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That cooler will def fit in a 922, However if you dont plan on overclocking or live in a hot area, you dont really need it to save money.

Also that psu is fine, im assuming you're SLIing in the future with 750w.

However, if you really wanna save money, consider a AMD build.

Everything looks good! :)

That cooler will def fit in a 922, However if you dont plan on overclocking or live in a hot area, you dont really need it to save money.

Also that psu is fine, im assuming you're SLIing in the future with 750w.

However, if you really wanna save money, consider a AMD build.

Azurites

Ya AMD build will save you like some money while keeping the gaming performance.

Here,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808&cm_re=955-_-19-103-808-_-Product Phenom 2 X4 955

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231308&cm_re=8gb_ddr3-_-20-231-308-_-Product 8gb DDR3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130235&cm_re=750a_sli-_-13-130-235-_-ProductAM3 SLI Mobo

**EDIT**

With this change you can save $270 while getting another 2gb of memory, alsothe extra money can be used to SLI another GTX 460 to your build doubling your gaming performance out pacing a GTX 480 and 5870 and getting near 5970 performance.

Ya AMD build will save you like some money while keeping the gaming performance.

Here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808&cm_re=955-_-19-103-808-_-Product Phenom 2 X4 955 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231308&cm_re=8gb_ddr3-_-20-231-308-_-Product 8gb DDR3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130235&cm_re=750a_sli-_-13-130-235-_-ProductAM3 SLI Mobo

**EDIT**

With this changeyou can save $270 Which can be used to SLI another GTX 460 to your build doubling your gaming performance out pacing a GTX 480 and 5870 and getting near 5970 performance.

04dcarraher

4gb should be enough no? 8gb is overkill imo

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]

Ya AMD build will save you like some money while keeping the gaming performance.

Here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808&cm_re=955-_-19-103-808-_-Product Phenom 2 X4 955 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231308&cm_re=8gb_ddr3-_-20-231-308-_-Product 8gb DDR3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130235&cm_re=750a_sli-_-13-130-235-_-ProductAM3 SLI Mobo

**EDIT**

With this changeyou can save $270 Which can be used to SLI another GTX 460 to your build doubling your gaming performance out pacing a GTX 480 and 5870 and getting near 5970 performance.

4gb should be enough no? 8gb is overkill imo

ya, you wont be able to tell the difference, and yes you just swap the 3 parts shown above and everything will work just fine.

Okay so I got carried away and built you a monster for the same price...

DVD

Motherboard

Case + HDD

GPU + RAM

CPU + Power Supply

$1166.92 after $90 rebate for the following.

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/917/1200pcnowindows.jpg

• Asus DVD Drive
• Asus AM3 ATX SLI Enabled MOBO
• Thermaltake V9 ATX Case
• Samsung F3 1TB 7,200RPM HDD
• EVGA Nvidia GTX 480 SC 1536MB GPU
• OCZ Reaper 6GB DDR3 2000 RAM
• AMD Phenom II X6 2.8ghz CPU
• XFX Black Edition 850watt PSU

Note: Price of CPU cooler not included, the one you showed on Amazon is AM3 compatible and will work with this setup.

EDIT: BAD BUILD, Mistake in motherboard.

Okay so I got carried away and built you a monster for the same price...

DVD

Motherboard

Case + HDD

GPU + RAM

CPU + Power Supply

$1166.92 after $90 rebate for the following.

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/917/1200pcnowindows.jpg

• Asus DVD Drive
• Asus AM3 ATX SLI Enabled MOBO
• Thermaltake V9 ATX Case
• Samsung F3 1TB 7,200RPM HDD
• EVGA Nvidia GTX 480 SC 1536MB GPU
• OCZ Reaper 6GB DDR3 2000 RAM
• AMD Phenom II X6 2.8ghz CPU
• XFX Black Edition 850watt PSU

Note: Price of CPU cooler not included, the one you showed on Amazon is AM3 compatible and will work with this setup.

NVIDIATI

That triple channel ram wont work with that mobo, As far as I know, all amd mobos are dual channel only.

So my concern is the MOBO posted seems much less of a qulaity piece than the one I had selected, and it is alot refle ted in price. Also it is dual channel memory instead of tri-channel (as is the ram). The evga board even has a liftetime warranty. Is there a better board, maybe should I go with tri-channel (that will work with the AMD), or again is it worth saving the money as its not going to make a diffrence. O and will the supply work? It says its specifically compatible with i7, ok for amd? Thanks for help, im pretty newrainman13189

A few quick things, the PSU is just fine and will work, not sure where you read "specifically for i7." for this PSU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207001

I'll take a look and see if there is a better motherboard, though asus is a great brand.

[QUOTE="NVIDIATI"]

Okay so I got carried away and built you a monster for the same price...

DVD

Motherboard

Case + HDD

GPU + RAM

CPU + Power Supply

$1166.92 after $90 rebate for the following.

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/917/1200pcnowindows.jpg

• Asus DVD Drive
• Asus AM3 ATX SLI Enabled MOBO
• Thermaltake V9 ATX Case
• Samsung F3 1TB 7,200RPM HDD
• EVGA Nvidia GTX 480 SC 1536MB GPU
• OCZ Reaper 6GB DDR3 2000 RAM
• AMD Phenom II X6 2.8ghz CPU
• XFX Black Edition 850watt PSU

Note: Price of CPU cooler not included, the one you showed on Amazon is AM3 compatible and will work with this setup.

Azurites

That triple channel ram wont work with that mobo, As far as I know, all amd mobos are dual channel only.

Alright I'm finding it a little annoying putting AMD CPU and Nvidia GPU's together :Pso I'm going to price it out as an AMD/ATI setup.

Alright I'm finding it a little annoying putting AMD CPU and Nvidia GPU's together :Pso I'm going to price it out as an AMD/ATI setup.

NVIDIATI

Alright I'm finding it a little annoying putting AMD CPU and Nvidia GPU's together :Pso I'm going to price it out as an AMD/ATI setup.

Is the RAM that u just suggested triple channel? or it just comes in 3, Im confused by that. Also You went up to the 480 graphics card I see, which is much more money, which I assume why the powersupply is bigger. Im a little wary of spending $500 on one part If I went with this processor would I need the CPu cooler, I dont want anything to burn out but im not goign to over clock (purpoesfully, i dont know how that works)rainman13189

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"][QUOTE="NVIDIATI"]

Alright I'm finding it a little annoying putting AMD CPU and Nvidia GPU's together :Pso I'm going to price it out as an AMD/ATI setup.

NVIDIATI

[QUOTE="NVIDIATI"][QUOTE="04dcarraher"] Why? Ive ran an AMD/Nvidia setups for over 10 years. Plus the fact that his 3d modeling programs should be able to use CUDA and that will speed things along04dcarraher

Fixed build!!!

DVD

Motherboad

GPU

RAMx2

CASE + HDD

PSU + CPU

• Asus DVD
• Asus AM3 ATX Motherboard
• EVGA Nvidia GTX 480 1536MB GPU
• OCZ Special Ops 8GB DDR3 1600 RAM
• Thermaltake V9 ATX Case
• Samsung F3 1TB HDD
• AMD Phenom II X6 2.8GHZ CPU
• XFX Black Edition 850w PSU

$1121.91 After $120 rebate.

Any problems? If you don't like the motherboard we can switch it for a better one, you will just lose SLI support in the future. EDIT: nevermind the Asus MOBO I listed here does not support SLI.

haha, hmmm, so now I'm somewhat confused. I did like the initial suggestions of the 3 parts to swap, but that mother board was the one I wasn't sure about (but I dont know that much). Saving $200 would be great The new amd that you then suggested did look attractive, excpet maybe I would go with the 460's still. So should I mix and match here, maybe you could copy in the list of links again, its just all new to me and I dont want to confuse anything.rainman13189

Fixed build!!!

DVD

Motherboad

GPU

RAMx2

CASE + HDD

PSU + CPU

• Asus DVD
• Asus AM3 ATX SLI enabled Motherboard
• EVGA Nvidia GTX 480 1536MB GPU
• OCZ Special Ops 8GB DDR3 1600 RAM
• Thermaltake V9 ATX Case
• Samsung F3 1TB HDD
• AMD Phenom II X6 2.8GHZ CPU
• XFX Black Edition 850w PSU

$1121.91 After $120 rebate.

Any problems? If you don't like the motherboard we can switch it for a better one, you will just lose SLI support in the future.

[QUOTE="rainman13189"]haha, hmmm, so now I'm somewhat confused. I did like the initial suggestions of the 3 parts to swap, but that mother board was the one I wasn't sure about (but I dont know that much). Saving $200 would be great The new amd that you then suggested did look attractive, excpet maybe I would go with the 460's still. So should I mix and match here, maybe you could copy in the list of links again, its just all new to me and I dont want to confuse anything.04dcarraher

Fixed build!!!

DVD

Motherboad

GPU

RAMx2

CASE + HDD

PSU + CPU

• Asus DVD
• Asus AM3 ATX SLI enabled Motherboard
• EVGA Nvidia GTX 480 1536MB GPU
• OCZ Special Ops 8GB DDR3 1600 RAM
• Thermaltake V9 ATX Case
• Samsung F3 1TB HDD
• AMD Phenom II X6 2.8GHZ CPU
• XFX Black Edition 850w PSU

$1121.91 After $120 rebate.

Any problems? If you don't like the motherboard we can switch it for a better one, you will just lose SLI support in the future.

NVIDIATI

Just because a mobo is cheap, doesnt mean its bad. In fact im pretty sure most people dont spend 200ish on the crazy mobos.

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"][QUOTE="rainman13189"] There is nothing wrong with that AMD SLI motherboard, And you can use any combo you want. [QUOTE="NVIDIATI"]

Fixed build!!!

DVD

Motherboad

GPU

RAMx2

CASE + HDD

PSU + CPU

• Asus DVD
• Asus AM3 ATX SLI enabled Motherboard
• EVGA Nvidia GTX 480 1536MB GPU
• OCZ Special Ops 8GB DDR3 1600 RAM
• Thermaltake V9 ATX Case
• Samsung F3 1TB HDD
• AMD Phenom II X6 2.8GHZ CPU
• XFX Black Edition 850w PSU

$1121.91 After $120 rebate.

Any problems? If you don't like the motherboard we can switch it for a better one, you will just lose SLI support in the future.

NVIDIATI

Lol, ok here is the *Final Final build* $957

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106334- DVD burner

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103851&cm_re=x6-_-19-103-851-_-Product-X6 1055

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131637&cm_re=Asus_AM3_ATX_SLI-_-13-131-637-_-Product- Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231308&cm_re=8gb_ddr3-_-20-231-308-_-Product-8gb DDR3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216&cm_re=690_II-_-11-119-216-_-Product-CM 690 II case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171052&cm_re=650w_psu-_-17-171-052-_-Product- 650w psu

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125333- GTX 460 1gb

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433&cm_re=1tb_sata-_-22-148-433-_-Product- 1Tb hdd

Lol, ok here is the *Final Final build*

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106334- DVD burner

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103851&cm_re=x6-_-19-103-851-_-ProductX6 1055

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131637&cm_re=Asus_AM3_ATX_SLI-_-13-131-637-_-ProductMotherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231308&cm_re=8gb_ddr3-_-20-231-308-_-Product8gb DDR3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216&cm_re=690_II-_-11-119-216-_-ProductCM 690 II case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171052&cm_re=650w_psu-_-17-171-052-_-Product- 650w psu

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125333- GTX 460 1gb

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433&cm_re=1tb_sata-_-22-148-433-_-Product- 1Tb hdd

04dcarraher

Perfect!!! BUT!!!

I would swap the Case and HDD for this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.469025- Samsung F3 1TB + Thermaltake V9 Black Edition ( $114 after $30 rebate for both :P ) Also people really seem to like the Samsung F3.

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]

Lol, ok here is the *Final Final build*

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106334- DVD burner

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103851&cm_re=x6-_-19-103-851-_-ProductX6 1055

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131637&cm_re=Asus_AM3_ATX_SLI-_-13-131-637-_-ProductMotherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231308&cm_re=8gb_ddr3-_-20-231-308-_-Product8gb DDR3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216&cm_re=690_II-_-11-119-216-_-ProductCM 690 II case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171052&cm_re=650w_psu-_-17-171-052-_-Product- 650w psu

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125333- GTX 460 1gb

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433&cm_re=1tb_sata-_-22-148-433-_-Product- 1Tb hdd

Perfect!!! BUT!!!

I would swap the Case and HDD for this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.469025- Samsung F3 1TB + Thermaltake V9 Black Edition ( $114 after $30 rebate for both :P ) Also people really seem to like the Samsung F3.

Thanks alot for all the input.

1. I'd like to replace the graphics card for this - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130566 (its the same but evga with liftime warranty...i think)

2. Also i think Im going to go with this for the 200 more watts for $15 more - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.454707

3. And I do like this case better - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.469025

total - $932 rainman13189

Very good! Also that GPU has a combo deal with a free "Just Cause 2" at no added cost.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.456541

Is it worth finding a good quiet (affordable) CPU cooler, I know I might not need it but would it be worth it (do u know of any)? Or are there any other things that might be worth (i'll probly get warrnty extensions, is a better thermal paste worth it?) Also just so I understand how does amd compare to intel. You said this will perform the same, but for example why r intels all quad prcoessors (i think) and this prcessor is 6 cores? Also randomly can you suggest a reliable affordable external hd to backup stuff onrainman13189

i7 6 core:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115066- $899.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115223- $989.99

Is it worth finding a good quiet (affordable) CPU cooler, I know I might not need it but would it be worth it (do u know of any)? Or are there any other things that might be worth (i'll probly get warrnty extensions, is a better thermal paste worth it?) Also just so I understand how does amd compare to intel. You said this will perform the same, but for example why r intels all quad prcoessors (i think) and this prcessor is 6 cores? Also randomly can you suggest a reliable affordable external hd to backup stuff onrainman13189

That Hyper 212+ is a good aftermarket cooler, ands normal thermal paste is just fine. Intel 6 cores were like 1K and now still over $800

2.8 ghz vs 3.0 ghz you even see the difference. But there is a 3 ghz version its the 1090T which is an extra $100 so is 200mhz worth an extra $100? No.

Just go with The list me and Nvidia/ATI made above and you will be set.

Its not worth the extra$100 for an extra 400 mhz on the X6(your not going to tell the difference) trust me on this . Also theres no need for you to get a $130 750w PSU. the one I posted above is more then enough for what you need. But if you really want a 750w psu this is one you should get. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006&cm_re=750w_corsair-_-17-139-006-_-Product

Hey I just got the parts shipped in... Im worrying though.

Will the cpu and mobo definitly fit and be compatible, they both are am3 socket, but the mobo says it supposrts 2 and 4 core (has two little logos for the phenom II x2 and x4), doesnt have a tag for 6 that i see. I dont want to try to fit it in or blow something out if its not gonna work.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103851

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131637

So its up and running. IS there any fine tuning I should do to get the most out of it. I know I can overclock, or unlock cores with the motherboard, I dont want to dmamage anything though i dont know how to manage all of that.

Also the main question, the large fan on top of the thermalight case i think worked the first time i booted up but now its just not spinning and i tried plugging it in a different plug and it moved slightly then stopped. Any advice? way to fix or something

So its up and running. IS there any fine tuning I should do to get the most out of it. I know I can overclock, or unlock cores with the motherboard, I dont want to dmamage anything though i dont know how to manage all of that.

Also the main question, the large fan on top of the thermalight case i think worked the first time i booted up but now its just not spinning and i tried plugging it in a different plug and it moved slightly then stopped. Any advice? way to fix or something

rainman13189

Please, post some pictures of it in this thread.

So the fan on the top of the case moves a little when i boot up but hten stops.

It seems like maybe a wire is loose, or not enough power is reaching it?

In terms of perforamnce when i boot up the asus mobo screen pops up and says "4 cores activated" (for hte cpu), are not all 6 cores acvtivated because of a setting that i should change or is that just overclocking? There is a switch on the mobo that says coreunlocker, maybe I should change that?

I just dont want to damage anything with the overclocking/ core unlocking features, but i do wnat performance. Maybe I should core unlock (however that works) but not overclock?

(this is the least of my worries...but...

It also boots very slow, shows the asus menu and then goes into another black screen where i have to select win7 (and theres 2 win7s listed with no visible difference, which seems odd, (at the bottom of the page it says memory check or something, im not sure what this menu would be called), way to turn off these first 2 screens or something?

I cant take a picture right now i because of some sd card issues