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Bad Voodoo

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Hey there everyone... little background I ordered a Dell XPS 730 wit just about all the bells and whistles over 40 days ago.. Today i received my second delay in the last two weeks so I decided to cancel and build my own.. The overall concept IS fairly easy however compatability is everything.. I want a rig that has a good foundation for easy upgrading.. Here is what im buying.. Please any ideas or suggestion good or bad is greatly appreciated.

Mother: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

RAM: Patriot Viper II 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1800 (PC3 14400)

CPU: I7 920

POWER:COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro RS-C50-EMBA-D2 1250W ATX Form Factor 12V V2.3 / SSI standard EPS 12V V2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready

CPU COOLER: COOLER MASTER V10 Hybrid TEC RR-B2P-UV10-GP 120mm CPU Cooler

VID CARD: NVIDEA GTX 285

HARD DRIVE: SAMSUNG F1 RAID Class HE753LJ 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive

DVD/CD: SAMSUNG

CASE: SILVERSTONE RAVEN RV01-BW Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case

OS: WINDOWS VISTA

Will i need to purchase SATA cables? anything else that I will need to make this happen?

Thanks
 
Bad Voodoo said:
Hey there everyone... little background I ordered a Dell XPS 730 wit just about all the bells and whistles over 40 days ago.. Today i received my second delay in the last two weeks so I decided to cancel and build my own.. The overall concept IS fairly easy however compatability is everything.. I want a rig that has a good foundation for easy upgrading.. Here is what im buying.. Please any ideas or suggestion good or bad is greatly appreciated.

Mother: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

RAM: Patriot Viper II 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1800 (PC3 14400)

CPU: I7 920

POWER:COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro RS-C50-EMBA-D2 1250W ATX Form Factor 12V V2.3 / SSI standard EPS 12V V2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready

CPU COOLER: COOLER MASTER V10 Hybrid TEC RR-B2P-UV10-GP 120mm CPU Cooler

VID CARD: NVIDEA GTX 285

HARD DRIVE: SAMSUNG F1 RAID Class HE753LJ 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive

DVD/CD: SAMSUNG

CASE: SILVERSTONE RAVEN RV01-BW Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case

OS: WINDOWS VISTA

Will i need to purchase SATA cables? anything else that I will need to make this happen?

Thanks
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wholly PSU batman! That PSU is not modular and has a lot of cables, something to think about. Your case is large so it may not be a problem. You probably won't need any cables, the mobo will come with enough and you can always pick one up at your local digi store. You may want to toss in some thermal compound for the heatsink. All the parts work together and the build is nice.

I don't want to start nit picking on parts but I'm sure someone will.
 
Thats cool... Yea the PSU is an overkill but hopefully its one piece that i wont have to replace for a long while.. I understand that everyone has their preference in parts but overall my concern will this work and is it overall a good foundation for future upgrades.. Thanks
 
Yeah, the PSU may be a bit overkill. I guess if you plan to run SLI on it with those cards, then you could justify that uber wattage. Otherwise, I would maybe save a little cash on the PSU and go for a GTX 295.
 
The only thing I would change is that CPU cooler. Get a Prolimatech Megahalems CPU cooler and a good fan for it.
 
Backwoods166 said:
vouch! I have seen a few benchies and they seem to be back and forth.
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That's what I meant. The 5870 "gives it a go" meaning it's a good race.

You talking about the 4890 keeping up with the GTX 295??? Not even...
Post links please.

Simply staggering that a single GPU card can keep up with the dual GPU 295.

Anyway, the OP shouldn't need to worry about upgrading for a while, that's for sure.
 
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