T-Mayne Hassuru Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 First off Tiffany is the name of my only Love and future bride Well hey this is my first computer build and I've already bought the parts, thought I'd share with you all and see what you all think. Going to be dual booting this with Windows and Mac. Mainly going to be used for Studio [Final Cut, Acid Pro, Frooty Loops, Garage Band, etc] Graphics Designs [Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, etc], some High Definition Video Editing, and of course some Gaming! Here are my parts selections and related links to the actual purchase product: Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD5 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel $299.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128422 CPU [Central Processing Unit] Intel Core i7 Processor i7-930 2.80GHz 8 MB LGA1366 $295.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...5-225-_-Product GPU [Graphicsl Processing Unit] HIS H487Q1GH Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP $171.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...1-292-_-Product PSU [Power Supply Unit] Corsair CMPSU-650HX 650w HX Series 80 Plus Bronze Certified Power Supply $119.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817139012 RAM [Random Access Memory] G.SKILL PI Series 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) $180.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820231335 SSD #1 [solid State Drive] will be used to boot Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit OCZ Vertex Turbo OCZSSD2-1VTXT60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $219.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820227469 SSD #2 [solid State Drive] will be used to boot OSX Snow Leopard OCZ Agility Series OCZSSD2-1AGT60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $184.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820227461 BluRay Writer/Reader Pioneer Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA $190.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827129051 CPU Cooler XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler $40.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835233003 CPU Cooler Bracket Set XIGMATEK ACK-I5361 Intel Core i7/Core i5 compatible Bracket Set $9.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835233038 Thermal Compound Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound $10.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835100007 Chassis NZXT TEMPEST EVO Crafted Series TEVO-001BK Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $119.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...k=Tempest%20Evo Shipping Fees $40.00 Grand Total ! - $1,875.00 - ! I will post up pictures of the finished product and run benchmark tests and pictures of my setup and all once I get all the parts and assemble it! Please comment on my build and let me know if there is anything that I should consider changing. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackilroy Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 If there's a Microcenter near you, you might consider getting your Core i7 920 there – the one closest to me sells it for $179.99. Also, though I'd also rather use an ATI card (and Cindori used a 4890) most people seem to have better success with NVIDIA cards. No reason you can't use the 4870 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Mayne Hassuru Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 If there's a Microcenter near you, you might consider getting your Core i7 920 there – the one closest to me sells it for $179.99. Also, though I'd also rather use an ATI card (and Cindori used a 4890) most people seem to have better success with NVIDIA cards. No reason you can't use the 4870 though. Nah there are no Microcenter around me. Also I'm getting the Core i7 930 2.8 Ghz, rather than the 2.66 Ghz. As for video card, I find ATI to be better bang for the buck with great quality as well. Thanks for the suggestions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Mayne Hassuru Posted March 31, 2010 Author Share Posted March 31, 2010 Got all the parts: Will update with build progress and video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackintosh Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 for $1875 you couldve built a way better machine. also shouldve shopped around online instead of buying everything from newegg, a lot of things are cheaper elsewhere and you can get free shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPines Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 for $1875 you couldve built a way better machine. also shouldve shopped around online instead of buying everything from newegg, a lot of things are cheaper elsewhere and you can get free shipping. I'm not sure that is fair to say. Newegg has good prices and in my experience, most of their items have free shipping. This is a very respectable build and $1,875 isn't that bad for a build that includes two SSDs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Mayne Hassuru Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 for $1875 you couldve built a way better machine. also shouldve shopped around online instead of buying everything from newegg, a lot of things are cheaper elsewhere and you can get free shipping. Hmm, I did look around and didn't find any prices really cheaper than Newegg, besides some from unknown stores I never heard of. And even then it was a minimal 5 or 10 dollar difference, I'd rather trust newegg than some random website. Really? Care to list what I could have done with 1875? The reason it bumped so high was because of the SSDs [they are pretty expensive]. Without them this is more like a 1500 PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPines Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Hmm, I did look around and didn't find any prices really cheaper than Newegg, besides some from unknown stores I never heard of. And even then it was a minimal 5 or 10 dollar difference, I'd rather trust newegg than some random website. Really? Care to list what I could have done with 1875? The reason it bumped so high was because of the SSDs [they are pretty expensive]. Without them this is more like a 1500 PC. Agreed. Not to mention you have a $200 Blu-ray drive in there. Without that and the SSDs, it would have been cheaper than most. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Mayne Hassuru Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 So I put it together and here are some low quality pictures [took em with my 3mp cell phone] will post up high quality ones and the youtube video tomorrow hopefully Here is my Windows Experience Index: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackilroy Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 That's a big tower, heh. Almost looks like a Lian Li case, even though it isn't one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsdelirious Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Should have gone with matching Vertex Turbos, the price difference between Agility and Turbo isn't that much (i just bought 2 vertex turbo 60gb for $189 each after rebate w/ no tax + free shipping from amazon, tiger direct) and besides the added speed, with matching ssds you could have put them in a RAID configuration down the road... As for NewEgg, I've bought a total of 5 items from them... 4 were defective out of the box, and 1 was not as pictured/described - I still read the reviews but I'll never buy from them again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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