Build help?

[diztrukted]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
3D modelling and gaming, some photoshop work also
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
atm, i haven't set a budget but we can say below $3000
3) Where do you live?
Boston, Massachuseets
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.

+ CPU - Intel Core i7 920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz
+ MoBo -ASUS P6X58D
+ HSF - no clue
+ SSD -Intel X25-M Mainstream SSD (purchased)
+ GPU - Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 (purchased)
+ HDD1 - Western Digital Caviar Internal Hard Drive (purchased)
+ RAM - CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (2 x 2GB)
+ PSU - CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX (purchased)
+ HDD2- Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EADS 2TB
+ Fans -Something Rosewill I guess?
+ DVD DRIVE - DVD±/CD-RW: Samsung SH-S223F (purchased)
+ Chassis - Thermaltake Element T (purchased)
+ Logitech Keyboard illuminated (purchased)
+ ASUS VW246H Glossy Black 24

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
not reusing anything
6) Will you be overclocking?
I intend to
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
24"
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
A.S.A.P
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
I've already chosen my mobo
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
64-bit windows 7 ultimate


I've been reading reviews on Newegg saying that customers have had to purchase fans for the Thermaltake Element T case. My understanding was that it came with fans and I wouldn't need to worry about it so I'm unclear as to what I should be buying as far as fans go or if I even need to buy anything at all.

Also, for the cpu cooler someone had suggested I get the "COOLER MASTER RR-UV8-XBU1-GP" but they had not seen my entire build only that I was wanted to use an intel core i7...any suggestions?

 

[Sikkyu]

other then diitching the domiators for some g.skill or pretty much anything else (they are not worth the extra cash) looks like you got it figured out.

looks solid

check out the corsair 800D, thats a sweet case.

guru3d just reviewed the new thermaltake venomous X and look slike it rocks pretty good under extreme overclocking (4.2ghz + 1.5 v)

check that out

 

[diztrukted]

other then diitching the domiators for some g.skill or pretty much anything else (they are not worth the extra cash) looks like you got it figured out.

looks solid

check out the corsair 800D, thats a sweet case.

guru3d just reviewed the new thermaltake venomous X and look slike it rocks pretty good under extreme overclocking (4.2ghz + 1.5 v)

check that out

that case is $299.99 and I don't intend on spending quite that amount on a case
That being said, I saw a g.skill ripjaw series that was 3 X 2GB that one was a little cheaper but are there key differences? or is it just a brand thing? I should check sites other than newegg for RAM shouldn't I

 

[Sikkyu]

the thing about the i7 9xx series is it has a massive amount of bandwidth. alot more then the chip can use, even overclocked. if you run 1600 spd ram with decent timings thats more then enough. anything more and its pretty much just e-peen tax.

 

[diztrukted]

the thing about the i7 9xx series is it has a massive amount of bandwidth. alot more then the chip can use, even overclocked. if you run 1600 spd ram with decent timings thats more then enough. anything more and its pretty much just e-peen tax.

So then why are people buying this particular brand of RAM to go along with the i7 9 series? If there are not making the most of it then it's useless right?