jasignhagj Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Im Going to build My first Computer, but i need some help on the parts. I live in Canada.On a budget of $2000, including Monitor, Here is what i would like An Intel Quad Core Processor - preferably i7 (i like the Intel Core i7-950, but it's about $650) 6-12 gigs of ram (DDR3) 2 SLI linked Nivida GFX cards 1 HD @10000RPM for games (or solid state if the price is reasonable) 1 larger HD for storage (i have a lot of movies and music) A Blu Ray and Dvd RW drive (blu ray is optional) An ATX Motherboard compatible with all I want A Case with a window Fans W/ LED lights to light the case up A 22" or bigger Monitor (LCD) This is what im getting so far EDIT - Completely forgot i live in Canada, all prices are in American :wall: :wall: :wall: CPU: Intel Core i7 920 - $279.99 (319.99 CDN) Mobo: Foxconn BloodRage LGA 1366 Intel X58 - $239.99 ($259.99 CDN) RAM: OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 $109.99 CDN GPU: 2x XFX GX260NADFF GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 - $319.98 Optical: Pioneer Black 5X BD-ROM - $109.99 Optical: LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA - $29.99 HDD: Intel X25-M SSDSA2MH080G1 80GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk - $229.99 HDD: WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB - $94.99 Cooling: XIGMATEK Dark Knight - $44.98 Case: COOLER MASTER Storm Scout - $89.99 PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W - $109.99 Monitor: ASUS VH226H Black 21.5" - $149.99 OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit w/Windows 7 Coupon - $109.99 $1882.86 (2,068 CDN) If you have any comments, suggestions or advice, please post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldJoe Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Do you know what you're doing if i might ask? You can only use DDR3 with i7, and the memories should be 1.65v or lower since it otherwise could harm the cpu. And why get 8gb of ram? You either go for 3 or 6gb (not many will need 12), since you have 3 channel memory support. And why do you need an i7? Granted you have the money, but will you be able to utilize it fully? I'd get an SSD instead of an 10k rpm disk. 2 linked Nvidia cards is called SLI... Personally i'd wait until October (atleast that's when ATI will launch it's new cards, dunno how Nvidia is doing) or so and get the new GT300 series. J'adore aussi le sexe et les snuff moviesJe trouve que ce sont des purs moments de vieJe ne me reconnais plus dans les gensJe suis juste un cas désespérantEt comme personne ne viendra me réclamerJe terminerai comme un objet retrouvé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasignhagj Posted August 15, 2009 Author Share Posted August 15, 2009 Its been a while since I've looked into any SSD's, last time i checked it was like $350 for 80 Gigs. As for the ram, i wasn't aware that you needed ddr3, and the 8 gigs was a basic math fail on my part. Also, What do you mean by 1.65 v or lower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foooman Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Don't get the i7 950 if you don't plan on going watercooling. You won't be able to push it much further than a 920 without it. Here's the best I could do to fit your specifications. Running SLI on a single 1920x1080 is kind of overkill, but you asked for it. I would personally just go with a single GTX 275 now, or grab a GTX 260 to hold me over until Nvidia releases DX11 GTX300 cards. Case is all preference, and you pretty much just pick the one you like best. The CPU Cooler is just to give you a little more head room overclocking, and because Intel's pushpins make me sad in the pants. CPU: Intel Core i7 920 - $279.99 Mobo: Foxconn BloodRage LGA 1366 Intel X58 - $239.99 RAM: mushkin 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - $182.99 GPU: 2x XFX GX260NADFF GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 - $319.98 Optical: Pioneer Black 5X BD-ROM - $109.99 Optical: LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA - $29.99 HDD: Intel X25-M SSDSA2MH080G1 80GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk - $229.99 HDD: WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB - $94.99 Cooling: XIGMATEK Dark Knight - $44.98 Case: COOLER MASTER Storm Scout - $89.99 PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W - $109.99 Monitor: ASUS VH226H Black 21.5" - $149.99 OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit w/Windows 7 Coupon - $109.99 $1992.85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasignhagj Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 Don't get the i7 950 if you don't plan on going watercooling. You won't be able to push it much further than a 920 without it. Here's the best I could do to fit your specifications. Running SLI on a single 1920x1080 is kind of overkill, but you asked for it. I would personally just go with a single GTX 275 now, or grab a GTX 260 to hold me over until Nvidia releases DX11 GTX300 cards. Case is all preference, and you pretty much just pick the one you like best. The CPU Cooler is just to give you a little more head room overclocking, and because Intel's pushpins make me sad in the pants. CPU: Intel Core i7 920 - $279.99 Mobo: Foxconn BloodRage LGA 1366 Intel X58 - $239.99 RAM: mushkin 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - $182.99 GPU: 2x XFX GX260NADFF GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 - $319.98 Optical: Pioneer Black 5X BD-ROM - $109.99 Optical: LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA - $29.99 HDD: Intel X25-M SSDSA2MH080G1 80GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk - $229.99 HDD: WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB - $94.99 Cooling: XIGMATEK Dark Knight - $44.98 Case: COOLER MASTER Storm Scout - $89.99 PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W - $109.99 Monitor: ASUS VH226H Black 21.5" - $149.99 OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit w/Windows 7 Coupon - $109.99 $1992.85 Thanks, that's great. I see now that the i7 950 was a bit overkill. I may wait for the Video Card, Probably wont actually be able to get everything till end of September Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellhound Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Looks good yeah. I would change the SSD though. Get the second generation one instead. Its slightly faster, and cheaper. Also, BR is a waste of money imo. Most people (including me) would never use it anyways. I would switch out the bluray drive, and get a bigger monitor instead. [Ellhound JR][Combat [bleep]][138][200M Attack XP][134/200M Hitpoints XP][250+ jad kills][ <!-- m -->http://www.ellhound.com<!-- m -->] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasignhagj Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 Looks good yeah. I would change the SSD though. Get the second generation one instead. Its slightly faster, and cheaper. Also, BR is a waste of money imo. Most people (including me) would never use it anyways. I would switch out the bluray drive, and get a bigger monitor instead. I'm going to skip bluray.when bluray RW drives are cheaper, i'll add one on. Ill also look into another SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave0293 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 If you want to save a little bit of money, look for combo deals. I'm also a fan of the Acer X223Wbd Black 22", which is $10 cheaper. For about $220, you could get an 24" monitor. Don't forget artic silver 5, or Tuniq TX-2 Cooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDaStudd Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 First off I wouldn't recommend spending that much on your first build. Things can go wrong and the last thing you want is to break a $600 part (its easier to get a little to hasty or get a bit frustrated). Personally I would got with a AMD AM3 PII cpu as Intel's i7 cost a lot more as a whole system (Intel motherboards cost more and the i7's are a far bit more then the PII X4's) and are pretty much on par. I'll compile a wish list on newegg.ca tomorrow. [hide=Drops]Dragon Axe x11Berserker Ring x9Warrior Ring x8SeercullDragon MedDragon Boots x4 - all less then 30 kcGodsword Shard (bandos)Granite Maul x 3Solo only - doesn't include barrows[/hide][hide=Stats][/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VjuliusT Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 I'd get a Asus P6T deluxe v2 motherboard duo to bloodrage being overpriced for what you really get and a gtx 285/275 instead if I were you, there will probably not be any games for quite some time that utilize DirectX11 properly just when the 300 series come out so you might as well get a higherend 300 series when it's been around for a while, also I'd say it's safer/easier to stick to less hardware and aircooling doing your first build. No sli, watercooling etc. PS: SSDs are rather overpriced, you might as well go with striped harddrives for the same performance but I wouldn't recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave0293 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 I was bored, so I came up with a cheaper build: PSU: Amd phenom II x3 720 (or the x4 945) Motherboard: Asus M4A78T Heatsink:XIGMATEK Dark Knight Graphics Card:HD 4870 Or you could go for a 4890 or 4870x2, etc Memory:G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Hard Drive: HDD: WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB - $94.99 (seems fine, sometimes they're on sale for a little bit less) Case:yours seems fine, but perhaps a little excessive (Here's a cheaper one:Cooler Master Psu:Antec 430W (depending on the graphics card/psu, perhaps go to 500w) Artic Silver 5 ] or DVD Drive: yours is fine On second thought: OCZ Gold 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227316 and this paste: Tuniq TX-2 Cooling Thermal Compound $5 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835154003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasignhagj Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 I dont know, Ive had bad experiences with AMD,the 2 AMD computers i owned fail in just over a year, no intel Ive ever had has failed. I thought the ssd was overpriced too, i may replace it w/ a fast HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDaStudd Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Ok this is what I've came up with so far; PII X4 965BE ASUS AM3 mobo 285GTX 750W Corsair psu 24 inc 1080i monitor (2x) 2gbx2 DDR3 1600 (x4) WD 500gb HDD <- put them in RAID 0+1 Vista home premium + Windows 7 upgrade Come to $1,725.88 without the case or a DVD/ BD drive or tax/shipping. So it should easily meet your budget. [hide=Drops]Dragon Axe x11Berserker Ring x9Warrior Ring x8SeercullDragon MedDragon Boots x4 - all less then 30 kcGodsword Shard (bandos)Granite Maul x 3Solo only - doesn't include barrows[/hide][hide=Stats][/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasignhagj Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 How do i get 4 hard drives in 1 computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldJoe Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Christ... I advice you to pay someone to build you this computer. J'adore aussi le sexe et les snuff moviesJe trouve que ce sont des purs moments de vieJe ne me reconnais plus dans les gensJe suis juste un cas désespérantEt comme personne ne viendra me réclamerJe terminerai comme un objet retrouvé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasignhagj Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 Christ... I advice you to pay someone to build you this computer. Im tired, i was thinking 4 optical drives :wall: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDaStudd Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Just pick a case which has 4+ hard drive drive slots the motherboard has 5 SATA ports. The 4 harddrives was as you wanted a fast harddrive as well as some space. RAID 0 will be faster then a raptor, but has a high kill rate so its best to have a backup and RAID 1 is a copy of the disks so you get the benefit of speedy harddrives at the cost of space (only 1tb will be usable, but that should be more then enough). Thinkin about it it might be worth adding one of these into the mix to get a little more performance and easy of use. EDIT newegg has hundreds of cases with 4+ 3.5" internal drives [hide=Drops]Dragon Axe x11Berserker Ring x9Warrior Ring x8SeercullDragon MedDragon Boots x4 - all less then 30 kcGodsword Shard (bandos)Granite Maul x 3Solo only - doesn't include barrows[/hide][hide=Stats][/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasignhagj Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 Just pick a case which has 4+ hard drive drive slots the motherboard has 5 SATA ports. The 4 harddrives was as you wanted a fast harddrive as well as some space. RAID 0 will be faster then a raptor, but has a high kill rate so its best to have a backup and RAID 1 is a copy of the disks so you get the benefit of speedy harddrives at the cost of space (only 1tb will be usable, but that should be more then enough). Thinkin about it it might be worth adding one of these into the mix to get a little more performance and easy of use. EDIT newegg has hundreds of cases with 4+ 3.5" internal drives Will i be able to use 2 on RAID and 2 normally, or do they all have to be on RAID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasignhagj Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 Sorry to double post, but, if i go with the Intel build, how does this RAM look OCZ Gold 6GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldJoe Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 The Intel build is based on US$, so it would cost more with your currency. And to relate to your earlier post about AMD: 2 computers doesn't mean a thing. It could be different component than the CPU that failed. I've had an AMD based computer here since 04, still works. J'adore aussi le sexe et les snuff moviesJe trouve que ce sont des purs moments de vieJe ne me reconnais plus dans les gensJe suis juste un cas désespérantEt comme personne ne viendra me réclamerJe terminerai comme un objet retrouvé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDaStudd Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 The point of the 4 disks is 2 act as one super fast disk (on RAID 0) and the other 2 make a copy of the first 2 incase anything goes wrong. Like I said RAID 0 is as fast as a raptor, but its got a big fail rate due to how it works, so you need to counter it with the backup of them. Yes that ram would be ok. [hide=Drops]Dragon Axe x11Berserker Ring x9Warrior Ring x8SeercullDragon MedDragon Boots x4 - all less then 30 kcGodsword Shard (bandos)Granite Maul x 3Solo only - doesn't include barrows[/hide][hide=Stats][/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasignhagj Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 The Intel build is based on US$, so it would cost more with your currency. And to relate to your earlier post about AMD: 2 computers doesn't mean a thing. It could be different component than the CPU that failed. I've had an AMD based computer here since 04, still works. It was the cpu's both times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDaStudd Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 AMD has atleast 2 years warranty which is more then enough for a gaming PC as you'll most likely have upgraded the whole system in 2 years (PC gaming is expensive hardware wise). [hide=Drops]Dragon Axe x11Berserker Ring x9Warrior Ring x8SeercullDragon MedDragon Boots x4 - all less then 30 kcGodsword Shard (bandos)Granite Maul x 3Solo only - doesn't include barrows[/hide][hide=Stats][/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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