 100282-2GTXSR Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 2GB is a ocèd card and it is faster then the normal 6870

[llDemonll]

Missed the 2GB part, my bad on that one. Didn't read close enough =/

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question
i'm planning on getting a custom pc build , now i did some research on the internet and found some interesting stuff .
but i'm not sure its compatible with eachother or somthing like that .

this is what i was thinking , (my pc is generaly used for game's and music , movies ) :

motherboard : lga 1156 gigabyte ga-p55a-ud4 atx p55 ddr3 sata3 usb 3.0

cpu : intelcore x4 i7 950 3.06ghz skt 1366 fsb 1333 8mb

memory : adata gaming v2.0 serie ddr3 -1600 dual channl kit 4gb ( 2x2 ) x2 ( so that's a total of 8gb )

hdd : western digital 1tb s-ata wd caviar green 3gb/s 64mb cache

gpu : xfx radeon hd 6870 900M 1GB ddr5 dual dp hdmi dual dvie

about the rest i have no idea , like the powersupply should it be 450 w or more ?
can someone advice me a descent case ?
anything els i will need ? ( screen , mouse , keyboard etc....not included )
i'dd rly appreciate some tips