About to pull the trigger on a new PC and want your approval

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#1 jmz768
Member since 2008 • 60 Posts

I'm not going to build my own and after a lot of research came up with the following build from Cyber Power PC.

  • CPU: IntelĀ® Core™ i7-960 3.20 GHz 8M L3 Cache LGA1366
  • HDD: Single Hard Drive (1TB (1TBx1) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
  • MOTHERBOARD: (3-Way SLI Support) Asus P6X58D Premium Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Mainboard Triple-Channel DDR3 FCLGA1366 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 3 Gen2 PCIe, 1 PCIe X1, & 2 PCI
  • MEMORY: 6GB (2GBx3) DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Module (Corsair Dominator)
  • SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
  • VIDEO: ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB DDR5 16X PCIe Video Card

I don't like their options for a sound card so I'll add that later. Is there anything you would change? I know that Cyber Power has had some bad ratings but they also have a lot of good ones.

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#2 damstr
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Save the money and get a 920 or 930 if you can. You can easily OC it to 960 speeds. First boot on my 930 was 3.3 and I just bumped it to 3.6 @ stock voltage. Btw I just finished this install like 2 hours ago on my brand new build. :P
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Save the money and get a 920 or 930 if you can. You can easily OC it to 960 speeds. First boot on my 930 was 3.3 and I just bumped it to 3.6 @ stock voltage. Btw I just finished this install like 2 hours ago on my brand new build. :P damstr
I agree only if you plan on overclocking the CPU. If you know how or don't mind learning (it's not really that tough to do, just make sure you learn the dos and don'ts) to overclock, then go with the i7-920 (or 930) to save a bit of cash, then overclock it a bit. If overclocking isn't your thing, then stick with what you have picked out.
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#4 JigglyWiggly_
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Why would you want to shoot that computer? :(

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#5 Hekynn
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Save money by going P55 platform that is just overkill. With P55 you might save up a few hundred bucks.
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#6 GhoX
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Save money on CPU and motherboard, even if you have to downgrade.. well, sort of, to AM3 and PII x4. Then you hunt down someone with a 5970, persuade the said person, dispose his corpse into the sea and enjoy your new computer.

EDIT: Also, I see that the recommended specs have 6gb of DDR3 Corsair Dominator. Unless you really want to overclock those memory, which is unnecessary, I'd suggest you getting 2x2gb DDR3 1333mhz memory of a cheaper brand for AM3 motherboard's dual channel, or 2x3gb DDR3 1600mhz for triple channel if you plan on using that recommended motherboard you listed.

EDIT EDIT: Maybe I really should read the whole post before replying. Anyway your HDD has only 16mb cache. While it may not make a significant difference, why not get a 32mb cache HDD instead, such as Western Digital's Black Caviar? The price difference is very small.

As for your onboard soundcard, it really is "good enough", unless you plan on connecting home theater to your computer.