My First Gaming Rig, advise appreciated.

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diesel+

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Hey everyone, just needed some advise on this build or "wishlist" i've been creating...

Okay sooo i just came across some money and wanted to put it into a gaming computer, got tons of advise and ext. from friends that already built a couple PC's already and wanted to give it a shot as well... this is my full build and if theres any thing else i need or that is missing (including wiring) or if any of the products on this list run better with different MotherBoards or what not, please let me in the loop because i'm new to this. but i wanted to order this within a few days!

but here's what i have so far...

ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I72600K

EVGA SuperClocked 015-P3-1582-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit English 1-Pack - OEM

Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 996776

ASUS VW246H Glossy Black 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor

Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0 and Black Interior

COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M700 RS-700-AMBA-D3 700W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

TEAC DVD-ROM Drive Model DV516EKITB
 
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you can add a second gtx 580 with that psu if you like. i have a similar psu and i run 2x amd radeon 6950 2gb with unlocked shaders.
 
also, 500gb gets filled mighty fast with games... i would go with a wd1002faex 1tb, with 64meg cache, its pretty darn fast and good priced.
 
I will for sure get my camera in on this! thats the least I can do for you guys. well not the least... haha

Megabytes, thanks i will defiantly keep that in mind, if my budget gets a little too high thats probably the first thing I will change!
 
If I were you I would buy the hard drive you are already looking at for data storage, get the processor I recommended and get a solid state drive for your operating system.

Read speeds are much faster with some solid state drives than hard disk drives.

Take a look at this:

G.SKILL PHOENIX EVO FM-25S2-115GBPE 2.5" 115 gigabyte Solid State Drive - $203
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231463

I think you would probably get at least 225 megabyte per second read speeds off that drive. Your other drive would probably only give you around 110 megabyte per second read speeds.
 
2048Megabytes said:
If I were you I would buy the hard drive you are already looking at for data storage, get the processor I recommended and get a solid state drive for your operating system.

Read speeds are much faster with some solid state drives than hard disk drives.

Take a look at this:

G.SKILL PHOENIX EVO FM-25S2-115GBPE 2.5" 115 gigabyte Solid State Drive - $203
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231463

I think you would probably get at least 225 megabyte per second read speeds off that drive. Your other drive would probably only give you around 110 megabyte per second read speeds.
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^^THIS :good:


Then I would strongly recommend that you change the PSU to a better brand.
Cooler Master makes Ok-OK PSUs not great but not so bad either.
With such a taxing build like that I would suggest these

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207015
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817194086
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703027
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256059


All of the above PSU are of amazing quality and will be more than enough for your build and also will provide a lot of headroom for overclocking and adding more HDDs.
 
yeah but i heard some motherboards say they support it but it actually runs it as a SATAII SSD again.

So what I'm really saying is it even worth the extra money for SATAIII?
 
Serial ATA 6.0 Gigabit per second ports should get good read speeds from the solid state drive you are looking at. I think the solid state drive would get faster read speeds out of Serial ATA 6.0 Gigabit over Serial ATA 3.0 Gigabit ports.
 
Thanks everyone for all the help so far! I think i will have my final build soon... Once I acctually can see what I could do money wise, I'll figure it out in a day or so but I'll post it here just to check before I order. :)
 
COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0 and Black Interior
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148348

Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136795

EVGA SuperClocked 015-P3-1582-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130590

TEAC DVD-ROM Drive Model DV516EKITB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827139052

PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II PPCMK2S750 750W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703027

X2 Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 996776
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226099

ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131702

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit English 1-Pack - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

okay guys this is my final build and I'm probably going to order it tomorrow, please post and give me a heads up if it looks good or not.

Thanks for all your help,
Diesel+
 
The COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 you picked is out of stock presently Diesel+. Other than that the list looks good to me.
 
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