New pc build under 1k.

[evilme]

Item List: 1 x ($134.99) SSD 30G|OCZ OCZSSD2-1VTX30G RTL - Retail $134.99
1 x ($89.99) PSU CORSAIR|CMPSU-650TX 650W RT - Retail $89.99
1 x ($209.99) MB GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R - Retail $209.99
1 x ($149.99) MEM 2Gx3|OCZ OCZ3G1600LV6GK R - Retail $149.99
+ the i7 920 is what my final order is if anyone wants to know what I went with.
I will still need to buy small parts like the HS, fans and 2 more ssd drives.
Will be overclocking it on the stock hs to like 3.2ghz for now. For the price I can still look forward to upgrading the graphic card and hdtv tuner. So big thank you to all that helped so far. I will keep you guys updated on how well I can get the oc.

 

[evilme]

Looks like I got a D0 chip it say SLBEJ on the box just have to wait on the other parts. Maybe tomorrow or monday I will have the rest of the parts.

 

[psionic98]

good stuff, keep us posted!

 

[Shadowmonk]

Honestly if your going i7 920 and gonna OC it, depending on your oc your only gonna have few choices for the actual memory speed, @ 4.2 youll have the option of running @ 1605mhz or 2005mhz and at 4.0 its around 1500mhz and 1866mhz so getting a set of the OCZ gold is fine and you can run them at around 1600. I have a tri-channel kit from kingston thats 8-8-8-24 @2000mhz or 7-6-7-18 @ 1600 and the only reason i have it is because i was testing it. Takes me 1.55 QPI voltage if i want to run them @2005mhz and while i will do it for benching i wont keep that high QPI for 24/7.

 

[mattp]

I am building a similar setup. I was going to go with the 60gb ssd but trying to save some money I was thinking about a 30gb just for my OS and a few apps. I was reading the system requirments for windows 7 pro and it said the 64bit was 20gb. Is this correct? If so I will almost have to go with the 60gb if I want to load my other software on that drive.