Building a New computer - Who wants to help?

[BlueCali]

I'm building a new computer as my graduation present this is what I have so far, and just wanted some thoughts on it.

So what do we think of this setup?

AMD Phenom II X6 1075T Thuban 3.0GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT75TFBGRBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103858

Intel X25-V SSDSA2MP040G2K5 2.5" 40GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167030

SAMSUNG EcoGreen F2 HD103SI 1TB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152173

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193

EVGA 768-P3-1362-AR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video ...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130564

LITE-ON DVD Writer - Bulk - Black SATA Model iHAS224-06 LightScribe Support - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106333

Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066

Rosewill RV2-700 700W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V SLI Ready Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182173

ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131647

LG Black 10X Blu-ray Burner - Bulk SATA WH10LS30 LightScribe Support - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136181

Rosewill RCR-IC001 40-in-1 USB 2.0 3.5" Internal Card Reader w/ USB port / Extra silver face plate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820223103

Total: $989.89

 

[bizdady]

 

[BlueCali]

lol, hoping to build a computer that will last a LONG time.

 

[Illiciter]

I like the addition of the 40gb SSD... I'm presuming that's your OS drive?

 

[BlueCali]

I like the addition of the 40gb SSD... I'm presuming that's your OS drive?

Yes sir, trying to make it super uber fast, and that's one of the easiest ways. Also don't need more than 40GB just for an OS drive.

 

[BlueCali]

My biggest things are Should I go AMD or Intel. I7 (quad core) or AMD Phenom (6 cores), the AMD's are cheaper.

And then 4GB of DDR3 ram or 6 or 8..

I'm pretty set on the GTX 460 heard its a beast.

 

[Horhay]

I am not an AMD guy so whatever floats your boat. I'd leave that SSD out of the mix and opt for 2 15K Raptors running in RAID 0.

A buddy of mine has a setup with two of those babies and his load times from boot to OS from Windows logo to main screen is less than 2 secs. Yes, I know that's almost unbelievable lol. The logo is a mere flash on the screen lol

The Intel CPUs will be much expensive. They also have a 6 core CPU that will probably blow that Phenom out of the water. The Intel 950s i7 I believe. ASUS Rampage III mobo or a Gygabyte UD9 board with a Corsair Obsidian 800D case for me . With the price of that 460 video card couldn't you go higher? what are the price difference? I have 2 470 GTX in my rig right now and they run beautifully.

 

[BlueCali]

I am not an AMD guy so whatever floats your boat. I'd leave that SSD out of the mix and opt for 2 15K Raptors running in RAID 0.

A buddy of mine has a setup with two of those babies and his load times from boot to OS from Windows logo to main screen is less than 2 secs. Yes, I know that's almost unbelievable lol. The logo is a mere flash on the screen lol

The Intel CPUs will be much expensive. They also have a 6 core CPU that will probably blow that Phenom out of the water. The Intel 950s i7 I believe. ASUS Rampage III mobo or a Gygabyte UD9 board with a Corsair Obsidian 800D case for me . With the price of that 460 video card couldn't you go higher? what are the price difference? I have 2 470 GTX in my rig right now and they run beautifully.

I have a $1000 budget, build me a setup with Raid 0, at least a GTX 460 and one of your I7's, I like to see what other people do and have opinions on. You are also very very very good with computers, and I've never built one.

 

[BlueCali]

two raptors cost over $500 for 600 gb...

 

[BigRick]

I say buy a Gateway

 

[Horhay]

I have a $1000 budget, build me a setup with Raid 0, at least a GTX 460 and one of your I7's, I like to see what other people do and have opinions on. You are also very very very good with computers, and I've never built one.

Ah I didn't know you had a $1000 budget lol. If that's your budget then you are getting a good system then.

You can get some good power out of that CPU. The SSD will also give you that performance. Just keep it for OS and nothing more so the load times don't become higher.

That HDD might bottleneck your system though. I can see you are going for storage. If I was you I'd rather take advantage of the 6GB/s option. Here's two suggestions:

Western Digital Caviar Black WD6402AAEX 640GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - $69.99 ($10 more than the one you have listed)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136544

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALX 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $74 ($15 more than the one you listed)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136767

Personally, I'd go for the 640GB and take advantage of the 6GB/s and the bigger cache. $69 is actually a pretty decent price. If speed is what you want that's what I'd get, because that one you list is 5400 RPM and at 1TB performance wise it might bottleneck your rig especially with that SSD installed.

 

[BlueCali]

Ah I didn't know you had a $1000 budget lol. If that's your budget then you are getting a good system then.

You can get some good power out of that CPU. The SSD will also give you that performance. Just keep it for OS and nothing more so the load times don't become higher.

That HDD might bottleneck your system though. I can see you are going for storage. If I was you I'd rather take advantage of the 6GB/s option. Here's two suggestions:

Western Digital Caviar Black WD6402AAEX 640GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - $69.99 ($10 more than the one you have listed)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136544

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALX 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $74 ($15 more than the one you listed)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136767

Personally, I'd go for the 640GB and take advantage of the 6GB/s and the bigger cache. $69 is actually a pretty decent price. If speed is what you want that's what I'd get, because that one you list is 5400 RPM and at 1TB performance wise it might bottleneck your rig especially with that SSD installed.

True, I could add another HDD later if I run out of room too.

 

[BlueCali]

New Update based on some experts opinions.

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533

OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227550

Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V version 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified ...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371015


Intel Core i5-760 Lynnfield 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80605I5760

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115067

EVGA 01G-P3-1370-TR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130570

ASUS P7P55D-E LX LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131634

Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066

Rosewill RCR-IC001 40-in-1 USB 2.0 3.5" Internal Card Reader w/ USB port / Extra silver face plate

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820223103


G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193

LITE-ON DVD Writer - Bulk - Black SATA Model iHAS224-06 LightScribe Support - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106333

Total: $1000

(Had to get rid of blu-ray writer, but I might make the blu-ray writer my only drive, still haven't decided.)

 

[xtop]

saw where you got your info. if you're going for light gaming, why buy a 460? lol. and where's the heatsink?

i'd buy that 1tb hard drive on black friday and see if you can't get a 2tb drive for the same price.

but it looks good. aside from the ugly as hell card reader. who uses those? lol

also, don't forget to get some bluetooth in there so you can do wii emulation

 

[xtop]

might be worth browsing through this

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4025/holiday-2010-system-builders-guide

 

[xtop]

doubt this makes any diff to you, but worth noting

Unfortunately, as Jarred mentioned in the introduction, building a new system today is pretty ill advised. Intel is set to release Sandy Bridge in another two months and with it we'll see a big reset in the components we recommend. Within six or so months of the Sandy Bridge arrival, AMD is expected to release its first new high end server/desktop architecture, codenamed Bulldozer. Thus my ideal build would limit spending on the CPU and motherboard, and move those dollars toward the rest of the components in the system. The idea is that you spend enough on a CPU/motherboard today to get good performance, but minimize the expense to enable upgrading in the not too distant future. You can then take your "old" CPU and motherboard and turn it into an awesome secondary system for a family member or even yourself (hello HTPC!).

 

[BlueCali]

saw where you got your info. if you're going for light gaming, why buy a 460? lol. and where's the heatsink?

i'd buy that 1tb hard drive on black friday and see if you can't get a 2tb drive for the same price.

but it looks good. aside from the ugly as hell card reader. who uses those? lol

also, don't forget to get some bluetooth in there so you can do wii emulation

I'm waiting till cyber Monday at least now. I can get the 6 core I7 for $200 if I wait till December 1st.

 

[B33FCAKE?]

What I built 6 or so weeks ago for $1000

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/build-a-pc-overclock-components,2735.html

I have mine overclocked to 3.57 ghz right now. Solid like a rock

 

[xtop]

looks like that i5 is pretty awesome.

 

[BlueCali]

looks like that i5 is pretty awesome.

New Build:

ASUS Sabertooth X58 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131665

EVGA 01G-P3-1370-TR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130570

Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V version 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified ...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371015

OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227550

G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231225

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533

LITE-ON DVD Writer - Bulk - Black SATA Model iHAS224-06 LightScribe Support - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106333

Intel Core i7-970 Gulftown 3.2GHz LGA 1366 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80613I7970

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115066&cm_re=i7-970-_-19-115-066-_-Product

Total: $1107

I'm guessing I should just keep a eye out on these going on sale over black friday/cyber monday. Any suggestions on how to make it better and cheaper are appreciated as I've never built a computer before.