About to pull the trigger and order my new rig. Please review for me.

CPU: i7 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202

GPU: Radeon 4890 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150359

CASE: COOLER MASTER HAF 932http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

RAM: OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227365

PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139009

HDD Seagate 500gb 7200.12 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395

MOBO: Asus P6T SEhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131386

HEATSINK: Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme 1366 RThttp://www.heatsinkfactory.com/thermalright-ultra-120-extreme-1366-rt.html

BD/DVD: Lite On IHES206-08 Blu-ray Disc Reader with DVD Writer Combohttp://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4354126&CatId=3634

This will be my first time building my own PC. Does anyone have any advice for me on this rig? Anything wrong with this? Compatability?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Here is a good article about your motherboard...worth the read. http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/17808-asus-rampage-ii-gene-matx-lga1366-motherboard-review-5.html

Cheers

Here is a good article about your motherboard...worth the read. http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/17808-asus-rampage-ii-gene-matx-lga1366-motherboard-review-5.html

Cheers

--Anna--

wow thanks I was looking for something exactly like that.

Foxconn's FlamingBlade is supposed to be really good.

Review

Forget the rampage II with that case grab the P6T deluxe.cs45F

Is the only thing wrong with the rampage II the size? Is there something wrong with putting a mAtx in a large case?

The P6T is about $50 more and I can't see any extra features on it that I need on it other than the board is bigger.

Or would it make sense if I went for a mid-tower?

Hey how about the Asus P6T SE ($200)? It doesn't have SLI and I don't see myself using nvidia anytime soon.

Changed my Mobo to the Asus P6T SE.

Im thinking about ordering this tonight. Any advice?

Have Fun :)

Looks great to me.

[QUOTE="cs45F"]Forget the rampage II with that case grab the P6T deluxe.Mr_Ditters

Is the only thing wrong with the rampage II the size? Is there something wrong with putting a mAtx in a large case?

The P6T is about $50 more and I can't see any extra features on it that I need on it other than the board is bigger.

Or would it make sense if I went for a mid-tower?

I would say get the Western Digital 640 GB with 32 Mb of cache, but to each their own (I got my WD 640 for about $70). I would think that for $10 more, 140 extra gigs would be a pretty good deal, but to each their own. For RAM, don't forget about OCZ's XMP series. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227388 Pretty darn handy being able to switch between profiles. As for the Asus motherboard, the reviews don't seem very helpful (I tend to avoid motherboards that have 74% or less for 5 egg ratings). However, there are only 29 reviews as of this writing and is relatively new, so I suppose it can improve. However, I would suggest this EVGA mobo. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188049 And EVGA x58 platform CAN do Crossfire, something alot of people don't know since EVGA makes nVidia cards. I believe the LE should also do Crossfire as it is on the Intel platform. Plus, EVGA's customer service is leaps and bounds above the rest (sorry for sounding fanboy but it is true). k0r3aN_pR1d3

I agree about the HDD and memory. I'll switch those. I'll check out the Mobo. Thanks.

Get some Artic Silver 5 Thermal Compound and you can youtube the procedure on applying it.

I would say get the Western Digital 640 GB with 32 Mb of cache, but to each their own (I got my WD 640 for about $70). I would think that for $10 more, 140 extra gigs would be a pretty good deal, but to each their own. For RAM, don't forget about OCZ's XMP series. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227388 Pretty darn handy being able to switch between profiles. As for the Asus motherboard, the reviews don't seem very helpful (I tend to avoid motherboards that have 74% or less for 5 egg ratings). However, there are only 29 reviews as of this writing and is relatively new, so I suppose it can improve. However, I would suggest this EVGA mobo. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188049 And EVGA x58 platform CAN do Crossfire, something alot of people don't know since EVGA makes nVidia cards. I believe the LE should also do Crossfire as it is on the Intel platform. Plus, EVGA's customer service is leaps and bounds above the rest (sorry for sounding fanboy but it is true). k0r3aN_pR1d3

If searched and searched and I can't find anything indicating that that Mobo does crossfire.

If you live near a Microcenter go buy your i7 there, their normal price is $230 for it. But their having a sale till the 12th and it goes for $200.

If you live near a Microcenter go buy your i7 there, their normal price is $230 for it. But their having a sale till the 12th and it goes for $200.

TwistedVaio

Thanks but I live no where near civilization (which is why I need a new computer).

Hey, I just took a quick over view of your computer stuff and here is my advice.

Case - Buy from a store like frys, and ONLY buy a FULL ATX case, not a mid. The reason I recommend this is if anything happens with the case it is a PAIN to exchange it. Everything else is cheap or free to send back and exchange and it's pretty quick. THe case though will be a nightmare, so I highly recommend getting that at a physical location you can just drive back and forth to.

HDD - Avoid Seagate please, some people may say other wise but I work with computer for a living and I'm telling you, I see more Seagates go dead than any other brand (tying with Maxtor). If you want quality HDD that wont die on you, get a Western Digital. Simple as that. A little pricier in some cases but well worth it.

MoBo - While I myself used to trust Asus very much, recently I've seen a decline in their products and for the price they want you can get better hard ware. I recommend Gigabyte myself, the dual Bios feature they have is a beautiful thing. Asus is still decent, but again for the price, I'd rather get a better mobo for less with Giga.

Cd/DvD - Unless you have a ton of cash, and judging from this computer rig you've put together you very well may, I don't recommend investing in Blu-Ray. I've seen some blu ray movies go as high as 49.99 for a single movie. Aswell it's a slow and tedious optical tech. In 5 or so years (hopefully less) we will be moving to completely solid state tech, everything like movies and music will come on something like a USB drive. Blu Ray is expensive and just not worth it. I can't imagine WHY you would need to burn 25+ gigs on a single disc, but even so if you did you would be better off with a external HDD or something. Blu Rays are VERY senstive, a single thumb print can completely stop a disc from working. Your best bet is just get a nice DvD burner. Of course I buy things based on need and not bling, the Blu Ray drive is very bling bling I suppose, pointless, but bling.

Other wise it's a good looking system, with ATI cards I would recommend Sapphire, never had a problem with that company and for ram I've heard mixed things about OCZ, so keep that warrenty handy. Good luck.

*note - For ram you may want to consider going with 8 than 6. I know thats a dead give away, but if you know how computers do math it's always exponintial math. So from 4 gigs it goes to 8 with a PCs math, 6 wont cause problems but you'll get far better performance off of 8 than 6 because the math for 8 is logical for memory handling. Finally What OS do you plan to Run? Xp even in 64 bit has a I believe 5 or 6 gig Memory limit, Vista has something like 8 or 12 and Windows 7 I'm not even sure but I know it's above 8 gigs. I would recommend Windows 7 myself, since it supports the newest Direct X which is important for us Gamers.