First computer build

[Raenas]

I'm looking at starting my first computer build. I did a little bit of research and came up with a general parts list, but was wondering how good (or bad) it is.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g4.../mainparts.jpg

the prices are via newegg.com

if needed, i can post links to each of the parts individually as well.


Edit: changed title to be informative.

[Ethernity4ever]

Thats a rly nice machine... but if your going to get an i7, put a gtx570 in there, and get a 2 hdd-s that are raided for speed. (if you rly have money get SSD HDD-s). Thats from me but if you made a comp thats within your cash limit. Its rly good and will serve you well

[Deleted]

Youve selected a GTX 550 and you have a 1KW PSU. That would run on a 400-450 watt PSU.
Swap the CPU from i7 to i5 2500k and up the GPU to a GTX 560. Then get a good branded 550-650 watt PSU

[DeltrusDisc]

Beast of a setup man. Though I would also suggest upping at least to 560 Ti if you can, or the 570 even. You'd do better for little more cash even with the GTX 560 if you want to stick with the black and green flag.

As Ethernity4ever suggested, buy multiple HDDs for RAID0 setup or get some SSDs if your budget is open.

---------- Post added 2011-05-25 at 11:33 AM ----------

Oh and yeah, about that power supply... definitely over-powered. You could do fine with a 650 watt PSU from Corsair, I have the TX, it's lovely. 1,000 watts would probably only be needed if you really are planning to like, rig your system with a ton of drives, go SLi perhaps with some heavy-duty cards, etc. Right now it's just a waste of extra $$$ that could be spent towards other things.

[Raenas]

I sort of figured the PSU would be a bit overkill. Though I selected two 1TB HDDs with the intent to add additional drives (if possible), so the 1kW PSU was with extra power consumption in mind. Would a 650W PSU still be alright with 3 HDDs? or should I bump up to 750W?


And thanks for the suggestions, all.

[Deleted]

A $1500 build without an SSD? :O Why not look into some of the new Vertex 3's for the boot drive, at least, and as above, Raid-0'd 1TB Black Cavs or something similar will give nice speed

upgrading to a 570 (even 580 if you have the budget) will be great for games

[Deleted]

as has been pointed out, nice build, but some imbalances.

-a slightly better GPU would be nice, but don't ask me about the current price-value-ratios
-save money on the PSU, it's overpowered by miles (your chosen PSU is 50% more expensive than the GPU )
-save some money on the cpu by getting an i5 2500(k), that could save you around $150 alone. Do you plan on overclocking? Then take the 2500k, otherwise no k for you .
-oh and yeah an SSD, in that budget, is a must.

[Nightbliss]

Terribly balanced.
Too much of a CPU and PSU for too less of a GPU.

As already stated and pointed by alot of people, drop the CPU to the i5 2500K or not depending if you know and want to overclock or not, drop the PSU to something on the 80$ range such as Antec TP 650W, XFX Core 650W, Corsair TX650W etc and get atleast a GTX560Ti SOC / HD6950. If you have the money go for the GTX570 instead.

[Raenas]

I took suggestions into account and revised the parts list. How's this?

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g4...srevised-1.jpg

I'm also looking at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119197 instead of the case in the parts list.

[vesseblah]

I took suggestions into account and revised the parts list. How's this?

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g4...srevised-1.jpg

2500K instead of 2500 for CPU, allows overclocking later. Other than that it looks fine.

Case is up to personal preference, but I'd get something smaller and cheaper.

[Raenas]

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g4...partsfinal.jpg

Got the 2500k and went with a cheaper case (which definitely helped, price-wise).

Now to finish saving up for it.


Thanks a ton for the help, everyone! I really appreciate it =)

[Nightbliss]

Switch the PSU.

The Earth Watts series aren't anything special.
Go for True Power if you want Antec.

And btw, those Rams will cause your CPU Cooler not to work because the dissipater on the Rams is too big.
Go for smaller Rams, Corsair XMS series or so.

[vesseblah]

EarthWatts is totally fine with single GPU, it might have problems with SLI/CF but that's not really an issue for the vast majority of people.

[Nightbliss]

Way to go champ!
No one said the EarthWatts series aren't fine, but they aren't the best either and deffo not worth the price.
I'd take a XFX Core 550W over that EarthWatts any day.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc..._-YT17-139-020

Corsair TX650W 80Plus Bronze way better than that Earth Watts crap from Antec.

[sadface]

1k psu is overkill

Nice system though

[Raenas]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145261 ?

[Asera]

Case to look into, Fractal Design Define R3.

That is if you can't stand how fugly the HAF cases look.

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=53...actal%20Design

[Nightbliss]

Yes, those are cool.
They are "low profile" so you won't have any issues with CPU Coolers at all.
The ones you had have huge fins on their heatsinks and will cause most of the CPU Coolers this days to not work or need some sort of mod (Cut fins on Ram Heatsinks for example) to be installed which is a shame when you have such a nice rig.

The PSU go for the one I linked, its much better than the Antec Earth Watts and costs the same (actually less 10$ without the rebate you get from the Antect EW).

[Valanna]

It looks good overall, real nice high-end parts mostly. However, I'd recommend getting at least a 560Ti, to match the other components at least a little.

[Raenas]

For a 560 ti card, i'm looking at a few but I'm not really sure which would be the best to go with.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-604-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-074-_-Product (i currently have a galaxy geforce 9600gt in my PoS desktop and have been pretty satisfied with the brand)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-197-_-Product