Need Some Feedback, Building My First Gaming System.

I have never been able to enjoy PC gaming, I have always had a base system that comes from the box. After seeing games like Crysis and Fo3 on PC I decided to build a rig. Here is the list of my components. Let me know how good or bad I did.

Motherboard: Asus P6T Deluxe V2

CPU: Intel i7 920 2.66Ghz

CPU Cooler: Cooling Master V8

RAM: Corsair Dominator 6144MB DDR3 Tri-Channel

GPU:BFG GeForce GTX 280 SLI

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 7200rpm 32MB

OS: Vista Ultimate 64bit

Power Supply: Corsair HX1000W

So what you think?

I have never been able to enjoy PC gaming, I have always had a base system that comes from the box. After seeing games like Crysis and Fo3 on PC I decided to build a rig. Here is the list of my components. Let me know how good or bad I did.

Motherboard: Asus P6T Deluxe V2

CPU: Intel i7 920 2.66Ghz

CPU Cooler: Cooling Master V8

RAM: Corsair Dominator 6144MB DDR3 Tri-Channel

GPU:BFG GeForce GTX 280 SLI

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 7200rpm 32MB

OS: Vista Ultimate 64bit

Power Supply: Corsair HX1000W

So what you think?

taliff

I was considering getting another graphics card to bridge with the SLI feature. But I am not sure exactly how it works. Can I bridge 2 SLI cards that are different types? For instance the 280 and 275. I am also getting a 120hz monitor, not sure what size yet.

How much did it cost?

Nice rig. tho!

Ordered it from tigerdirect.com Was using mwave but for some reason they decided they were too good for my credit card. Sucks cause I would have come out about $200 bucks cheaper... Final cost is $1,900 and from what I can tell its alot more powerful than anything alienware has to offer for that price range.

I was considering getting another graphics card to bridge with the SLI feature. But I am not sure exactly how it works. Can I bridge 2 SLI cards that are different types? For instance the 280 and 275. I am also getting a 120hz monitor, not sure what size yet.

taliff

I just got my rig put together! Gotta say that I wish I would have started PC gaming years ago. I went ahead and got another WD Caviar Black 1T 32MB 7200RPM. I was going to get a 120hz samsung with the nvidia 3d glasses but they didnt have it in stock at Best Buy so I went ahead and got dual Samsung 2333's. I have more monitor than I do TV and they have a better picture.

I do have a question about overclocking. I was looking in my BIOS while doing my setup last night and i decided that I had no idea what i was doing so i left everything dealing with clocking alone. Is there a good article that I can read to familiarize myself with the process? I really want to get the most performance this thing has to offer. When I started fallout 3 while ago it was running a little slugish on the opening video though... What would most likely solve this problem? Get another 280 and SLI the 2? I played Crysis for about 20 minutes and it was running great on very high but did seem a little smoother on high.

Wow, I think I am going to leave my settings where they are... Seems like its alot of work for someone with no experience with it. Rather not fry my system.

Wow, I think I am going to leave my settings where they are... Seems like its alot of work for someone with no experience with it. Rather not fry my system.

taliff

Nah i reckon u should o/c the cpu, ive heard that the 920 can go as high as 4ghz air, but try aim for 3.2-3.4ghz, just do a bit of research on google, and fallout 3/crysis should b running at max, it only takes a bit of time 2 read and learn, and ur pc will run like a beaut