After a couple days of pleading I think I may have finally convinced the wife to let me build my new desktop! My old one ended up getting trashed pretty bad by UPS and I've been wanting a reason to start all over anywho. I made a previous thread but it mostly consisted of what I wanted and not really what I needed. I haven't built a rig since 07' so I could definitely use all the help I can get!
This rig is going to be used heavily for gaming (D3, BF3, LoL, DOTA2, etc.) but I also plan on using it for general purpose/schoolwork. What I really want to know is how reasonable do you guys feel everything is? No bottlenecks? And does it looks like I'm getting my moneys worth out of it. Sadly I literally am starting from scratch, so I'm going to be picking some of these parts up paycheck by paycheck until I get to the core parts such as cpu, ram, mobo, vga card to reduce buyers remorse as much as possible.
My wife isn't too hardware savvy, and believes laptops are glorious. I plan to teach her otherwise. /bruhaha
As always, your guys help and constructive criticism is always appreciated!
The main issue I see is that there's not enough storage. You have a single 60 GB SSD, so you'd have to decide which two games you want installed at the same time A bigger SSD or a hard drive is recommended.
There are smaller issues:
Both your CPU and GPU are on the verge of being outdated: Intel and NVIDIA both have major updates coming in the next couple of months.
You could save some money with a smaller power supply. 500 watts can handle any single-GPU system, especially since the 570 isn't a top-end card.
The 2500K boxed version comes with a CPU fan, so you don't need the water cooler unless you plan on heavy overclocking. If you're not overclocking, you can save some money by downgrading to the standard 2500.
You only have a single expansion card (the GPU), so you could consider using a MicroATX case and motherboard to save physical space. Mini-ITX is viable, too, but the mobo and case selection is limited.
Your GPU uses a blower-style fan; these can be very loud. Consider a multi-fan internal cooling solution, since your 4-fan case can easily remove that extra heat.
I was already aware about Ivy Bridge and Keplar coming out real soon, so right now this was really just a mock up. I can almost guarentee you I won't have all the money by then so I will definitely be able to take them into consideration once they come out. And with the PSU my thinking was that once the VGA card (be it fermi or Keplar takes a price drop to far lower numbers I would like to put SLI on the table (hence the larger case and standard ATX motherbored). Sorry for not being clear about that. And since this build I want to actually keep more upgrade options on the table than my last build, I decided to go with the CPU cooler to dabble in low level CPU overclocking. I like to try something a little different each time as to learn more about the functionality. Really the overall goal here is to take just a pinch more dough than needed so that there is a lot more headroom in the long haul. And I'm not too worried about the sound. I always play with a headset. The wife can learn to deal with the jet engine going off every time I play a game! My last rig had an XFX 8800GTS in it and that thing gout LOUD. lol
The 1st 2 combos there are over a $100 cheaper than the case + psu you picked out.
You could save nearly $200 by buying a 6850 radeon. You would lose out on a bit of performance, but nothing major.
The processor in box comes with a fan, so you can save another $100 by not getting the water cooling.
When the next generation products come out the price of these might drop slightly. Though it might be better off to wait a few months, and make a next generation middle of the road machine. Though that could be many months down the road, and sometimes the next generation has some bugs and flaws.
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This is the parts list so far:
http://secure.newegg...Number=16625911
This rig is going to be used heavily for gaming (D3, BF3, LoL, DOTA2, etc.) but I also plan on using it for general purpose/schoolwork. What I really want to know is how reasonable do you guys feel everything is? No bottlenecks? And does it looks like I'm getting my moneys worth out of it. Sadly I literally am starting from scratch, so I'm going to be picking some of these parts up paycheck by paycheck until I get to the core parts such as cpu, ram, mobo, vga card to reduce buyers remorse as much as possible.
My wife isn't too hardware savvy, and believes laptops are glorious. I plan to teach her otherwise. /bruhaha
As always, your guys help and constructive criticism is always appreciated!
There are smaller issues:
Buying Case/PSU Combo is a good way to save money.
http://www.newegg.co...-Supplies-Cases
The 1st 2 combos there are over a $100 cheaper than the case + psu you picked out.
You could save nearly $200 by buying a 6850 radeon. You would lose out on a bit of performance, but nothing major.
The processor in box comes with a fan, so you can save another $100 by not getting the water cooling.
When the next generation products come out the price of these might drop slightly. Though it might be better off to wait a few months, and make a next generation middle of the road machine. Though that could be many months down the road, and sometimes the next generation has some bugs and flaws.
Epicurus