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[Scoobasteve1226]

So, I've been refining my build time and time again to try and get the perfect build for myself. I am building this as my first build, and overclocking it myself. I plan on playing all games at ultra, and eventually SLI'ing the cards, and maybe an SSD. What do you all think of the build? Anything big that I'm missing? Any suggestions?

CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2&Tpk=i5+2500k

GPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...4&Tpk=asus+560

HDD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-533-_-Product

Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Tpk=antec+902

PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Corsair+HX750W

Ram - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-428-_-Product

Mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-706-_-Product

CPU Fan - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...olmaster%20212
Two things first
A) THE MOBO - I plan on getting the "Pro" version of the board once they rerelease it, if they do. If not, would this board support SLI with two of the previous GPU's?

B) Monitor - I need suggestions for a decent one. I don't care if its LCD, LED, HED, QWERTY, blah blah. I just want around a 24 inch screen, widescreen preferred, that looks great and is UNDER 200$ US. Any suggestions would be great.

[llDemonll]

Parts: Very good, I have no changes. You might go with an evga 560 ti though, people tend to preference evga from what i've seen

A) No it doesn't do SLI, get the Pro board

[JustaBigBird]

Only suggestion I have for you is you buy a SSD aswell as your Western digital HDD. A SSD with around 30g will be brilliant for you to install your operating system on and it will boot up much faster. Will give noticeable speed boost to the start up of your operating system and any decent computer like the one you plan on building should have one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227553

[Deleted]

Going with a 650watts PSU could do the job if you wanted (HX650 or TX650 even cheaper, but people recommend the HX650)
- Else it seems like a great build (:

[llDemonll]

Only suggestion I have for you is you buy a SSD aswell as your Western digital HDD. A SSD with around 30g will be brilliant for you to install your operating system on and it will boot up much faster. Will give noticeable speed boost to the start up of your operating system and any decent computer like the one you plan on building should have one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227553

No. SSD is a waste unless you can at least fit your most used games/programs AND windows on it

Going with a 650watts PSU could do the job if you wanted (HX650 or TX650 even cheaper, but people recommend the HX650)
- Else it seems like a great build (:

he's doing SLI, so 650W is too small

[BicycleMafioso]

Only suggestion I have for you is you buy a SSD aswell as your Western digital HDD. A SSD with around 30g will be brilliant for you to install your operating system on and it will boot up much faster. Will give noticeable speed boost to the start up of your operating system and any decent computer like the one you plan on building should have one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227553

No, an SSD is a luxury-hardware, not a "should have" on "any decent system".

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he's doing SLI, so 650W is too small

http://www.sweclockers.com/image/dia...2546144c318669 Not really

[Scoobasteve1226]

http://www.sweclockers.com/image/diagram/2127?k=efc8def23e555411e02546144c318669[/url] Not really

I rather have the more power and still enough power not to have to upgrade my PSU in a few months when I start adding more ram and doing more overclocking.

[Saithes]

I rather have the more power and still enough power not to have to upgrade my PSU in a few months when I start adding more ram and doing more overclocking.

RAM doesn't use much power, maybe 10 watts tops... and even at 5.1GHz my EPU/Digi+ VRM is reporting 141 watts on the CPU which is hardly anything at all.

[Deleted]

he's doing SLI, so 650W is too small

No he is not, he said that he is possibly doing it (:

[llDemonll]

I plan on ... eventually SLI'ing the cards

that doesn't seem like a 'possibly' to me, but I know what you mean . most of the time people end up not doing SLI which is why i never recommend buying now with plans to do it later

[BicycleMafioso]

I rather have the more power and still enough power not to have to upgrade my PSU in a few months when I start adding more ram and doing more overclocking.

Uhm, the rest of the rig is an overclocked i7-975, Velociraptor and 6 or 12 GB RAM.

The 1366-socket is more powerhungry than the 1155 in any event.

[Deleted]

that doesn't seem like a 'possibly' to me, but I know what you mean . most of the time people end up not doing SLI which is why i never recommend buying now with plans to do it later

- Guess we can be friends then, i get your point to (:

Anyway regarding your psu, you've choosen a VERY powerfull one, if you NEED to save on the computer - got with the TX version instead.
- Thats just my 50 cents (:

[Blahblahblah]

A few comments for your build-

GPU - One of the biggest bargains happening right now is on 480's with the AX3 cooler on them. For example, the Galaxy model, with the AX3 cooler. A lot of sites are selling these off (getting rid of stock) for about $285. If you can find that, I would absolutely go that way over a 560.
Example: http://www.cometsupply.com/mp/GALAXY...H5HS3PMJ/r/gg/
You can find the vendor of your choice for this one.

HDD - Move to Samsung Spinpoint F3 - just do it
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-185-_-Product

Case - Antec 900 is..just not good. It is a complete rip off at $130 shipped. Look for a HAF 932 instead, can be had for ~125 shipped, and it's a full tower. However, there are plenty of better options than the Antec 900..

Edit: Didn't realize you were linking 902 V3, that is a lot more competitive. Good case if you want to go mid tower but a full tower can be had at the same price.

PSU - The debate going on in this thread about PSUs is kind of moot. You can power SLI 560's on a quality 650 unit, easily, but who knows what you'll be going with in the future. In general, the best price : performance ratio PSU for any SLI build is the XFX XXX Black Edition 750 watt. It is a Seasonic (premier name in PSU manufacturing) unit, based on the M12D platform, re branded for XFX, with their 5 year warranty to back it. It is almost always much more reasonably priced than similar quality 750 units, as well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-003-_-Product
Here is the JG review (premier PSU reviewer): http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php...tory5&reid=184

If you have more PSU questions or references needed, check here:
http://www.overclock.net/power-suppl...-supplies.html

Monitor - Most of the most popular monitors are out of stock right now at the egg, but something like this would do:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824009245

[Cantii]

As far as PSUs go, I'm a big advocate of Corsair's HX650 and HX750 lines, however, Antec has some excellent offerings. One of which is the Antec TruePower New TP-750 750W Continous Power PSU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-025-_-Product). It's semi-modular, to boot.

[DeltrusDisc]

- Guess we can be friends then, i get your point to (:

Anyway regarding your psu, you've choosen a VERY powerfull one, if you NEED to save on the computer - got with the TX version instead.
- Thats just my 50 cents (:

Being an owner of a TX 650 Watt, yes it's a great PSU, yes it does its job quite well, but it's an absolute mess! Thus why when I have the cash, I'll be going modular. This guy doesn't seem to be having any money problems though so I'd imagine he's probably fine with his choice. :P

[llDemonll]

HDD - Move to Samsung Spinpoint F3 - just do it
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-185-_-Product

Reasoning behind this?

Case - Antec 900 is..just not good. It is a complete rip off at $130 shipped. Look for a HAF 932 instead, can be had for ~125 shipped, and it's a full tower. However, there are plenty of better options than the Antec 900..

Some of us don't like full-tower cases, they take up an amazing amount of space and are a pain in the ass to move

[Cantii]

Reasoning behind this?


Some of us don't like full-tower cases, they take up an amazing amount of space and are a pain in the ass to move

Not to mention, the Antec Nine Hundred Two is a damn fantastic case... don't know what is reasoning behind it being utter crap is, but it ain't true, that's for sure. And I second that notion about full towers... I'm using a Cooler Master Storm Sniper right now... let's just say, I don't go to LAN parties anymore, LAN parties go to me :P

I'll give his reason for moving to a Samsung Spinpoint F3, though: It costs less than a WD Caviar Black and has around the same performance, maybe a little less. However, Caviar Black is a solid line.

[Blahblahblah]

Reasoning behind this?

Some of us don't like full-tower cases, they take up an amazing amount of space and are a pain in the ass to move

http://forum.novatech.co.uk/showthread.php?p=197140

Only benchie I could find for proof with a quick google but F3 consistently outperforms blacks in benches and is cheaper.

About full towers, that is true, but he didn't mention a preference concerning size and a full tower for less $ than a mid tower makes sense if you don't have a preference.

@Antec 900 - I didn't see in OP link that it was the V3, that is a decent case, at least it's a lot nicer than the original 900 that I thought he was linking to

Edit: Found a toms review with some F3 vs Blacks results:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...it,2528-7.html

Obviously the drives are pretty close and trade blows but you can't really argue with the price on F3s.

[DeltrusDisc]

I <3 my full tower HAF X. :3

[Specops]

Being an owner of a TX 650 Watt, yes it's a great PSU, yes it does its job quite well, but it's an absolute mess! Thus why when I have the cash, I'll be going modular. This guy doesn't seem to be having any money problems though so I'd imagine he's probably fine with his choice. :P

He chose the HX750W because of me. xD I basically told Steve what to buy because he wouldn't stop asking me instead of using Google. >:3