New Rig build, need feedback

Doomers

New Member
I'm trying to assemble a modest gaming platform on a slight budget. Here are the options I'm going with. Due to time availability, I'm using cyberpowerpc to assemble this rig. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or advice for the system. I appreciate it all!

Case: Thermaltake Chaser MK-1 Full Tower Gaming Case W/ Side Panel Window

Extra Case Fan Upgrade: Maximum 120MM Color Case Cooling Fans for your selected case

Noise Reduction Technology: Power Supply Gasket & Anti-Vibration Fan Mounts

CPU: AMD FX-8150 3.60 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 8MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology

Cooling Fan: CyberPower Xtreme Hydro Liquid Cooling Kit 240MM w/ Dual Fan

Coolant for Cyberpower Xtreme Hydro Water Cooling Kits: High-Performance Coolant powered by Koolance (UV Green Color)

Motherboard: * [CrossFireX/SLI] GigaByte GA-990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX Socket AM3+ ATX Mainboard w/ Ultra Durable™ 3, Dual Bios, On/Off USB Charge & 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB 3.0, SATA-III RAID, 4 Gen2 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI

Memory: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance)

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 2GB 16X PCIe Video Card

Power Supply Upgrade: * 850 Watts - Corsair CMPSU-850TXV2 80 Plus Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready

Hard Drive: 120GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 555MB/s Read & 515MB/s Write

Optical Drive: Sony 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive

Extra Thermal Display: Aerocool Touch 1000 5.25" Touch Screen Fan Control

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)

Ultra Care Option: CoolerMaster Thermal Fusion 400 Extreme Performance CPU - Thermal Compound Optimized for Thermal Dissipation

Do y'all think this should suffice for a starter system? I plan to continually buy upgrades as time and money permit. Thanks for the help!
 

James79

Member
I heard that the bulldozer has problem. I know some people have had success dropping down to the 8120 processor. The power supply is a bit of an overkill..you'll do fine with 650W (Corsair, Antec, XFX) unless you plan to upgrade to another duplicate video card then I would keep it.
 

James79

Member
The other alternative you can do is just simply get a AMD Phenom II X4 960t which should be enough to run your games and other such task that you need to do.
 

Doomers

New Member
Thanks for the input James. I do plan on getting the second video card when budget allows. I will look into dropping down the processor though, I tried to do research on all the pieces, but some components all I could find was corporate fluff. All good things to think about, I appreciate ya dropping by!
 

jonnyp11

New Member
If you can afford it, get the i5-2500k processor, but if going down to a 960t meant you could up the graphics to a 2gb 6950 or 560ti, then do that.

I only see that one ssd listed, are you moving an old hdd over to this?

And are you ordering this built for you from some site like ibuypower or cyberpowerpc.com? building it yourself is way better, cheaper, really easy to do, and fun to do.
 

Doomers

New Member
Hey jonnyp. Yeah, I'm getting this assembled for me. Right now I'm in Afghanistan and not sure exactly when I will get back. Plus when I get home, I'll have so much to do with training, classes, and all the other fun stuff that I won't have time to really sit down and enjoy building this work of art. So, I plan on getting it put together for me and I'll just enjoy upgrading it year after year. At the moment I'm only going with one SSD to get it started, and maybe moving over some older ones from a precious PC or buying new ones as I go along. Another technique I have to use to keep the price down. Besides, I'm sure I'll be able to appropriate another HDD at a lower price than I can find on cyberpowerpc.com. Do you have any experience with them? I knew a couple of friends who ordered a desktop from them and I saw nothing wrong with it when they got it or the short time I knew them.
 

wolfeking

banned
They are an ok manufacturer, as long as you choose a quality PSU with your build, which I think you did. On top of that, be sure to install the latest GPU drivers when you get the computer, as they will probably just install whatever is on the disk when assembling.

You will want a HDD, as the SSD is going to be small, and you will want to save your data (games, pictures, music, etc.) to a HDD to preserve the speed of the SSD.
 

Doomers

New Member
That's what I was thinking. I'm shopping around for a more affordable but reliable HDD, but I may just end up adding it on to the build. Thanks for the tip!
 

Defyantly

New Member
i love the set-up and i plan on going to an almost identical setup for my first build but i would save up a little bit more money and splurge on the gigabyte ga-990fxa-ud5 or ud7 just to give yourself a little bit more head room. im personally going with a ud5 so i can sli up to three if i wished to benchmark
 

Doomers

New Member
Thanks Defyantly, I don't know how I had let that slip! Here I was making plans and yet I set myself up for total failure. Good catch, consider it fixed!
 

claptonman

New Member
Is all of this stuff custom and cost extra? A couple of things, like the rubber mounts and temp. screen are kind of a luxury and would be better put towards a better GPU.

And the MoBo you choose supports crossfire/SLI, so you're good there. 3 cards is a little overkill for most people.
 

Doomers

New Member
Overall the system is costing around 1650 at the moment. Though, as I have this same computer posted on 3 forums to get a large opinion base, the overall feedback I'm getting is to ditch the AMD FX and go for the Intel i7 2500k. So what do y'all think of this new idea?

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-2600K 3.40 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache LGA1155

Motherboard: [CrossFireX/SLI] Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Intel Z68 Chipset ATX Mainboard w/ BT GO! Lucid Virtu, Intel SRT, UEFI BIOS & 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, 4x SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen3 PCIe X16, 1 Gen2 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI

It's only a difference of $100 and still within my budget. Feedback?
 
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