Thread: Final breaking down.. New computer idea

So after nearly 7 YEARS of playing on this same old thing (which has run great by the way for only $700) I am going to build a new toy. I want to make something that should be fairly decent for a while as my previous one was. Leave a little room for an additional part or two in the future yet not hit a $3000 dollar machine. These are my ideas so far. I know other things need to be added like cables, etc, but not sure what to get in that department yet. So here is the first stage of is this right.



LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 $19.99

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0, Black Interior and Four Fans-1x 230mm front RED LED, 1x 140mm rear, 1x 230mm top, and 1x 230mm side $20.00 Mail-in Rebate $159.99


ASUS M5A99X EVO AM3+ AMD 990X SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS $134.99


SAPPHIRE 100312-3SR Radeon HD 6950 Dirt3 Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity $20.00 Mail-in Rebate Card $264.99


COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series RSA00-80GAD3-US 1000W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply $20.00 Mail-in Rebate $199.99


CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B $117.99


AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDE00ZFBGRBOX $189.99


ZALMAN CNPS7X LED 92mm Long Life Bearing V-Shaped Dual Heatsink, Direct Touch Heatsink CPU Cooler $39.99


Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $109.99

Hoping all these great minds will be able to help me figure it out.

I'm actually using that ram and that heat sink. Ram is awesome.

I'm currently running these temps with that heat sink.

Edit: Intel Core i7-2600K





It's a good really good heat sink but not the best. Also the main reason I bought this one and not some $80 one, is the size. Some of the better heatsinks are so big they will block some of your ram slots depending on your mobo. Also some weigh over 2lbs and have to mounted with a bracket behind the motherboard. This one is a very easy to install and its also really quite.

See if you have a Microcenter or a Fry's near you. I got the same RAM you're looking at (running great so far) for $70 instead of $105.

If you have the space in your case, I really recommend the Corsair H100. Very Easy to setup, and it doesn't block any RAM slots. I'll be using it until when I do a full water cooling system.

I am well behind in knowing parts. This is me using friends. And guessing. Any ideas and input is welcome.

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Originally Posted by thr3kvya

I am well behind in knowing parts. This is me using friends. And guessing. Any ideas and input is welcome.

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Asus P8Z68-V Pro (Gen3/pci-express 3.0) ASUS Motherboards - Qualified and True PCIe 3.0 Ready. Feature 22nm CPU Native BIOS Support

G.skill 2x4gb/8gb 2133mhz or 1600mhz memory G.SKILL-Products
Populate only 2 slots for optimal performance.
(or you could have a uber fast rig like me using Patriot Viper 2/sector 5 2x2gb/4gb 2400mhz/Bclk adjustment required. SSD is also needed for OS & pagefile/virtual memory).

intel 2600K cpu & Nzxt Havik 140 cooler(its the king NZXT :: Unique. Unprecendented. Inspired - HAVIK 140 Product Detail )

I also use the p8z68 v pro and I'm extremely happy with it. come up with another $250 and make an intel i7 machine?