Final build, can you look over it for me?

[Formula49000]

Hi, I have my first pc build completed and I'm ready to order. I just wanted to run it by the forums and see what you guys think, whether it will all fit on the mobo, in the case, just making sure everything will work well together, etc.

I'm going to go ahead and provide links just in case

-Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 3.0 GHz CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115034

-EVGA 775 790i Ultra SLI DDR3 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188025

-OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2) 1600 DDR3 RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227297

-EVGA GeForce GTX 280 Video Card-dual cards in SLI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130365

-Creative 192 KHz PCI Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Pro Series
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102005

-2x 300 GB Velociraptors in RAID0 (for OS and games)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136260

-3x750GB Hitachi Deskstar set up in a RAID5 (for documents, songs, etc)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145166

-Corsair 1000W PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139007&Tpk=corsair+1000w

-Zerotherm Nirvana
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835887011

-LG 18x DVD-R 48x CD-R DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136119R

-Thermaltake Armor Series Silver ATX Full Tower Case w/ 25cm fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133020

Dell Ultrasharp 24in Display
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...etail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-6272

Logitech Z-5500 speakers
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...=us&l=en&dgc=SS&cid=30098&lid=674095#Overview

Keyboard:
Probably the Razer Tarantula
Mouse:
Wireless Logitech I already have


EDIT* OS is Vista Ultimate 64-bit

That's all I got. Tell me what you think! Thank you guys for all your help so far, I don't think I would have been able to figure out a lot of this complicated stuff without you guys.

 

[Roofles]

Well you sir have built a hell of a system. Congratulations.

Since it doesn't look like money is a problem, get better speakers, the Z-5500 are at least 5.1 so you'll have surround sound.

I don't know how impressive that SSD is, you might consider two Velociraptors in RAID 0?(1?) for about half the price and about similar performance.

 

[Formula49000]

Well you sir have built a hell of a system. Congratulations.

Since it doesn't look like money is a problem, get better speakers, the Z-5500 are at least 5.1 so you'll have surround sound.

I don't know how impressive that SSD is, you might consider two Velociraptors in RAID 0?(1?) for about half the price and about similar performance.

I'm going with the SSD because the access time is a slick .1 ms.
However, I think I will take your advice on the speakers. Those are some pretty speakers.

 

[CGR]

I'm going with the SSD because the access time is a slick .1 ms.
However, I think I will take your advice on the speakers. Those are some pretty speakers.

Reading is .1ms, writing is another story..

 

[Formula49000]

Reading is .1ms, writing is another story..

well yeah, but games will mostly be reading, won't they?

 

[CGR]

well yeah, but games will mostly be reading, won't they?

I would think they do both a lot, but not totally sure.

 

[ou_phidelt]

I would change the heat sink. The king of the hill is still the Thermalright 120 Extreme. The downside is that there quality control sucks and the bases often needs lapped for best performance. But you can get them pre-lapped for you from a couple different vendors. It will run you about $100(including the heatsink). Match that with a Scythe S-Flex F and you will have some top notch cooling. Or just go with a zerotherm nirvana 120 and call it a day.

 

[Kyle_vdk]

I wouldn't go with the SSD. Just get like two WD Velociraptors in RAID and that should be faster, and less of a pain. You wont be able to hear the drives really if you have a lot of fans

really Like your rig idea, expensive, haha.

 

[Formula49000]

Am I missing any accessories or components? I have arctic silver 5 for applying the cpu fan, but do I need some kind of mountingg kit or stand or something to get the 2.5in SSD to go in a 3.5in drive bay? I only know the parts, I don't know what else I need.

 

[Formula49000]

Do I need RAID controllers? How would I get those?

 

[Kyle_vdk]

Newegg.com charges the appropriate state and/or local sales tax for any order shipping to California, New Jersey, New York, and Tennessee.

I'm just taking a guess you don't live their to relieve my pain of calculating tax.
A couple of things. I could not get a shipping price for the Razer Tarantula or the Speakers...

I had a couple of suggestions in here also.. The LG dvd drive was an OPEN BOX product. Also i suggested you buy a bluray drive if you have the money.. here is the money (with shipping for most products)

Tax info if you live in the places I said at the beginning:

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Prices:

Without SSD:
5306.21 (total)
With SSD:
5951.20 (total)
With Raptors:
5906.19 (total)
Without Zerotherm cooler:
4785.89
With ZEROtherm Cooler:
4835.88
Without LG dvd player:
4835.88
With Bluray:
(your choice on which driver--)
With OPEN BOX LG dvd player:
I forget

TOTAL: 5951.20 (w. LG)

I never finished will finish after i eat dinner! gotta eat with a family, yes lol family, im still 14 so i stay with my family

 

[Formula49000]

Ok, I changed over to 2 velociraptors in a RAID0 because I think that will be slightly faster than the SSD, and SSDs are still new technology, I should probably wait until they get optimized before I think about investing in one.

 

[Formula49000]

Newegg.com charges the appropriate state and/or local sales tax for any order shipping to California, New Jersey, New York, and Tennessee.

I'm just taking a guess you don't live their to relieve my pain of calculating tax.
A couple of things. I could not get a shipping price for the Razer Tarantula or the Speakers...

I had a couple of suggestions in here also.. The LG dvd drive was an OPEN BOX product. Also i suggested you buy a bluray drive if you have the money.. here is the money (with shipping for most products)

Tax info if you live in the places I said at the beginning:




Prices:

Without SSD:
5306.21 (total)
With SSD:
5951.20 (total)
With Raptors:
5906.19 (total)
Without Zerotherm cooler:
4785.89
With ZEROtherm Cooler:
4835.88
Without LG dvd player:
4835.88
With Bluray:
(your choice on which driver--)
With OPEN BOX LG dvd player:
I forget

TOTAL: 5951.20 (w. LG)

I never finished will finish after i eat dinner! gotta eat with a family, yes lol family, im still 14 so i stay with my family

lol that's cool I don't discriminate based on age.
Thanks for all the work you've done with the prices, man.

And about the drives, I'm going to take off the open box LG and just get a similar one from best buy for 10-20 bucks more.

And I really do want a Blu Ray drive, but I'm going to wait and get a BD-R drive when they are cheaper and more reliable. I have a PS3 and I love my beautiful blu ray movies, but I don't need to play blu rays on my pc when I can just play them on the big screen

And I live in Missouri, so I don't think tax is abnormal for me.

 

[Kyle_vdk]

Wanna loan me some couple thousand of dollars? haha. Good luck on your build!

 

[Kyle_vdk]

Oh yeah and for the RAM if I were you I would just get a fan to put on it.. I don't know if your overclocking the RAM or whatever, i consider DDR3 new technology so it might run hot, I don't have experience with that hardware.

 

[Formula49000]

Oh yeah and for the RAM if I were you I would just get a fan to put on it.. I don't know if your overclocking the RAM or whatever, i consider DDR3 new technology so it might run hot, I don't have experience with that hardware.

Ok thanks. I just assumed the 5 or so case fans would be enough. What kind of fans would I need to look at for cooling RAM?

 

[Formula49000]

Wanna loan me some couple thousand of dollars? haha. Good luck on your build!

Thanks! Lol, I'm actually working all summer and penny-pinching (like not getting Sonic all the time, delicious as it is) to afford it. It is definitely going to be worth it, though. I am so excited.

 

[Kyle_vdk]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835704001

I think thats good, But you will have to ask another member to approve. Are you going to do any Over Clocking?

im off for cod4 ring me if ya need anythin

 

[Formula49000]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835704001

I think thats good, But you will have to ask another member to approve. Are you going to do any Over Clocking?

Yeah I'm definitely going to try and overclock the cpu to about 4 GHz, and I would like to see if I can get the memory up to 1800, but that's only if I feel I need to. I'm going to test the pc's capabilities in crysis on high settings and maybe (crosses fingers) some Anti-Aliasing.

 

[Formula49000]

I hope all of this will fit in my case...