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And now a reading from the list of questions provided in the sticky.
I'm sitting on a 5870, a power supply, new hard drive, and dvd drive that originally I was going to put into my current PC -- but recently some events have transpired that have allowed me to afford a completely new build. As stated in the exam questions, I'm looking for a case, CPU + cooler, RAM, and motherboard. Here's what I'm currently eyeing from the egg:
Cooler Master Case
I want a full tower case for sure. Ever since I started using full towers I refuse to go back. I really like the ridiculous amount of room. Also, this guy has side mounted hard drive bays which are amazing.
ASUS P6X58D-E
First off, I'm pretty partial to look at ASUS mobos first. I've had nothing but amazing results with my asus motherboards, and not so amazing and sometimes blowing up results with other brands. I'm not sure if the P6X58D is the best choice as I'm having a hard time figuring out what exactly is the latest and greatest ASUS mobo for the i7, which brings us to...
i7 930
Actually I really havent hard core researched current CPUs and what is the best and all that. I searched for i7 and sorted by best reviews. Currently I'm sitting on a q6600 at 3.2ghz. I will be overclocking the i7 as hard as I can on air. Speaking of which, I don't really know what a solid cpu cooler is for this thing either.
Corsair Dominator 6gb DDR3 1600
I could keep adding more acronyms and numbers to that link title but I don't know what the other ones mean. Anyway, this seemed to be a popular choice for the triple channel ddr3 kits these days. Corsair has been a reliable brand of ram for me in the past.
So yeah, if anyone has any suggestions or feedback on this I'd love to hear it. I most likely wont stray from ASUS motherboards unless someone tells me that ASUS was responsible for the fall of my father's empire and the death of my mother, or there's some other motherboard that's super amazing out there. I'm all ears on CPU Coolers -- so far in my life I've gone with Thermalright coolers with 120 fans on them but I'm more interested in the ones that will perform the best for overclocking.
Also I have chosen the orange smiley with sunglasses as the icon for this thread as I believe that the icon represents me when I become the owner of a new computer with the aforementioned or your suggested hardware. Thank you for your time.
;D
I'm sitting on a 5870, a power supply, new hard drive, and dvd drive that originally I was going to put into my current PC -- but recently some events have transpired that have allowed me to afford a completely new build. As stated in the exam questions, I'm looking for a case, CPU + cooler, RAM, and motherboard. Here's what I'm currently eyeing from the egg:
Cooler Master Case
I want a full tower case for sure. Ever since I started using full towers I refuse to go back. I really like the ridiculous amount of room. Also, this guy has side mounted hard drive bays which are amazing.
ASUS P6X58D-E
First off, I'm pretty partial to look at ASUS mobos first. I've had nothing but amazing results with my asus motherboards, and not so amazing and sometimes blowing up results with other brands. I'm not sure if the P6X58D is the best choice as I'm having a hard time figuring out what exactly is the latest and greatest ASUS mobo for the i7, which brings us to...
i7 930
Actually I really havent hard core researched current CPUs and what is the best and all that. I searched for i7 and sorted by best reviews. Currently I'm sitting on a q6600 at 3.2ghz. I will be overclocking the i7 as hard as I can on air. Speaking of which, I don't really know what a solid cpu cooler is for this thing either.
Corsair Dominator 6gb DDR3 1600
I could keep adding more acronyms and numbers to that link title but I don't know what the other ones mean. Anyway, this seemed to be a popular choice for the triple channel ddr3 kits these days. Corsair has been a reliable brand of ram for me in the past.
So yeah, if anyone has any suggestions or feedback on this I'd love to hear it. I most likely wont stray from ASUS motherboards unless someone tells me that ASUS was responsible for the fall of my father's empire and the death of my mother, or there's some other motherboard that's super amazing out there. I'm all ears on CPU Coolers -- so far in my life I've gone with Thermalright coolers with 120 fans on them but I'm more interested in the ones that will perform the best for overclocking.
Also I have chosen the orange smiley with sunglasses as the icon for this thread as I believe that the icon represents me when I become the owner of a new computer with the aforementioned or your suggested hardware. Thank you for your time.
;D
