First time builder: help/teach/recommend me thanks.

[simsimi1004]

Looking to build a comp for the first time, i need help/learning of components.

usage: gaming, multimonitor, video edit, ps, basically kinda want it to work all around good.

i want to build a LGA1366 comp.
i heard sandybridge is the newest and not much diff in price but there is a current defect? i dont know whats going on, should i try for a sandybridge build???

question: on ncix why is

Intel Core i7 950 Quad Core Processor LGA1366 3.06GHZ Bloomfield 8MB LGA1366 4.8GT/S 310$

more cheaper than a

Intel Core i7 920 Quad Core Processor LGA1366 2.66GHZ Bloomfield 8MB LGA1366 OEM 340$

isnt higher the model # + better ghz better? is that just bad pricing on ncix?
how is 960 vs 950? worth the price difference?

so i dont know what motherboard to get. there seems to be a few main choices for the 1366, p6x58d, sabertooth, ud3r???
can someone help me explain the differences, advantages over them?
I am considering overclock+watercooling in the future but it is not priority since i never tried OC before.

how is this one comapared to those 3, msi x58a-gd45

Case, im looking for a budget good enough one. seems like Antec 300 is a good choice, maybe the sonata 3?

how is this one

Graphics card: i havent really looked into it yet but i would like to buy one for now and then SLI/crossfire it in the future. <200$ seems to buy a good vid card these days?

Powersupply: so i dont know what kinda power i will be needing, but i would like one that can handle everything for future upgrades of:

• watercooling
• sli/crossfire vid card
• 2 harddrives
• 1 cd drive
• 6-8gb ram
• maybe the coming i9(i heard they will make it fit on lga1366?) <-- if i get this, will i be needing a higherwatt psu than if i didnt get one?

what PSU will i need if i dont plan for these upgrades?

Misc: what kind of misc stuff will i be requiring, what kinda fans/thermal paste?!?!/etc will i need to make this a complete computer. If i missed out some basic parts required to run a computer; i didnt leave it out because they were obvious, i dont know what they are. so point those out for me too.

and with this build, will it survive without water cooling? will water cooling fit in the antec 300?

mucho gracias

budget is around the 1000$ mark, +/- couple hundred?
and do you guys forsee any of the parts becoming cheaper in the near future? within 3month??
also imma try to buy these parts separetely trying to take advantage of the weekly sales from ncix/newegg/memeoryexpress/tigerdirect etc....
are there any parts on these special sales that is worth buying right now, for this build?

thanks

 

[BillOhio]

Where do you live? Does you need that $1000 budget to include your monitor, mouse and keyboard?

 

[simsimi1004]

Where do you live? Does you need that $1000 budget to include your monitor, mouse and keyboard?

i live in vancouver. no the 1000$ is just for the desktop. i just picked up a Asus VE247H for 180CAD pretty good:good:

 

[Shane]

I would hold out until they sort out the mobo chipset issues for Sandy bridge,Which i cant see taking them all that long.

Then build a nice sandy bridge system

 

[Breadman177]

Last I read they said end of Feb to get them rolling back out.

 

[simsimi1004]

correct me if im wrong; so, the problem with the sandybridge build is within the mobo and not the cpu chip itself?

 

[j13860]

correct me if im wrong; so, the problem with the sandybridge build is within the mobo and not the cpu chip itself?

This is what is said about the flaw:

Intel halted shipments of a key chipset used with the latest-generation Core i5/i7-series quad-core processors in late January.

The Series 6 chipsets are used with Sandy Bridge CPUs. The reason: a fault with the SATA controller that could cause long-term problems with SATA-linked devices such as hard disks and optical drives.

Specifically, the PC's motherboard that manufacturers such as Asus, Gigabyte and MSI have been providing to PC makers could suffer failure after prolonged use.