lans83
02-21-2012, 09:24 PM
Thank you all for the help with picking out parts recently for my new tower. Honestly couldn't have done it without your help. The following is the list of what all I selected, the final price is after discounts I managed to get on some of the parts and grabbed a few of them while they were on sell. I went over my initial budget, but pulled some overtime to stretch that budget further.
I came very close to getting new 3.0 video cards instead of the one I got, but am happy with this one for now and will add another for an SLI setup hopefully soon. With V-Sync on in my games with everything maxed out on WoW and SWToR (aside from the planet density :/) I can maintain a solid 60FPS, lowest is around 35 during heavy boss fights in raids, and without it I'm pulling over 130FPS, but too much screen tearing for my tastes, so it stays on.
CPU stays in the low temp range even while gaming and even with all the fans, it is surprisingly quite. I would have gone with a water cooling setup, but I'm not the only one that uses this computer and it stays on almost all the time. Kids running around it too was the major factor.
Again, thank you all for the help and here she is:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8/chaseJ83/MyRig/419250_10150797810709348_1953694379_n.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8/chaseJ83/MyRig/420721_10150797811019348_1626978019_n.jpg
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116992
SSD: (Vista 7 Proffesional 64-bit only) Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2MH080G2R5 2.5" 80GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167023
SSD: (Games/Programs) SanDisk Ultra SDSSDH-120G-G25 2.5" 120GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171545
SSD Mounts: (2 of these for future SSDs) Rosewill RX-C200 2.5" SSD / HDD Aluminum Mounting Kit for 3.5" Drive Bay
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817997010
HDD: (Storage only) Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500413AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148701
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131790
Powersupply: Rosewill BRONZE Series RBR1000-M 1000W Continuous@40°C, 80Plus Bronze Certified,Modular Cable Design,ATX12V v2.3/ EPS12V,SLI Ready,CrossFire Ready,Active PFC"Compatible with Core i7, i5" Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182188
Case: Antec Lanboy air Red Black / Red Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Modular Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129091
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070
CPU Cooler to replace the stock one: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065
Ram: (16gigs total) CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Profile Desktop Memory Model CML8GX3M2A1600C9
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233186
DVD Burner: LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289
Video card: (1 for now) EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P3-1469-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130662
Total price after discounts and shipping: $1,521.85
Tower only, not encluding TV/Monitor, wifi adapter, mouse, and keyboard already owned.
The SSD mounts can actually hold 2 SSDs on one, but I did not see that when I purchased two of them. So instead of mounting both drives on one to cut down on space, I used each mount and have one SSD on each to avoid overheating of the drives and I will add more SSDs to the case later on when the cost of them drops.
TV/Monitor: Acer AT3265 Black 32" 6.5ms HDMI LCD Monitor Built in TV Tuner 1920 x 1080 450 cd/m2 4000:1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009269
Keyboard: Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126009
Mouse: Logitech MX 518 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical 1800 dpi Gaming Mouse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104178
WiFi adapter: Linksys WUSB300N Wireless-N Network Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft USB 2.0 256-bit WEP, WPA and WPA2 Encryption Security
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124093
Running it on a WiFi adapter connected to my own personal router from my house next door. I don't have the internet set up at my office, not yet anyway.
I came very close to getting new 3.0 video cards instead of the one I got, but am happy with this one for now and will add another for an SLI setup hopefully soon. With V-Sync on in my games with everything maxed out on WoW and SWToR (aside from the planet density :/) I can maintain a solid 60FPS, lowest is around 35 during heavy boss fights in raids, and without it I'm pulling over 130FPS, but too much screen tearing for my tastes, so it stays on.
CPU stays in the low temp range even while gaming and even with all the fans, it is surprisingly quite. I would have gone with a water cooling setup, but I'm not the only one that uses this computer and it stays on almost all the time. Kids running around it too was the major factor.
Again, thank you all for the help and here she is:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8/chaseJ83/MyRig/419250_10150797810709348_1953694379_n.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8/chaseJ83/MyRig/420721_10150797811019348_1626978019_n.jpg
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116992
SSD: (Vista 7 Proffesional 64-bit only) Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2MH080G2R5 2.5" 80GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167023
SSD: (Games/Programs) SanDisk Ultra SDSSDH-120G-G25 2.5" 120GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171545
SSD Mounts: (2 of these for future SSDs) Rosewill RX-C200 2.5" SSD / HDD Aluminum Mounting Kit for 3.5" Drive Bay
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817997010
HDD: (Storage only) Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500413AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148701
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131790
Powersupply: Rosewill BRONZE Series RBR1000-M 1000W Continuous@40°C, 80Plus Bronze Certified,Modular Cable Design,ATX12V v2.3/ EPS12V,SLI Ready,CrossFire Ready,Active PFC"Compatible with Core i7, i5" Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182188
Case: Antec Lanboy air Red Black / Red Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Modular Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129091
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070
CPU Cooler to replace the stock one: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065
Ram: (16gigs total) CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Profile Desktop Memory Model CML8GX3M2A1600C9
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233186
DVD Burner: LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289
Video card: (1 for now) EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P3-1469-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130662
Total price after discounts and shipping: $1,521.85
Tower only, not encluding TV/Monitor, wifi adapter, mouse, and keyboard already owned.
The SSD mounts can actually hold 2 SSDs on one, but I did not see that when I purchased two of them. So instead of mounting both drives on one to cut down on space, I used each mount and have one SSD on each to avoid overheating of the drives and I will add more SSDs to the case later on when the cost of them drops.
TV/Monitor: Acer AT3265 Black 32" 6.5ms HDMI LCD Monitor Built in TV Tuner 1920 x 1080 450 cd/m2 4000:1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009269
Keyboard: Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126009
Mouse: Logitech MX 518 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical 1800 dpi Gaming Mouse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104178
WiFi adapter: Linksys WUSB300N Wireless-N Network Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft USB 2.0 256-bit WEP, WPA and WPA2 Encryption Security
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124093
Running it on a WiFi adapter connected to my own personal router from my house next door. I don't have the internet set up at my office, not yet anyway.