Possible new rig

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gingertonic

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Hey guys, I'm planning on building a new system for myself over the course of the summer. I've tentatively picked out some parts from newegg.

Any suggestions/concerns/comments are welcome!

Case

XCLIO Windtunnel Fully Black Finish 1.0 mm SECC Chassis ATX Full Tower Computer Case

HDD

Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Monitor

ASUS VH236H Black 23" 2ms Full HD Widescreen LCD Monitor w/ Speakers 300 cd/m2 20000 :1 (ASCR

Video Card

EVGA 01G-P3-1373-AR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked EE 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

CD/DVD Drive

LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM DVD-ROM Drive Model IHDP11808 <- Is this even necessary anymore with Steam and D2D?

PSU

Antec EarthWatts EA750 750W Continuous Power ATX12V version 2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply

Thermal Compound

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM

Memory

CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C8D

Mobo

ASRock P67 EXTREME4 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

CPU

Intel Core i5-2500 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500

CPU Fan

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7
 
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very nice rig. u choice the right heat sink. i would change the gpu to a 6950 unless u want to spend a tad of extra money. i would change out the hdd for a samsung spingpoint. u dont need the thermal compound the hyper 212 comes with some. nice psu. personally i would go with a cheeper case like the destoryer, it will fit in any gpu like the 260 gtx i have in it atm. it is a good case. good cooling. or do the NZXT M59. that is a beast i regert not getting it. exsalent cooling. but if u want wire management i would go with a mod ps. plus if u do that i would slap in a 32gb ssd or bigger. also my brother has the same set up but u really dont need a 750w psu here is a link that will tell u what u should look for in power wise http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic45032.html.
 
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Few things:

That is a triple channel RAM kit but P67 systems are only dual channel. That i5-2500 is not a K version so you won't be able to overclock it – Either switch that out for a K version, or you can drop that motherboard down to a cheaper H67 board to save. Also, might as well get a DVD-RW burner instead as they'll be about the same price as that DVD-ROM.

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My suggestion, go for this combo:


Subtotal: $1,036.94
Shipping: $9.65
MIR: ($50.00)
Total: $996.59

This build is cheaper and more powerful then the one in your OP. The GPU can be switched out for something more powerful if you want to spend that savings.
 
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dude i would not go with the seagate hdd after all the bottle neck of every comp preformance is the hdd. plus they r not that reliable. yea go with ma$termind. just remove the thermal compound. and put a SSD for a boot drive to run off operating system or games. go for this monitor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236052.
i personally tho would recommend a 26in trinitron monitor it seems old but believe it or not it has better rez then the new lcd. i do not regret getting 1
 
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dude i would not go with the seagate hdd after all the bottle neck of every comp preformance is the hdd. plus they r not that reliable. yea go with ma. just remove the thermal compound. and put a SSD for a boot drive to run off operating system or games. go for this monitor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236052.
i personally tho would recommend a 26in trinitron monitor it seems old but believe it or not it has better rez then the new lcd. i do not regret getting 1
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Source?

Seagate is fine. Ever since they fixed the 7200.11 issue.
 
yea go to amazon they have them cheaper as well. AND NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if any 1 who know oc hyper 212 has the juice to do it
 
if we are going for price/performance, the A50 is really cheap:
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Air-Performance-Cooler-CAFA50/dp/B003IT6RDE/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1305068063&sr=8-10[/ame]
 
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