Thinking of building a new higher end gaming/general use machine

[Amused]

Wanting to moderately OC to 3.6 or so.

Anything wrong with this build? I haven't built a system for 6 years or so.

Qty. Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price

2 OCZ Vertex Series OCZSSD2-1VTX120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - Retail
Model #: oCZSSD2-1VTX120G

$375.99 $751.98

2 MSI N285GTX-T2D1G-OC GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Model #:N285GTX-T2D1G-OC

$349.99 -$20.00 Instant $659.98

1 CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C7 G - Retail
Model #:TR3X6G1600C7 G

$144.00 $144.00

1 Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Model #:Nine Hundred

$139.99 -$40.00 Instant $99.99

1 ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Model #: P6T Deluxe V2

$289.99 $289.99

1 CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
Model #:CMPSU-850TX

$159.99 -$20.00 Instant $139.99

1 Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 - Retail
Model #:BX80601920

$288.99 -$9.00 Instant $279.99

1 BYTECC Black 1.44/0.72/1.25 MB 3.5" External USB Floppy Drive Mac OS 8.6/9.0/9.0.2/9.0.4/9.1 Win 95/98/2000/ME/XP - Retail
Model #:BT-144

$22.99 $22.99

1 SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model SH-S222A - OEM
Model #:SH-S222A

$22.99 $22.99

Subtotal: $2,411.90

 

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Also, will the Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme work on this mobo?

 

[Denithor]

Very, very nice build there.

Only two things I would suggest.

BFG GTX 285 $340 - $20MIR

Much better card manufacturer, lifetime replacement warranty (register when received) and you can file the rebate for both cards instead of just one (MSI - limited to one card). Plus you get a free copy of CoD: WaW with each.


Liteon Blu-ray / DVDRW combo drive $90

Optional upgrade from basic DVDRW drive. If you already have a HT setup disregard, but I can tell you from personal experience it's nice to be able to pop a BR movie into the PC. There's also a model that offers BR/HD DVD/DVDRW for about $110 if that's an interest. Cheap HD DVDs ftw.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

If you don't care too much about burning Blue Ray discs, get an external USB 5 1/4 bay and just use the same burner you have. You can use it for both machines. I rarely use the one I have for both my machines.

 

[mauiblue]

Question to the OP:

Are you going to RAID the solid state drives or are they going to be for primary and storage drives? I have a similar setup as you in my Newegg shopping cart in regards to the cpu and mobo. I was going to go with a WD raptor drive for OS/primary drive but some members said there wasn't much more performance gained.

Good luck and have fun with your new system.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: mauiblue
Question to the OP:

Are you going to RAID the solid state drives or are they going to be for primary and storage drives? I have a similar setup as you in my Newegg shopping cart in regards to the cpu and mobo. I was going to go with a WD raptor drive for OS/primary drive but some members said there wasn't much more performance gained.

Good luck and have fun with your new system.

I was going to raid, or chain them.

I was thinking of a Raptor and if I don't go SSD I'd go that way. If you look at Anand's latest article on SSDs it shows the Raptor is about as outstanding a drive as you can buy.

My biggest issue is load times and such, not so much capacity. I always notice the HDD speed more than anything else on a computer. I'm very impatient.

I'm running two last generation Raptors in raid-0 now and have been very pleased when I compare it to systems with standard 7200 RPM drives, even newer systems.