How is this build?

A co-worker wants to build a computer and I will be putting it together. Ive been guiding him in the right direction but im no "pro."

So id like some opinions, and making sure everything is compatible
(basicly ram/motherboard)

anyways here is his build....

GPU: XFX 5850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150477&Tpk=xfx+5850

CPU: Intel Core i7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...11&cm_re=intel_core_i7-_-19-115-211-_-Product

Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D-E
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...1641&cm_re=Asus_P6X58D-_-13-131-641-_-Product

Case: AZZA Solano 1000R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...7006&cm_re=AZZA_Solano-_-11-517-006-_-Product

RAM: 8GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...cm_re=corsair_xms3_8gb-_-20-145-279-_-Product

PSU: Corsiar CMPSU-750TX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006&Tpk=corsiar+cmpsu-750tx

DVD Drive: Sony
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...1&cm_re=dvd_drive_sony-_-27-118-031-_-Product

Hard Drive: Western Digital 1TB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...re=western_digital_1tb-_-22-136-496-_-Product


This wont be ordered for another 2 months so things could change possible

Thanks!

You should have a look at the newer hd 68xx range of gfx. Then you could do with a smaller PSU too, be more environment friendly

What OS are you gonna run on it?

Also your HDD is not really good as a primary system drive... its more made for storage of data... so its reliable and quite but not the fastest

personally I have that exact drive (came from a NAS that I had), but I still install windows on a smaller HDD and use the WD as an safe extra storage.

From a quick overview the build looks good. I'd probably say get a 6XXX card, seeing as you won't be buying for 2~ months. A 650W PSU would work great with room to spare. As for the hard drive, while Burgun is right that it isn't the fast drive out there, I doubt you will be getting that either way, and the drive you picked will work great as a primary drive. I am assuming you are going to be running Windows 7?

Also something I noticed, or maybe never noticed before, the drive is listed as 'bare'. I don't know if this means that it won't have the NTFS formatting or not, which could lead to a problem. I'm sure one of the other members here will tell you whether to worry about it or not.

Good luck on the build.

yea the new 6XXX cards I havent taken a look at since I am happy with my 5850.

I just led him into the direction of my card for now since it is a good card.

As for the HDD, I read the packaging is a Bare drive. I have no idea what the means either. Possibly that it doesnt come in a box. opened? not sure

also I dont cant find anywhere saying how many RPM that currently has.
I may have him grab another

sef24 said:

yea the new 6XXX cards I havent taken a look at since I am happy with my 5850.

I just led him into the direction of my card for now since it is a good card.

As for the HDD, I read the packaging is a Bare drive. I have no idea what the means either. Possibly that it doesnt come in a box. opened? not sure

also I dont cant find anywhere saying how many RPM that currently has.
I may have him grab another

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HDD should be sealed. They don't come with manual and cables.

IMO, if he don't plan to dual video card, core i7 2600 may be another good option

A "bare" drive is the same as an OEM drive, I believe. It will come with just the drive; no documentation or cables or anything like that.

I have some advice on a couple of parts-

HDD:
WD's "Green" drives typically aren't particularly good as primary drives. They're designed primarily as auxiliary storage. This would be both cheaper and faster:
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=HD-HD103SJ


RAM:
X58 systems are capable of tri-channel operation, so it's better to use three DIMM's, not four, which would yield only dual channel. 8GB is way overkill anyway...6GB is the norm on X58 systems like this, and 4GB is normal on everything else. Also, for 8Gb, 2x4GB would have been superior to 4x2GB.

This is a good kit:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231304
Or this, if you want it a bit cheaper:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231225


edit: And you're right, it most likely will change a lot in the next two months.

everyones covered alot.... even going with a 5870 is a decent upgrade over the 5850, and the 5870 also holds its own over the 6850 as well

^ True, but the 6850 has a newer set of features, and scales better in crossfire. 1x 5870 is better than 1x 6850, but 2x 6850 is better than 2x 5870.

Drenlin said:

^ True, but the 6850 has a newer set of features, and scales better in crossfire. 1x 5870 is better than 1x 6850, but 2x 6850 is better than 2x 5870.

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Very true, forgot about the crossfire scaling thank you:good: