Born again Newb, New build advice.

Hello everyone (anyone)

First post ever on any forum, so hope I've put in the right place (and I've had a few beers).

My names is Lobby for all intensive purposes, self confessed born again pc building newb.

Old PC: AMD athlon 3500+, geforce 9800 gt, GA-K8NF-9 MB..... RIP..
Loved it when i built it (2005 - 6 -7 maybe) cant remember exactly when..
Over clocked it and all that, (as far as i dared anyway) done the job for years...
Now.... Works sometimes..
Not sure what it is, I used to be able to move/remove/re-install heat sink and remove/re-install ram and it would fire up..
LMAO i even washed the PCU heat sink to remove all the dirt and dust once or twice, and yes ensured it was completely dry again before re-installation. Now I just get a 3 to 4 second long beep on start-up of the PC that repeats and no display output I've tried for weeks to get it going, I'm thinking motherboard is fingered.

So... New build... :-) :thumb:

One that's going to satisfy my immediate needs and last for a while in the long run..(Gaming and Media center PC)
I've been researching for a bit on the web and looked at most of the reviews on the new intel ivy chips.
I understand the difference between the i5 and i7 and still leaning toward the i7 for longevity of the chip (from my understanding)

This is what I'm leaning toward at the moment, bearing in mind budget is fairly high on priority but willing to invest in quality if warranted.


Component qty $ $

Corsair H80 Liquid CPU Cooler 1 $135.00 $135.00
Thermaltake Litepower 700W 1 $78.00 $78.00
Microsoft Windows 7 Premium,
Service Pack 1, 64-bit - OEM 1 $99.00 $99.00
OCZ Vertex Plus 60GB 1 $75.00 $75.00
Gigabyte nVidia GTX560 Ti OC 1GB 1 $225.00 $225.00
LG DVD Burner 1 $29.00 $29.00
Bitfenix Shinobi - Black 1 $79.00 $79.00
G.SKILL DDR3 8GB (2X4GB)
F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL Ram 1 $59.00 $59.00
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Motherboard - 1 $155.00 $155.00
Intel CPU Core i7 3770K - LGA 1155 1 $389.00 $389.00
Total $1,323.00

Was initially going to go for the ASrock extreme 6 z77 motherboard but for the additional functions of the 6 over the 4 i didnt think the extra $50 was really worth it, I would have liked thundercable or what ever it is called but those boards that have that option from my research are $350 400 +, which is not in my budget.

Anyways, if anyone can make any recommendations on performance or alternative hardware please fell free to make comment, positive of coarse is always welcomed,

cheerrs anyways and ill have another beer,:thumb:

Cheers for that Cpt.

I was planning to use the old HD drive from my old PC (350 g) , i also have a 1 TB external, and was going to get a larger "old school" HD later on for all that you collect along the way.

Thanks for the feed back:thumb:

forgive my uber newbness and ive had a few beers...

can i bye a part to fix DRAM? or is that a end of story type thing for the mother board?

Cheers Ol Mate,

For the record I'm from Australia, and i have personally had a bad experience from ordering merchandise from america, namely Amazon.

I was a victim of internet theft and lost $18000 AUS which at the current rate of exchage is probly about $30000 USD, so i wont using any american sites. (no offence intended, it was french persons whom done the hacking)

Onto the graphics cxard, i was thinking about the 2g 560ti and might get two later on in sli??

is that worth it on not?

My friend, i have been swapping sticks of ram for about three weeks, new power supply from an ol mate from his pc and i have two sticks of ram.

DDR400 one at 500 mb and another @ 1 gig (hardcore fullysick ram) (im drunk now).

Ive tryd every trick i have seen from alot of the forums ive been reading, but your assitance is appreciated,