New computer build.

[NorthernTrooper]

I have a budget of around 3000$ and would be open to suggestions to improvements or better deals based on the components I'm about to post.

Motherboard: EVGA 170-BL-E762 289.97$* Offer ends 11/30/2010
Case: Thermaltake ArmorPlus(Armor+) VH6000BWS Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case 198$


RAM: CORSAIR XMS 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Desktop Memory Model CMX12GX3M3A2000C9 $299.99

SSD: Kingston SSDNow V100 SV100S2D/128GZ 2.5" 128GB SATA II Internal / External Solid State Drive 245$



Processor: Intel Core i7 950 Processor BX80601950 - 3.06GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 4.8GT/s QPI, HyperThreading, Quad Core, Bloomfield, LGA 1366, Retail, Fan 319.97$

PSU: SILVERSTONE ST1000-P 1000W ATX 12V v2.3 & EPS 12V 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply 186$

Monitor (Subject to change):

HDD: Seagate Barracuda XT ST32000641AS 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive 209$ (x as many as deemed necessary).

Video cards: EVGA 012-P3-1470-AR GeForce GTX 470 Video Card - 1280MB GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0, Dual DVI, HDMI, SLI, DirectX 11, 2 Pack SLI Bundle w/ StarCraft II and Mafia II Game Downloads 749.99$

Disc Drive: Plextor PX-B940SA Blu Ray Burner - 12X BD-R DL/SL, 2x BD-RE, 16x DVD+R/-R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+/-R DL, 5x DVD-RAM, 40x CD-R, 24x CD-RW, SATA 224.99$


Estimated total price: 2 722$ without tax. Deals may arise in future that would reduce cost of this build.

Escapist, can you help me out?

 

[emeraldrafael]

SOunds like you have it all down, and that looks like a decent deal. I'd jump on them while you can.

But then agin, thats just me speaking from a financial stand point. I dont know anyhting about building PCs or playing them or anyhting like that.

 

[Swaki]

im sorry mate, that is all gibberish to me, but if all those doodads and thingies (can you tell that a friend build my pc?) are anything like every other item in the world, the will drop in price next month or go on sale, waiting may pay off ^^.

thats all i can help you with -.-

 

[insaneHoshi]

I think you are spurgeing a little. you dont really need a SSD (They have a shorter life span) or the GTX 470, why dont you get a bit older one and save yourself $400-$500. Also i see your getting a ssd and hdd that are 6gb/s i would assume the SSD is for your os and the hdd for data, Why do you need that fast of data tranfer times? Also does the motherboard have Sata III (6gbs) combatability? according to http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188059 it has only SATA 3Gb/s but then again i wouldn't trust the distributer website, go to EVGA and look it up. Also do you really need a MB with 7 PCI slots?

Also what is the purpose of this rig? gaming?

 

[NorthernTrooper]

Its more or less for gaming, yes. But I'm also attempting to somewhat future proof the rig. Yes, the SSD is for the operating system as well as possibly a few applications. Although they do have a shorter life span, the warranty protects me for at least 3 years and by that time I'm sure I'll be upgrading to another SSD. I'm using the GTX 470 mostly because I can, not out of necessity, but it also plays nice with my motherboard which is good.