building new PC

[Perses]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
gaming mostly with a bit of photoshop
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
around 1400
3) Where do you live?
PA usa
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.

Antec Nine Hundred Two Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ASRock X58 Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply

G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8TU-6GBPI

HIS H585FN1GD Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ Eyefinity

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Pioneer Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 40X CD-R 32X CD-RW 2MB Cache IDE CD/DVD Burner LabelFlash Support - OEM

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler

what i am looking at again being new not sure if i am missing a Key component
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
mouse, keyboard, maybe monitor
6) Will you be overclocking?
debating on this still, but mostly want to build with the option
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
17sih
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
with in a week or so
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
posably raid and overclock rest i have not disided on and would enjoy input
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
going to be getting 64bit and running windows 7


to reiterate i am new to PC building and as much input that any one can give me on what i am looking at already/ what i should look at would be greatly appreciated. thank you

 

[Dangman]

We can't see that list since it has not been made public yet.

Just post the entire list in a post in this thread. Don't bother with the Newegg wishlist shit.

 

[Perses]

O my bad rong link then sorry

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=18145167

 

[Shadowssong]

O my bad rong link then sorry

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=18145167

Go with this ram instead:
G.Skill DDR3-1600 6GB

You want a SATA drive not IDE; I suggest this one:
Samsung Black DVDRW

Same price, much better vendor:
XFX 5850

Antec 902 isn't the best case, especially at that price:
I suggest the CM 690 II or CM 690 II Advanced

I would suggest the Cogage TRUE Spirit WAY over the AC Pro7, and its also cheaper.

Motherboard is so/so, I would spend the extra $30 and go with this combo:
i7 920 + Gigabyte X58A-UD3R

Another PSU for you to consider also is the Antec TP New 750

 

[Dangman]

Ditch the IDE DVD burner since SATA DVD Burners are the same price yet offer better cable management and airflow:
$25 - LG GH22NS50 DVD Burner

Ditch the Antec 900 case as well since there are better cooling and roomier cases for less:
$70 - Cooler Master RC-590-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$80 - Cooler Master RC-690-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$80 - Cooler Master CM690 II ATX Case
$90 - Cooler Master HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$100 - Lian Li PC-7B Plus II ATX Case
$100 - Lian Li Lancool PC-K7B ATX Case
$100 - Cooler Master HAF 922M RC-922M-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$110 - Lian Li PC-E8B ATX Case
$110 - Lian Li PC-7FN ATX Case
$120 - Velocity Micro GX2-W Silver Classic Aluminum Case with Side Window

Ditch the HSF as well as the AC7 Pro is not that good of a HSF for the money. I recommend these HSF instead:
$45 - Xigmatek Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm HSF
$40 - Thermalright Cogage TRUE Spirit HSF

Now onto the meat of things: Just how much is a "bit" of photoshop? If it's just the occasional drawing or photo touchup and such, you don't need a Core i7 930 setup for that. If you do extensive work with Photoshop, then a Core i7 930 with the 6GB of RAM would be a good idea.

However assuming that a "bit" means not that much Photoshop work, you're better off with this setup:
$290 - AMD Phenom II X6 1055T CPU + Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 AMD 870 ATX Motherboard
$110 - G.Skill Ripjaw Series F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL 2 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM

That's more than enough for gaming and a bit of photoshop work. In addition, that also frees up cash for a larger monitor more suitable for the HD 5850:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236059

Speaking of the HD 5850, if you can, buy this card TODAY IF you go with the larger monitor:
$285 - XFX HD-585X-ZNFV Radeon HD 5850 1GB PCI-E Video Card

XFX offers a lifetime warranty and some of the best customer service out there. In addition, $285 is a very very low price for the card. So definitely get it.

EDIT: Man I type slow

 

[Perses]

thanks for the advise, will look in to making the changes

 

[E4g1e]

thanks for the advise, will look in to making the changes

I also agree with the others.

First, you would not want an IDE optical drive on a system with plenty of SATA ports.

Second, that Antec Nine Hundred Two case costs too much money, especially considering that it looks big on the outside but is actually cramped on the inside. With many modern motherboards, the Antec case forces you to completely remove the motherboard from the case just to even connect one SATA hard drive to the motherboard. And because of its cramped space, many long graphics cards will be a very tight squeeze in that case, leaving you with precious little room to even connect the PCI-e power connector to the card(s).

Third, the AC7 Pro has the exact same fan size as the stock Intel boxed CPU cooler. In fact, that AC7 Pro is almost exactly the same HSF as the i7-980X CPU's stock boxed cooler. As such, its cooling performance is nowhere near sufficiently better than the stock boxed cooler to justify spending the extra $40. Simply put, your $40 is much better spent on a larger HSF with a larger fan such as the two suggested by Danny.

Fourth, with these lower-end X58 motherboards you get what you pay for. The ASRock mobo that you originally listed is cheap, but is also missing desirable features in such higher-end systems such as SATA 6 Gbps and USB 3.0. For the extra $30 the Gigabyte mobo gives you both of those and two extra SATA 3 Gbps ports on top of the standard features of the X58/ICH10R (however, the extra 2-port SATA 3 Gbps controller is connected to the PCI-e 1.0 controller in the ICH10R, taking up one lane). The only significant drawback to the Gigabyte mobo is the layout of the PCI-e x16 length slots: One such slot, which runs in x8 mode, is blocked by the double-width GPU HSF on higher-end cards. This physically limits you to three higher-end graphics cards running in x16/x8/x8 mode or two graphics cards running in x16/x16 mode. (For comparison, the ASRock mobo supports three-way CrossFire only in an imbalanced x16/x16/x4 mode while the Gigabyte board does it in x16/x8/x8.) The four remaining PCI-e 2.0 lanes in the X58 IOH are taken up by the SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 controllers (when enabled).