new i7 build..thoughts?

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ok so in a couple of weeks when i have the finances covered i will be ordering a new build revolving around an i7 from newegg and so far i have dialed it down to these following parts


1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming, photoshop, little video editing
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
1200atm for what i need
3) Where do you live?
NY
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
CPU, ram, case, psu, mobo
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
hdd's, dvd drive and HD4850
6) Will you be overclocking?
you bet, around 4ghz (more if i can) on water
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
22" 1680x1050, possible upgrade to 24" 1080p
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
2 weeks
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
good overclock ability, lots of usb, Raid
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
w7 rc 64bit


i7 920
evga-e758-A1 motherboard
6gb corsair dominator ddr3 1600
corsair 750HX modular PSU
Lian-li PC-A71B case
64gb G-skill SSD for w7 and maybe some programs

i will be re-using my harddrives from my current system and video card (hd4850) for the time being, will upgrade the graphics card a couple of months along down the road and i do plan on watercooling the cpu with a heatkiller 3 and perhaps the gpu when i upgrade to a new one. your thoughts?
I used the psu calculator and it came out to around 591W so i don't think a HX620 would cut it, don't think there's enough headroom
 
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My thoughts:
  • Dominators are overpriced. You'll get nearly the same performance from G.Skill 1.5v-1.6v DDR3-1600 kit.
  • 750HX is overkill for a single vidcard system, esp a single HD4850. Unless you plan on going SLI/CF, drop it down to an HX620.
  • You should answer the questions in the sticky. ;)
 
The online PSU calculators aren't very accurate. You could get by with the HX620, which has more than enough power for your system plus any single-GPU video card you buy today.
 
Alright so an HX620 would be suffice to power, let's say a GTX295 and an i7 at 1.4v (just throwing numbers around) and still have enough headroom so it doesnt go all crazy right?
 
The Corsair HX620 has 50A combined total on the +12V rail. This will easily run an o/c Core i7 920 cpu + a GTX 295 video card with this PSU. Don't be fooled by the 620 watts, not all psu are created equal. The one thing about the Corsair PSU is that it outputs alot of power on the +12V rails despite its wattage rating label.
 
sounds good, that will shave off a bit of money on my build that can goes toward something else..would you recommend the Gigabyte EX58-UD5 over the EVGA E758-A1 motherboard?
 
You can't go wrong with either board.

That Dominator kit is overpriced, so even with that combo, the savings aren't much. :( But... if you really want dominators, good deal, I guess.
 
found this combo with the OCZ Gold and the EVGA motherboard and now i have it down to this
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If you want to save $10, zipzoomfly has the PSU for less. Otherwise, looks fine to me.
 
I would rather have it all ship from one location but thanks. I'm also considering picking up a Scythe Mugen until I upgrade my graphics card and am ready to watercool the CPU and GPU.
 
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