Thoughts on New system build

[OPUS1]

EVGA 01G-P3-1158-TR GeForce GTS 250 1GB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
$25.00 Mail-in Rebate14-130-514 $154.99
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CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Compatible ... -
$20.00 Mail-in Rebate Card17-139-007 $279.99
$239.99
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CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C8D - $204.99
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EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI (x16/x16/x8) LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
$284.99
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Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 - Retail
$288.99
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COOLER MASTER Intel Core i7 compatible V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler - Retail
$62.43
Total around $1200.00


any thoughts would be welcome!

 

[gwarren007]

can you post it not in a secured form? We can't get to it

 

[Anchen]

Hmm, well first things first, this looks like a build from newegg, which is more appropriate for the General Hardware board instead of this Computer & Gadgets, which is more for Prebuilts and things like archos', cowon's, and other gadgets.

To your actual build, a few things that you probably want to ask are what is your primary purpose, such as gaming or encoding or photoshop or what. You can downgrade to a P55/i5-750 and get quite good performance for gaming still, and use the savings for improving the video card for instance. In general the 5750/5770 seem to be alternatives to note vs the GTS250. The 5750 and GTS250 generally trade blows in most games, cost about the same, and the 5750 I suppose does have DX11 support. If you are gaming focused you can take some savings from the cpu/mobo and put it into say a 5850 or 5870 which will give a good boost in performance over the alternatives.

The dominator's are good ram but generally you can get ram that is as good for a bit cheaper. For instance these G.Skill Ripjaws are rated slower speeds but have the same timings, for 70 bucks or so less than the dominator's. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&cm_re=g.skill_ripjaws-_-20-231-304-_-Product Are they a tiny bit slower? Yes. But it is significantly cheaper and if you read the reviews the difference in performance is fairly minimal.

Finally, the 1000W Corsair is a very good PSU but fairly overkill for your system unless you definitely plan to go 2 or 3 way sli in the future. The corsair 750HX will still give you modular and fit your needs and costs only 169/159 AR. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...e=corsair_power_supply-_-17-139-010-_-Product You can probably even go less than that since as constructed currently there just isn't a ton of power draw with the relatively lower power GTS 250. I can easily see 600ish watt or even less powering this system right now without issue or getting much over 50% load (which is the sweet spot for power supplies, generally power supplies are most efficient running at 50% of their load, and less efficient at 25% or 100%).

 

[gwarren007]

GTX 260 Core 216 896MB /EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI $455
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.267288

Cooler master V8 / 920 $341.42
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.235101

Gskill 1600 $135
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231225

corsair 850 $199
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011

This is based on the info we have, but if you answer these questions we can better understand what you use your computer for
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1349433

 

[OPUS1]

Wasn't sure where to post....oops

I do Cad stuff/rendering/Daw/ Photoshop for a living (try to)
and of course gaming
I went the 1366 route cause I can use as many cores as I can get
and look forward to next year
Using my 2 150g in raid and 1 300g VelociRaptor from current build
as well as DVD burner and CD burner
Want to get 2 monitors
and plan on 2 way sli
Good point on the ram, I have had great success with Coursair thou
Going to give Win 64 bit 7 a try
Right now I'm Water cooling and want to add that on when things burn in
6) Will you be overclocking?
Say WHAT?
I'm an [H]er Dude! :}
Thanks