Ok, so for high school graduation I came into some money, so I decided to make myself a computer for "college". I'm just looking at some opinions at to how good my build is sooo:
Case: CoolerMaster HAF 932
Processor: Intel i7-930 @ 4x2.8Ghz (probably going to overclock to 3.6-3.8)
Cooling: XIGMATEK Dark Knight 120mm CPU Cooling Fan System - H.D.T. (Heat-pipe direct touch)
if its for college if ANYthing, invest yourself with a good 24" monitor and keyboard and mouse if you are going to do a lot of desktop work. it will make things easier for you to do projects off it.
That should come out to $1900. You can just downgrade to the ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890GX to save $40. The difference is the FX runs 2 PCI-E lanes @ x16 x16, while the GX runs x16 x8. x8 is like 1 - 2% worse. The FX also is suppose to overclock better but, thats like whatever.
Also put the H50 in push/pull for better performance.
Change the RAM to dominator GT's. They apparently are much better for gaming. I was going to get the same RAM you have listed. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145269 I think they cool better than the ones you have posted. Bigger heat fins + fan.
And of course, the SSD is just for faster access times, which means faster loading correct?
Everything that a HDD would handle will increase. Install, boot, restart, turn off, and read/write times will increase dramatically. Programs and games will run better as well.
SSDs, especially the OCZ Vertex 2 is just a damn good choice.
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