Okay, so far I've been digging through parts and trying to find things that would work well for me since I don't mind making this a project rather than a quick thing.
As for a mobo, I am planning on getting this since it will be compatible with the new ivy bridge processors, also got quite some nice reviews on it from what I've read.
The cpu I am still debating over waiting to get an ivy bridge or just get a 2nd gen i5, although I am not too worried as they will both use an LGA 1155 socket.
And the only other part I've looked at so far is the power supply which I am considering highly
Okay, so far I've been digging through parts and trying to find things that would work well for me since I don't mind making this a project rather than a quick thing.
As for a mobo, I am planning on getting this since it will be compatible with the new ivy bridge processors, also got quite some nice reviews on it from what I've read.
The cpu I am still debating over waiting to get an ivy bridge or just get a 2nd gen i5, although I am not too worried as they will both use an LGA 1155 socket.
And the only other part I've looked at so far is the power supply which I am considering highly
you wont need more than 650W on your psu. even that would be more than you need. ivy bridge has turned out to be extremely unimpressive, but perhaps if you wait a bit the i5s will drop a bit in price. Seasonic and XFX I believe are great brands of PSU and I would recommend looking into those over this one you´ve chosen. while psu is super important, more watts isnt going to raise the quality here, just get a quality brand and keep the W´s low as you wont ever need 1k+. I sli 580s with 850 and thats already overkill.
Okay, so far I've been digging through parts and trying to find things that would work well for me since I don't mind making this a project rather than a quick thing.
As for a mobo, I am planning on getting this since it will be compatible with the new ivy bridge processors, also got quite some nice reviews on it from what I've read.
The cpu I am still debating over waiting to get an ivy bridge or just get a 2nd gen i5, although I am not too worried as they will both use an LGA 1155 socket.
And the only other part I've looked at so far is the power supply which I am considering highly
The native platform for Ivy Bridge is 70 series chipsets, most notably Z77 and Z75. 60 series chipset motherboards will mostly support it, too, but it will take a BIOS update. So you might as well get a 70 series chipset if you're going to wait for an Ivy Bridge processor.
As for the power supply, don't get it. At least some of the power supplies in Thermaltake's Toughpower Grand lineup have problems:
So there's no sense in spending more than that to get something worse. But there is quite a bit of sense in spending less than that to get something that is still very nice:
First, the point of going with a Z77 motherboard is to get one of the upcoming Ivy Bridge processors. If you happen to find one on the cheap, then that's fine. But $148 isn't that cheap, and you could probably do better with a Z68 or P67 motherboard.
Next, the point of going Intel on the processor at all is so that you can get one of their fast quad cores. Today, that means a Core i5 2500K, and in about two weeks, it will mean whatever the Ivy Bridge equivalent is. If you're not going to do that, then you might as well save some money and grab an AMD processor instead, such as an FX-4100 together with a 970 chipset motherboard. As future games scale better to more cores, an FX-4100 might end up being a better gaming processor than a Core i3-2120 anyway, in addition to saving you $50 or so. On your budget, I think it makes a lot more sense to just pay more and get a Core i5-2500K instead.
I'm not sure why you picked out memory rated for 1.25 V. The stock voltage for DDR3 is 1.5 V. I'd assume it will work fine at 1.5 V. But you're paying extra for the reduced stock voltage.
The case is nice, but $140 is a lot to spend on a case on your budget.
You're completely missing an SSD, and that will make the computer slow. Normally you get a ~120 GB SSD together with a hard drive of whatever capacity you need. For the hard drive, there's no need to pay extra for a WD Caviar Black, as the programs where speed matters go on the SSD instead.
You're also completely missing an OS license.
The power supply is very nice, but it's also awfully expensive. If you'd like to see some cheaper options:
And then also a hard drive of whatever capacity you need. Getting a 1 TB SSD would cost a fortune. But if you put the OS and the programs you use a lot (browsers, e-mail, commonly played games) on the SSD, then you get the speed benefits of the SSD, and can put everything else on the hard drive.
Once the hard drive doesn't have real programs running off of it where it matters if they're fast, then you don't need to pay extra for a relatively fast hard drive like the WD Caviar Black anymore. So you can just get a relatively cheap 1 TB hard drive, or whatever capacity you need.
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Okay, so far I've been digging through parts and trying to find things that would work well for me since I don't mind making this a project rather than a quick thing.
As for a mobo, I am planning on getting this since it will be compatible with the new ivy bridge processors, also got quite some nice reviews on it from what I've read.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128545
The cpu I am still debating over waiting to get an ivy bridge or just get a 2nd gen i5, although I am not too worried as they will both use an LGA 1155 socket.
And the only other part I've looked at so far is the power supply which I am considering highly
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153144
Any thoughts or comments so far?
you wont need more than 650W on your psu. even that would be more than you need. ivy bridge has turned out to be extremely unimpressive, but perhaps if you wait a bit the i5s will drop a bit in price. Seasonic and XFX I believe are great brands of PSU and I would recommend looking into those over this one you´ve chosen. while psu is super important, more watts isnt going to raise the quality here, just get a quality brand and keep the W´s low as you wont ever need 1k+. I sli 580s with 850 and thats already overkill.
The native platform for Ivy Bridge is 70 series chipsets, most notably Z77 and Z75. 60 series chipset motherboards will mostly support it, too, but it will take a BIOS update. So you might as well get a 70 series chipset if you're going to wait for an Ivy Bridge processor.
As for the power supply, don't get it. At least some of the power supplies in Thermaltake's Toughpower Grand lineup have problems:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=243
Besides, if money were no object and you just wanted to buy the best power supply possible for your needs, you would get this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151111
So there's no sense in spending more than that to get something worse. But there is quite a bit of sense in spending less than that to get something that is still very nice:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182073
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121077
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139035
Okay I think I've worked out a good setup now: http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=23882987
Your build is all over the place.
First, the point of going with a Z77 motherboard is to get one of the upcoming Ivy Bridge processors. If you happen to find one on the cheap, then that's fine. But $148 isn't that cheap, and you could probably do better with a Z68 or P67 motherboard.
Next, the point of going Intel on the processor at all is so that you can get one of their fast quad cores. Today, that means a Core i5 2500K, and in about two weeks, it will mean whatever the Ivy Bridge equivalent is. If you're not going to do that, then you might as well save some money and grab an AMD processor instead, such as an FX-4100 together with a 970 chipset motherboard. As future games scale better to more cores, an FX-4100 might end up being a better gaming processor than a Core i3-2120 anyway, in addition to saving you $50 or so. On your budget, I think it makes a lot more sense to just pay more and get a Core i5-2500K instead.
I'm not sure why you picked out memory rated for 1.25 V. The stock voltage for DDR3 is 1.5 V. I'd assume it will work fine at 1.5 V. But you're paying extra for the reduced stock voltage.
The case is nice, but $140 is a lot to spend on a case on your budget.
You're completely missing an SSD, and that will make the computer slow. Normally you get a ~120 GB SSD together with a hard drive of whatever capacity you need. For the hard drive, there's no need to pay extra for a WD Caviar Black, as the programs where speed matters go on the SSD instead.
You're also completely missing an OS license.
The power supply is very nice, but it's also awfully expensive. If you'd like to see some cheaper options:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151093
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182073
I'll also mention that if you like rebates, this is the same thing as the one you picked:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139035
Curious as to what kind of SSD I should get? Are you saying I should just get a large SSD isntead of a mechanical HDD?
The basic idea is that you get an SSD like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226236
And then also a hard drive of whatever capacity you need. Getting a 1 TB SSD would cost a fortune. But if you put the OS and the programs you use a lot (browsers, e-mail, commonly played games) on the SSD, then you get the speed benefits of the SSD, and can put everything else on the hard drive.
Once the hard drive doesn't have real programs running off of it where it matters if they're fast, then you don't need to pay extra for a relatively fast hard drive like the WD Caviar Black anymore. So you can just get a relatively cheap 1 TB hard drive, or whatever capacity you need.
Thank you for your help on the SSD. Revising the list now.
Alright I swapped some stuff around like you mentioned and this is what I came up with now
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=23886167