hi im just wondering is all these parts will work well together and alo i still need to get myself a power supply so any suggestions will be great as this will be my first comp ill be building might make it next year im not sure yet

Motherboard

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4 X58

CPU

Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz 8MB Cache 130W TDP Hyper-threading LGA1366

RAM

12GB DDR3 SDRAM

Graphics/video card

Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 2GB

Hard Drives

Western Digital 500GB 7200rpm SATAx2

im gonna be putting in some old DvD drives that ive got and fans and also heres the case i donno weather this matters or not but yeah

iCute S901 ATX Case NO PSU

thanks

FUCKING HELL 12 GBS OF DDR3 RAM HOLY SHITFUCKFUCKINGSHIT!

how much base?

Karma i reckon either one kidney, one of his testies or a part of his liver.

lol bucket!

umm how many watts is the psu? must say 1tbs are much more bang for buck than 500gbs. well for me that is

Also i would look at getting the GTX295 insted of the 285 almost the same price and 1/2 as fast again.
Mate you mite also think of going for a i7 920 in place of the 950. U can OC the 920 to 3g no prbs and save some $$ for other stuff!

oh ok cool umm will cost $1,883 around that

oh any btw i havent picked out a PSU or a power supply yet and help with that??

anything that is over 500watt usually
get antec 750

Corsair power supplies are the best. Look into that. This will be a very good set up base. im expecting another great player to emerge. Just don't forget who taught u minion! lol

ok so to find out what power supply i need i just find out the wattages from all the parts and just add then together do i ?? and also there a huge differance in the prices of the CPUs around $750 fot the one i posted up there and $300 give or take some more so i think ill go with what arny said

Corsair prices

http://www.shopbot.com.au/corsair/power-supply-units/housing-and-cooling/australia/111/b/207


corsair calculator

http://www.corsair.com/psufinder/default.aspx

i personally think thermaltake are the best psu, and also from reading reviews.

here is the 1 i got lil pricy but will go a long way

edit: here is the link i was suppose to add http://www.getprice.com.au/THERMALTAKE-Manufacturer-Thermaltake-The-1500W-Toughpower-Power-Supply-is-an-Intel-12V-2-3-and-Gpnc_451--40436736.htm

VX550W
HX650W
TX650W

there are the 3 is showed me on the corsair psu finder

If you think you mite go with an SLI set up in the future get your self a 850w psu and try to get one with Two seperate 12v rails. As for which one is best if you do the the research you will finned that alot of the top brand psu's are made buy the same company. Just go for one with good quality jap capacitors, the above 12v rails, and a good cable system. Good psu's are not cheap so don't skimp on this area. Check out some from Xigmatek, Corsair, Thermaltake, and Antec. Read or look at some reviews.

http://www.xigmatek.com/product/powersupply.php
http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?Series=MjQ=
http://www.thermaltake.com.au/Products/PowerSupply.aspx

my old psu was a $30 500w and it never crashed when playing crysis on a 9800gtx??

my old psu 850w was $18 msy junk. crashed my computer all the time. always good to get a surge protector.

ok ill prob beable to get the PSU through my mums company and also im thinking about cases i like cases that has a see through side and is kinda bright just wondering how would this case be??

http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://superpc4less.com/prodimages/icute408.jpg&imgrefurl=http://superpc4less.com/products.asp%3Fpg%3D10&usg=__XY-3LaWZjEGvFUvUul8MJCyNomQ=&h=300&w=300&sz=18&hl=en&start=18&um=1&tbnid=Qz8dmp4nuR14nM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dicute%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4SKPB_enAU317AU317%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

http://superpc4less.com/prodimages/icute408.jpg

Im not a fan favorite on that case, looks too...plastic and cheap.

for me the big fan looks cheap. but thats just me. maybe different for you

+ 1 on that case looking cheap as.
Good things are not cheap and cheap things are not good.

ARNY84FTW wrote:

+ 1 on that case looking cheap as.
Good things are not cheap and cheap things are not good.

You're too right there arny

ok would anyone be able to suggest a case then i would like a case with the side of it maybe see throu

Antec 900 two or 1200 both of these are real good for gaming sweet air flow and dust filters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-igk9kT2P8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j3MNAQLuIQ

Cooler master HAF 932 This is a good gaming case but no dust filters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvsG7AH-9c0

ok im gonna go for an antec case but with the stuff im gonna put in it would i need a 900 or a 1200?

get the 1200, full tower cases are so much better!

1200! better in the long run matey

go check out the Thermaltake Spedo

nice but ill think ill stay with the 1200 im just gonna start looking at prices for it and try and figure out how much my comp is gonna be hopefully i can get the PSU for free hehehe

normly cases that come with free psu's are more expensive and the psu's are normaly shithouse. best to get a decent psu for your computer. i would suggest no lower than a 700w PSU and i recommend Enermax, OCZ, and Thermaltake PSU's

why dont you just cut your testicles off and mail them to integral.

TraeliumFTW wrote:

why dont you just cut your testicles off and mail them to integral.

it would only be 50c because you wont need a bag. they'll fit in an envelope

TraeliumFTW wrote:

why dont you just cut your testicles off and mail them to integral.

lol wtf? You been watching BME pain olympics or some shit?

hay just wonder weres the cheapest place i can get a antec 1200 case and also 750-850w good brand PSU thanks

Where I search for hardware prices.


http://www.staticice.com.au/

Western Digital 500GB 7200rpm SATA x2

Nvidia Geforce GTX 295 1792MB

Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz 8MB Cache 130W TDP Hyper-threading LGA1366

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4 X58

12GB DDR3 SDRAM

Antec 1200

850w PSU


ok so thats what the comp looks like now will all the parts work together and also just a quick umm the HD its SATA does that mean anything or is still good to get for my comp??

look at getting the ASUS p6T motherboard instead, its the best one you can get in that price range and really good value

also make sure you set up your hard drives in RAID0, you'll still get the combined 1GB and it will run twice as fast

ok but i think im gonna stick with the gigabyte

In my experiance gigabyte make the worst motherboards out there. everying single one ive bought over the years has fucked up one way or another.

Good motherboard brands are Asus, XFX, Evga and DFI but DFI mainly make boards for AMD cpus now.

Yea not a big fan on Gigabyte just never really liked em. DFI was my favorite so you could look at DFI X58 for I7 that should do well for ya. Have a look at EVGA X58 boards, they have some nice boards that are at a good price.

Good luck with the build mate

post some pics up when you build is complete.

yeah i will thanks

My gigabyte motherboards have all been good, no problem overclocking and never any issues. They dont look as good as others but who gives a fuck.

If your after a cheaper case that works really well, have a look at the coolermaster rc 690 / cm690.

Have fun with the build!

my gigabyte ex-58 has had no problems at all. neither did my previous one ps3c one.
seems fine to me

Not shure what all you people need core i7s for, but if it tickles your fancy i say go for it. As for the PSU dont think that a 750 - 800w psu will be enough to run 2x 295 in sli, and once you get it u will want to overclock it. If you are only going to use 2 pci-e x16 slots you might also wanna take a look at core i5 mother board and cpu, not far behind a core i7 in 3d mark vantage and a core i5 with 16 phase power desing for better overclocking. But again the choice is yours.

yeah but im not running SLI

Dont i5 motherboards have a different socket than i7?

So when the next lot of good cpus come out, you will have to upgrade motherboard again?

Yea i5 and i7 are different sockets. Also i5 mainly has dual channel ram where i7 has Tri Channel.

bob wrote:

Dont i5 motherboards have a different socket than i7?

So when the next lot of good cpus come out, you will have to upgrade motherboard again?

Yea they do but, there are two types of socket 1156 CPUS that u can get, you can get a core i5 or a core i7 they are both the same sockets though 1156


Socket 1156 Core i5 750 2.66 GHz
Socket 1156 Core i7 860 2.80 GHz

There are some p55 chipset mother boards out there that do support Tri channel DDR3 but if you intend on running Tri channel DDR3 you can only use a Core i7 socket 1156 CPU

Ok wait there might not be mother board that supports TRI channel DDR3 with a p55 chipset , i am goingto try and have to look for it again

There we go i found it

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=3234

Note that a p55 chipset mother board also comes with usb 3.0 that mean 5Gbps on a usb device

SATA 3.0 6Gbps

and 24 phases power desing

If i was you i would rather go with a p55 chipset mother board cheaper ,and you can overclock the F*&k outta them.


Make shure that you have good CPU cooler though.

One more thing if you use a core i5 750 cpu it dose not come with hyper threading meaning that u can only use 4 threads, personally i have only 2 threads but yet i can still run crysis fine.