Massive17

Hey everyone I'm going to be building a computer as my graduation present for next, hopefully by then the prices on memory and motherboards would fall. I need your advice and criticism on my specs. Any advice is good advice let me know what you guys think and don't hold back, Let me know if there are any bottlenecks. Thanks ahead of time here's what I'm gonna be building:

Case: Antec 1200
CPU:Intel i7 920 (gonna try to overclock to 4.0 Ghz)
CPU Cooler: True Ultra 120 Black
Motherboard: Asus Rampage 2 Extreme
Memory: 6Gb DDR3 Corsair Dominator 1600 Mhz
HDD: 300 GB Western Digital Velociraptor 10,000 RPM's (Raid 0)
GPU: ATI Radeon HD4870 X2
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer FATAL1TY 7.1
Network Card: Intel PRO/1000 PT PCI Express NIC
PSU: Corsair HX1000W

-By next year I will probably get a blueray burner so not looking into anything right now

meticadpa

That looks good no other recommendations apart from maybe the Lian Li Armorsuit PC 60B case but other than that looks awesome! Also be warned that the i7's at 4ghz pull close to 400watts

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br3nd064

Looks pretty solid to me. Like meticadpa said, keep in mind that an i7 @ 4.0ghz needs a LOT of power...

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Massive17

So do you guys think that the Corsair 1000W PSU is enough? consider that I will probably add another HD4870 X2 in the next year or so or when it gets a little cheaper

br3nd064

Yeah it should be enough.

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SSJ3 Mario Brothers

That is a massive build, and nearly perfect in my opinion. Here's my input:

You don't need a network card. At all.
Is the Xtreme Gamer FATAL1TY pretty expensive? I am under the impression that it's overpriced with no real enhancement to the sound over the regular Soundblaster cards.
That PSU should be enough, from what I hear about it.
I don't know if the TRUE Black really has any advantage over the regular TRUE, except in looks maybe.
I'm personally waiting for the first Lucid Hydra i7 board to be reviewed and released, I bet it'll offer some great scaling on dual HD 4870 X2s


God I hope you hook that beast up to a 30" monitor

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crazypip666

Where have you read that? The numbers I have seen show a full system load of under 400watts for a 4.0GHz i7 920.

Massive17

Hey thanks for the input. I won't be getting a network card like you said and will probably find a way cheaper sound card. I am getting the TRUE black just for the looks but I might just get the regular one cause I might end up getting a Cosmos S case. I'm actually thinking about getting a 24" monitor for my HD 4870 X 2 Do you think that's too small for that card?

SSJ3 Mario Brothers

Naw man, 24 inchers have the next highest resolution to a 30", you'd be proud to own one.

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br3nd064

Na, 24" is perfect for a 4870x2.

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