A couple questions about building my pc

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I7wish

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In lieu of the Sandy Bridge recall i have decided to cancel my cyberpowerpc order and build on my own. Im a bit scared since im a total noob when it comes to building computers. I have seen the stickied thread and plan on following it religiously.

My first thought is to build a system around Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 LGA 1366 X58 ATX Intel Motherboard and an intel I7 950. I would go with a Corsair 750w power supply, GTX 570 video, SATA II hard drive, basic cd/dvd...

alternatively i might see if Microcenter would still sell me the Sandy Bridge platform with an H67 motherboard (which are supposedly unaffected) and just install the drives in the SATA III slots.

Either way it will have Windows 7.

Anyways, what specific considerations do i need to make in building this machine? I have read the general thread but I am concerned about the level of effort here and the feasibility of a relative newb pulling this off?
I don't want to buy all the parts and then realize i cant do it !

Any help, reassurance, or warning off would be appreciated!!
 
Sabertooth X58 LGA 1366 X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
EVGA 012-P3-1570-AR NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCIe 2.0 x16 Video Card
Corsair TX750W 750 Watt ATX 12V Power Supply
Core i7-950 3.06GHz Boxed Processor Intel Core i7-950 3.06GHz Boxed Processor
Hurrican 2000 ATX Full Tower Black Case
Intel X25-V SSDSA2MP040G2K5 2.5" 40GB SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Samsung LightScribe 22x DVD±RW Burner with Dual/Double Layer Support OEM
Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium

I am assuming i do not need any additional component to get a desktop to run right?
 
I7wish said:
total was about 1400 including the OS, but theres also a convenience factor because microcenter is in my area so i dont have to pay shipping on the parts
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But the tax will eat you up I'm sure. Newegg.com is a good place to shop around from and mostly free shipping.
Altho a Blue drive may be ok for storage, I wouldn't get one. And with an ssd your going to have some prog's on the hdd. Consider Samsung F3 or WDB.
I'd recommend 60gb min for ssd.
 
i would suggest source your parts through google shopping to see if anywhere has it cheaper. i mainly use newegg as a browsing tool :P
 
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