GhostHendrikson

So I am in the process of building a new computer, haven't built one in like three years.

These are the parts I am looking at, does anyone see any problems?

Processor: Core i7 920

Motherboard: Asus P6T6 WS Revolution

Video Card: ASUS EAH4870X2

Hard Drives:

OS / APPS: WD VelociRaptor 150GB
Storage: Seagate 1.5TB 3.0 GB/s and Seagate 1TB 3.0GB/s

RAM: Corsair Dominator 6GB DDR3 1600

Tower: Cooler Master HAF 932

Power Supply: PC Power and Cooling 1200W

I would greatly appreciate and feedback and suggestions on the parts. As far as sound goes, I was thinking about just going off of the onboard mobo sound. And for optical drives, not sure if I am going to spring for a Blue Ray burner or just go with a dvd burner.

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DJZeratul

I am pretty sure that rig will definitely run DOOM

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trogalicious

1200W? any particular reason? If you're looking for 1000W and above, take a look at the Corsair 1000HX. Beyond that, the 850TX that I have in my sig rig would push what you've got lined up there with no worries at all....

also, what cooling? I'm assuming air with the HAF. On board sound?

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GhostHendrikson

LOL

Thanks!

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ChristianEx

Go with the Corsair HX1000 instead of that PSU 1200W is a lot more than you'll need also..

As for bruner I'd go with a regular dvd bruner for now if you're not in any special need of a blue-ray player... by the end of this year prices would have dropped on them, and there should be more to choose from as well.. BR players are a tad overpriced atm imo..

And also.. great choice of motherboard!!

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GhostHendrikson

I was looking at that PSU just to ensure that I had enough wattage for expansion in the future, 2nd video card, add on sound card etc. Do the Corsair's rate as high as the PC Power psu's?

I forgot to mention cooling, yes for now I am focusing on Air Cooling. For the CPU cooler I want to use the new Zalman 9900.

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ChristianEx

You can up the rig with another GPU without any problems.. a lot of people are running two 4870x2's and a sound card without any issues at all with the HX1000..

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trogalicious

again, don't just rely on wattage to worry about a second card. That's overkill. The 1000HX corsair would be more than enough to push 2 cards/sound card/etc. As far as I can recall, the 850 would push sli/xfire cards etc.

Yeah, Corsair (as far as I recall) is the top of the list.


sound good. haven't read too much about that particular cooler. Everything looks like it will be a good build.

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kaivorth

I don't think the zalman is the best you can get ATM. Umm I would go for the 1000w as mentioned earlier. When you said add another video card, do you mean go quad fire 4870x2!?! *faints*

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GhostHendrikson

@ChristianEx: I take it you like your mobo, have you had any issues with it?

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