GamingDaemon

Hello All,

I am about pull the trigger on a new gaming rig, and wanted to get everyone's thoughts first. I have already purchased my Core i7 860, so need to have the 920 vs. 860 discussion.

My biggest concerns are:

• Is my power supply suficient for all of my components?
• Is my memory fast enough to do some mild overclocking (I will be mostly relying on Turbo Boost)?
• Will my CPU cooler keep my Core I7 860 cool even when I use Turbo Boost?

Here are my components:

Intel Core i7 860 (already purchased for $250)
Blu Ray DVD Drive (already own)
Western Digital 640GB hard drive (already own)

KINGWIN Mach 1 ABT-700MA1S 700W ATX Power Supply
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache
MSI N275GTX TwinFrozr OC GeForce GTX 275 896MB 448-bit GDDR3
Plextor DVD burner
Antec 900 Two Case
EVGA P55 SLI 132-LF-E655-KR LGA1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard
G.SKILL Trident 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000)
XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler

And all of this will cost me $1070.

I look forward to your feedback.

Thanks,
GamingDaemon

L3gacy

This is looking good but I believe you should go with a 750 PS or 850 so it gives more headroom to your components and i reccomend the PSU in my sig rig because its cheap and it is Bronze rated which means your components get really clean power means less heat to

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L3gacy

Review right here
http://www.futurelooks.com/antec-tru...supply-review/
The Antec TP-750 offers 25 Amps on each 3.3V, 5V, and all four 12V rails
but everything else is looking fine

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R00ST3R

Everything looks good to me too. That is going to make one sexy rig .
Memory is definitely fast enough. PSU should be fine to power it. HSF will keep your proc cool enough for a very respectable overclock.

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L3gacy

Yea my PSU reccomendation is just a reccomendation but not necessary

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GamingDaemon

Cool! Thanks everyone.

What about going with an SSD like the OCZ Vertex instead of the Raptor?

Legacy8500

I would ditch the raptor and either get a SSD as your boot drive and use your caviar black as storage, or get another caviar black an raid em. Other than that it looks like a solid build, show us some pics if ya can.

GamingDaemon

Will do on the pics!

I am going to go with either the 30GB OCZ Vertex ($165)or the 60GB OCZ Summit ($234).

And now I am thinking about getting the ATI 5850 video card. If I do that, should I get a different mobo?

I AM TEH LAW GIVAH

i personally would just get http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...%20p180%20mini instead of the antec 902, but then it wont take atx motherboards, but it is very nice

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-026-_-Product

as for psus

free shipping and antec brand name is nice, 3-5 year warranty unless you want modular

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-006-_-Product Also very nice

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