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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Primarily gaming

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Would like to keep it under $650, but I'm just being cheap.. upper limit of $800

3) Where do you live? NC - 28804

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
CPU, RAM, Case, PSU, Motherboard

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
ATI 4890 1gb Video Card
2x 750 GB, 1 TB and a 250GB

6) Will you be overclocking?
Yes
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
28" 1900x1200
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Next week or two?

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
No SLI required
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yes - Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit


Here is what I have come up with so far.

$89.99 Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM - Retail

$329.98 Combo:
CPU: Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80605I5750 - Retail
Mobo: ASUS P7P55D LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

$179.98 + $30 MIR Combo:

PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP 700W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC ... - Retail
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP Black Steel + Plastic and Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

$29.99 Cooler: Cooler Master RR-B10-212P-GP Hyper 212 Plus 775/1156/1366/AMD/AM2/AM3 Universal Direct Contact Heat-Pipe 120mm Fan CPU Cooler

Shipping: $0.00
Total Price: $629.99
After MIR: 599.99

Tempted to buy another hard drive because my 1TB is on RMA and one of my 750's is only functional enough to boot windows, I have it disabled in windows, but its my MBR right now until I get my TB back.

Kinda tempted to buy a SSD, but is it really worth it? Would I really notice that much improvement in windows / the one game I could probably fit on the HD?

I know lots of people recommend the MSI motherboard but the price difference between it and the combo end up being about $90, I duno if its worth it? I have no intentions of doing SLI.
 
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Indeed, ditch the OCZ PSU.

If you do get another HDD, get one of the new 500GB/platter drives, like the Samsung F3 or Seagate 7200.12. Also ditch the 250GB drive... it'll slow down your system. :p

A single SSD? You'll notice it. Enough to warrant the price premium? up to you. Personally, a single SSD didn't do it for me, but it was only $100AR. So, when the deal came around again, I picked up a 2nd 30GB SSD and did a RAID0 array... wow... VERY noticeable! Worth it? To me, yup! To most casual users? probably not.

The Asus board you chose is fine.
 
Well, I ended up ordering this morning, but I made a few changes, decided to go with the 932 because I have always wanted it, and its bigger.. so bigger = better right? =/

Went ahead and picked up a 500gb seagate as well, and an extra dvd drive so I can keep my current computer functional and just drop in my old video card I have in storage, make it my media storage puter or linux box.

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM - Retail

Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor - Retail

ASUS P7P55D LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Antec TruePower New TP-650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7/Core i5" Power Supply - Retail

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive


COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 compatible RR-B10-212P-GP 120mm "heatpipe direct contact" Long life sleeve CPU Cooler - Retail

Total price ended up being $760ish.

Hopefully it will all be here Friday and I can have a great weekend!
 
Bah, everything arrived minus the case.. which is in the UPS shipping facility 2 hours away from my house /sigh. It arrival date is Monday, bleh. Oh well. I plan on going for an amazing wiring job once it gets here Monday
 
Build looks good! Only thing I would've done different would have been to get a WD 1TB Green for a bit more as the media drive.
 
Ah no worries on that, have 2x 750's and a 1TB already.
 
Well, here is what the nearly completed build looks like.. waiting on 1 more HD to get back from RMA, but its all together and functional. Just used the OC utility for auto OC to see what it would do and its up to 3.57 for its OC, not too shabby!

I'm pretty happy with the turn out of the wiring.. it looks messy as hell on the back, but I can't see it!

ugh.. big images, here are the links.

http://test.fathomthat.org/computer/1.jpg
http://test.fathomthat.org/computer/2.JPG
http://test.fathomthat.org/computer/3.JPG
http://test.fathomthat.org/computer/4.JPG
http://test.fathomthat.org/computer/5.JPG
 
Is your CoolerMaster CPU fan pulling air? Just a small suggestion, I would place the fan on the right side of the heatsink (close to the RAM) and make it push air into the heatsink (and subsequently out to the back via case fan).
 
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